Building a Boeing 737-800 simulator

[Flyboyandre]

Hope you don't end up building a ship in a bottle and you can't get the thing out the garage door after it's finished.   ;D

Lol! It is actually modular and will come apart in 4 pieces.

[rdevous]

 
Andre,
 
Don't worry about how long it takes.  How many episodes of NCIS has Gibbs been sanding that boat in his basement?  He still doesn't have boards on those ribs!
 
 
Ray
 
 

[Flyboyandre]

I pulled the entire window frame of the flight deck apart and rebuilt it since i wasn't pleased with the angles from the drawings i was working with.
After researching 737-800 pictures for 4 hours last night i finally had what I needed to make it right. The only thing that got my anger running tonight was that i ended up one 2x2 short of finishing the first officer side windows. Oh well, i smell a weekend ahead.

[Flyboyandre]

Alright, this is how she stands as we move on to the top module. Then we wrap the whole thing in wood. I am worn out. Maybe i need to listen to my wife and daughter's advice: you try to do too much in one session. Oh well, vodka here i come :)

[GusRobin]

Maybe i need to listen to my wife and daughter's advice: you try to do too much in one session.

Maybe, but i am enjoying your progress -  looks great

[3rensho]

Thanks for the updates Andre.  I really enjoy following this project.

[Quarlow]

This is cool and ironically I hauled one of 2 loads to Seattle this week. Contents: Fuselage mock up display. It didn't say what plane it was and I didn't see it but it came from a company called "Ceva" and was going to one of their branches or to a trade show. I assumed there is going to be a show or for their showroom or something.

[viper125]

Looking good but still a little confused. What are you going to do with this. Donate it some where? Or make into a smoker or what. Dont get me wrong this is fun to watch and just as sure to build. But with all this cash going into it . Im sure you have a purpose.

[Flyboyandre]

Looking good but still a little confused. What are you going to do with this. Donate it some where? Or make into a smoker or what. Dont get me wrong this is fun to watch and just as sure to build. But with all this cash going into it . Im sure you have a purpose.

When all said and done you will be sitting in a replica 737-800NG flightdeck. Wrap around visuals will give you an "as real as it gets" fully functional flight simulator.

[mikecorn.1]

Adult size, life like video game ;D


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[TedEbear]

Will it have hydraulics to rotate the cockpit up, down, etc., as you move the control yoke?  That would be something.   ;D

[Flyboyandre]

Will it have hydraulics to rotate the cockpit up, down, etc., as you move the control yoke?  That would be something.   ;D

Hell no. Out of my budget and I need a second story garage for that.

[howlin]

that thing should taste awesome smoked ;D

[Flyboyandre]

Doesn't look like much has happened but now that I calculated the right curve for the roof spars it will go fast to finish the last 6. Starting to look like a plane.

[Flyboyandre]

Very unhappy with my "progress" this weekend. I guess some family time is valuable at times.
My big plans of getting the upper module framed went?????  ::)

Oh well, I got some stuff done. Took Jack's advice of reinforcing the main structure of the upper module to better handle the overhead weight. That was a quick install and I also got the back wall plates cut to fit. In theory, I should be making good progress during the evenings this coming week but I'm incredibly sore.