Cockpit Images - Page Three

Here is a better pic of the interior. You can see the original dual set of rudder pedals that the airplane used. We will be removing the outside pedals, leaving the two in the middle. These will also be modified for toe brakes. At the bottom of the frame you can see the original wing mount more clearly.

Here is an example of some of the instruments that we will be installing. Most of the instruments and panels that we have were originally installed in a Boeing 737 or 747 flight simulator.

If someone could identify the exact operation of the instrument on the left, I would really appriciate it. My understanding is that it has something to do with navigation. I need to be able to know how it is operated so I can write the software that will allow it to be used.

Update! The control head on the left was used to input data to an INS! (Inertial Navigation System) It has been partly modified to work with EPIC and will be one of the first instruments that will be installed. (It will be located in the upper center of the forward instrument panel, right below the HUD glass.)

Here is another example of some of the panels we'll be using. In the case of panels like these, we're going to try to duplicate their original operation as closely as possible.

Here you can see some of the actual fight instrumentation we'll be using. All of these are simulator rated, so we don't have the headaches involved with converting pitot/static based aircraft instruments.

(from the top left: 2-Minute turn & bank indicator, airspeed indicator, thrust deflection angle, altimeter, ILS/Glideslope indicator, and two ADI's.)

Here is a closeup view of the instruments in the previous image. (Yes, we know the altimeter is missing the needles. ;) )

Here is the original instrument panel that was installed in the Beechcraft. I still don't know why we're hanging on to it.

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