My engineering approach to a Hornet pit build project

Sweet. Waiting for the web site to go online! good luck.

Sure, and thanks. I'll announce it before long.

Alex,

Glad to see that progress you are making. The design and system is looking great! Meant to ask you a question a while back, curious to where did you get that throttle assembly? Is that an off-the-shelf (COTS) or your own design?

 

Keep up the good work. Sent you a PM.

Just replied, glad to be in touch again.

That's the Winwing throttle I've purchased to fill the spot. This project has been so tedious that I hadn't been able to finish my own throttle unit design. I'll post updates once it's finished.

I've managed to build a site https://www.neoengress.com which is live now. It's not much, but enough for a start.

As an update on the seat, here are some render jobs and pics.

That lengthwise rail is bit of a hassle, to use it I had to feed the cables to the seat through a drag chain.

Aluminum sheets are joined with flush rivets:

More info can be found on the site, you guys are more than welcome here. Thanks for your support along the way. https://www.neoengress.com/naces-ejection-seat

Congratulations on the new site - I hope it brings some commercial success your way. Magnificent build quality - I wish I had the cash and the space!!

Congratulations on the new site - I hope it brings some commercial success your way. Magnificent build quality - I wish I had the cash and the space!!

Thanks bro, I'm also trying to find more ways to further bring down the cost.

Congrats on the site! Looks really good. If I had the cash I'd buy your full set up for sure. May have to do it slowly over time but I can see some purchases in my future.

Congrats on the site! Looks really good. If I had the cash I'd buy your full set up for sure. May have to do it slowly over time but I can see some purchases in my future.

Thank you man. We're also trying to make more stuff accessible, hopefully we will meet somewhere in between in the future.

Awesome work. Any chance getting a higher resolution image of your switch mapping in post #6?

Keep up the great work!

Congrats, this is a fine work!

Add some G-seat motion cues and it will be perfect.

On 9/21/2019 at 2:01 AM, Blue73 said:

This is near perfection, your milling method is the perfect solution, you get the 3rd dimension you dont get from panel laser cutting. Very impressive work!

I know this is old, but you can easily get a similar result with a combination of laser cutting/engraving and 3d printed bases. Milling solid blocks of acrylic is extremely expensive for most people.