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9. Credits/Sources

9.1 Goal

Simpits.org - LOTS of documentation, helpful people!

9.2.2.2 Hardware

Tom's Hardware - good review site
Pricewatch.com - find what you need!

9.2.3.2 Software

furd19_i.zip by Franck Uberto, is the ram drive software i plan to use, available from simtel.net
key2mouse*.zip by Luciano Napolitano, a utility to change keystrokes to mouse input, i wasn't able to download it directly from Mr. Napolitano's site, but did find an older version at Sim Utilities Gold site
rudder.zip is the software that will be used to drive the rudders, hopefully
AACircuit is a program for drawing circuits using ASCII characters (smaller than .gif's!)

9.3 Visuals

MicroWings: Building Your Own Cockpit Part 1 of 5
The Warper by Noah Spurrier
Building a Collimated Display for PC Games and Flight Simulators Using a Common Fresnel Lens by Rick Lee
Driving Multiple VGA Monitors by Michael Schwartzendruber

9.4.1 Throttle construction:

Flight Controls by John D. Yarrow
How To: Dual Throttle For Your Flight Simulator by Gustavo de Coro, english version by Harry Crowell
Kev's Cockpit: Part 10 by Kev Saker
How To Fly The Biggest Desk In The Office by Peter Kodis
Rudder Pedals, Throttle and Y-cable by Marko Bewersdorff

9.4.2 Rudder construction:

Kev's Cockpit: Part 9 by Kev Saker
Rudder Construction Kit by Bill Price
Peril's Pedals by Peril
Flight Simulator Rudder Pedals: A Low-Tech Solution to a High-Tech Problem by Rick Lee
Rudder Pedals, Throttle and Y-cable by Marko Bewersdorff
How To Fly The Biggest Desk In The Office by Peter Kodis

9.4.3 Yoke construction:

How To Fly The Biggest Desk In The Office by Peter Kodis
Kev's Cockpit: Parts 1-3 by Kev Saker

9.5 Inputs/Switches:

Keyboard Interfacing: The 777 Project by Robert Prather (excellent resource!)
Toggle to Momentary by Rich Anderson
Stephen's Hardware Tricks Round About the PC by Stephen Hans (inc. keyboard port splitter, but watch out for embedded midis)

9.6 Shell/Seat

The 777 Project by Robert Panther - An excellent source for tips on building, wiring, etc.

9.7 Details/Effects:

Make Your Own Gauges by Prohm 'Rama' Snitwong
Lettering Buttons by Chris Van Lierop

9.8 Miscellaneous:

Build Your Own Cockpit by B. Rennie Simpson (very good compilation of several articles covering a variety of subjects)
SimHangar by ... (info on most of the stuff I have here, his is based on a fighter)
Flight Simulator Cockpit Project by danny
HANGAR 16: F-18 Sim Pit Project by Steve Olic
Q-Man's Cockpit by H. W. Qualkinbush
dmoz open directory project: Cockpit Construction: links to other sites

9.8.1 Principles of Flight

See How It Flies by John S. Denker
How To: How Aircraft Fly and How to Control Them by Robert A. Froebel

9.8.2 Commercial Stuff

Backlighting Panels from Edmund Scientific

9.8.3 C-130 Info

9.8.3.1 Factsheets

Kiwi Aircraft Images: Lokheed C-130 Hercules by Phillip Treweek
C-130 Hercules - Military Aircraft (originally) by John Pike
101 Things (You always wanted to know about the C-130, author unknown (from the FAS)
C-130 Avionics Modernization Program: System Requirements - Draft by Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
C-130 Broad Area Review Results by MAJ GEN Bobby O. Floyd
C-130 Hercules: Fact Sheet, POC-Air Mobility Command, Public Affairs Office

9.8.3.2 Pictures
close-up of a C-130 cockpit
behind the copilot
from the navigator's chair
the overhead panel
behind the nav's seat (looking fore and starboard)
shot of nav's position

9.9 Other thanks:

Thanks goes to Bryan, a 9yo from MO who planted the thought in my mind to get my own airplane ;)
Thanks also goes to all my previous [and future] teachers (licensed and otherwise), even the ones that flunked me!
Thanks again to all the contributers to this site [albeit mostly unwittingly]!

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