Parts made so far to furnish the cockpit include the

seat frame and pilot's seat which can be adjusted for seat height.

seat  adjustment

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Work has begun on some of the other items required for the cockpit.

The elevator trim wheel. 

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Early construction of the compass mount.

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The finished bracket.

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Flap Control Valve.

The flap control valve is spring loaded and will be fitted with a push rod that operates a micro switch interfaced with the filght sim data.

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Rudder trim control.

This was machined from nylon.The stencil for the lettering was made from a resized picture of the trim control, the letters then cut out using a scalpel.

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 Compass correction card holder

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Chassis control unit

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The completed chassis control unit.

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Gunsight Mount

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Kigas primer pump

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Reflector Gunsight.

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Pilots B/P windscreen frame

latest item made for the project is the frame for the bullet proof windscreen.the real item is a casting. The frame i made is fabricated from 19 separate items.

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New build pilots seat made from 18G sheet aluminium. 

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The new seat almost complete, just need to add some fittings for the sutton harness and the seat back cushion.

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De-icing tank

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New build pilots seat completed

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Elevator and Rudder trim assemblies

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Sutton Harness Release Gear

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Dimming Screen

Something i had overlooked when making the gunsight mount was the dimming screen. This has now been made and fitted.

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