Sept 2011 Update

Posted by NeoMorph on September 9th, 2011

Well I’ve not been well recently so haven’t done much on the sim at all. I have got a bunch more parts though now which will make the project move forward as soon as I feel well enough.

One good bit of news is that I now have a reasonable camera so I will be able to document the progress I’m making from now on. The first bits will be the final versions of the panels back lighting.

There have been a few modifications to the Ruscool panels so some have had to go back to the shop for replacement. Once again, the guys at Ruscool have been wonderful to work with.

I’ll try and post some pictures of the work I’ve done so far next week. Should be a good test of the camera as I don’t know my shutter speed from my aperture (and yes I suck at photography).

Happy flying,
John (NeoMorph)

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Ruscool ATR 72 Panels Update

Posted by NeoMorph on July 22nd, 2011

Well today the parcel with my ATR 72 overhead panels arrived… It’s been quite a while but considering that the company has been in the middle of a couple of nasty earthquakes (they are in Christchurch, New Zealand) I think they have done very well indeed.

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Ruscool ATR 72 Overhead Panels

Posted by NeoMorph on May 12th, 2011

Well I finally sent Ruscool the final payment for my overhead and main dash autopilot panels. Been a slog to save up enough but this is one project I have been wanting to build for over 30 years. OK back then it was just a Cessna sim I wanted but I decided on the ATR 72 now as it is such a sweet aircraft.

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UK Incapacity Benefit Crackdown Begins…

Posted by NeoMorph on April 4th, 2011

Sometimes I think that I am dreaming some of the decisions made by the ConLib government of the UK.

From the stupidity of Michael Gove’s “English Bac” to the removal of EMA support and raising the tuition fees limit to £9,000 per year to the reduction in housing benefit that will mean some disabled people having to move from homes they have lived in for years. Even the Conservative London Mayor, Boris Johnson, has likened it to “Kosovo-style social cleansing”.

But the one poor decision that worries me the most is this stupid tick box method of assessment to check if you are “Fit to work”.

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Portal 2 Drops in Price

Posted by NeoMorph on March 10th, 2011

I love it when GAME send me an email updating me on game releases and price changes. Todays one is about Portal 2… You Monster!

Dear Mr H

Thank you for the following order placed with GAME.

Order number(s):
xxxxxxxx/P

We are delighted to inform you that we have been able to reduce the selling price of Portal 2 to 32.99 GBP

Your credit / debit card will be charged with the new, lower price upon despatch of your order, even if the price goes up again before launch!

Awesome… This is one title I am really looking forward to.

NeoMorph

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Jinxed Flight Simulator Project

Posted by NeoMorph on March 10th, 2011
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Well I’ve had a few setbacks with my simulator parts… First I order stuff from Ruscool and they suffer from the worst earthquake since 1931. Then I order some stuff off ebay and today I got an email saying that the order will be delayed due to a death in the seller’s family. My parts are not as important as a disaster or a death but it does seem like it’s jinxed somewhat.

I’m just wondering what is going to happen next. At least the build is not going to happen until the summer. In the meantime I was was just getting the parts together ready to build. Here’s hoping that I will not have any more problems.

NeoMorph

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I Hate Windows 7 Search

Posted by NeoMorph on March 6th, 2011

Well here it is… my first rant over Windows 7. It had to come eventually.

Well I was working on this site and wanted to find a function within the theme. As there are loads of php files in this theme I thought “Hey, I’ll use Windows 7 File Contents search” and went ahead…

IT FOUND NOTHING! ZIP! ZILCH!

Turns out that it will only search certain file types and I cannot figure out how to make it search within PHP files. At the moment I want to take my Windows 7 CD and throw it through the window as this is such stupid decision on Microshaft’s part… A SEARCH ENGINE SHOULD WORK WHERE YOU TELL IT AND LET YOU DECIDE WHAT TO SEARCH… Not decide to ignore files and not even let you know…

God, I’m soooooo darned annoyed right now.

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(Not) Finding Parts

Posted by NeoMorph on March 4th, 2011
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I’m slowly accumulating bits and bobs for my cockpit that I will hopefully start building this summer… Unfortunately though I am having real problems finding some of the parts.

Like this switch cover for example. The switch cover is pretty flat and has a rectangular hole in the top for the switch to peek through. Now if it was a standard missile cover I wouldn’t have any problems but it isn’t… in fact the darn thing is more elusive than a Dodo… and I’m not the first person to go looking for the fabled lost switch cover.

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New Zealand Earthquake Hits Flight Sim Company

Posted by NeoMorph on February 23rd, 2011

Flight Sim hardware maker, Ruscool Electronics, were one of the unfortunate victims of the NZ earthquake this week.

All our family are ok thanks. Lots of mess and quite a bit of damage in the workshop, including our big milling machine which got tipped over and smashed onto the concrete floor. (It stands over 2metres tall and weight about 1.5Ton) We can’t move it to see the full extent of the damage. There are still very many huge aftershocks, and we have no water or sewage.We had power restored just before midnight last night.
There are lots of other people much worse off than us, and we are still unable to contact a few friends yet, so we are hoping for the best.

John Russell,
Ruscool Electronics

Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this natural disaster (the worst earthquake to hit New Zealand since 1931 apparently).

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My ATR 72-500 Cockpit Project Begins

Posted by NeoMorph on January 1st, 2011
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One thing I have always wanted to do was build my own cockpit but I’ve not had the time or the ability… For about 4 months of the year I can do varying amounts of work and this year I have decided that my project will be to put together a fully working ATR 72 cockpit… Will be problematic as there are few builders making ATR’s these days (most seem to be Airbus and Boeing 737 cockpits with a smattering of 757 and 777 ones for flavour). I want to be a bit different… I want to have a real plane with propellers… so I chose the Flight 1 ATR 72-500.

Actually it all came about when I saw Flight Simulator X for sale at game. Was reasonably cheap and I like flight sims so bought it… then bought a new PC to run it on, then bought the Flight 1 payware ATR 72, then various pieces of hardware… it’s already getting to be an addiction. This cockpit will be my new year’s resolution…

So the project begins… I wonder how far it will go?

NeoMorph

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