Another short update as I've been busy with work this week. I didn't manage to get to work on the cockpit itself, instead I'm continuing working on controls and instruments for the simulator implementation.
I designed an adaptor for the control column grip/stick top so the real Hunter stick can now interface with some of the standard flight sim hardware from Thrustmaster, Virpil, VP force etc. I'm a firm believer that any decent sim should have realistic custom controls rather than off the shelf 'game' hardware but this will be really useful to demo my work at events (such as the cockpit weekend at Doncaster 20-21 June!)
I also made some progress with the custom instrument designs, the main change being moving to brass rod to act as a 'spindle' for instrument needles. When coupled with some other refinements this helps the instruments move a lot more smoothly.
Finally I recieved some custom laser cut acrylic instrument faces (Thanks Gaz!) which are obviously much better than the laser printed paper I was using previously!
