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Hello from Athens
« on: December 25, 2013, 12:00:00 PM »
Hello guys. I'm from Athens and my name is Akis.
Although some time on the forum now decided to start my own cockpit.
The cockpit will be very low cost and borderless time.
Thank you all for the advice and the time you give to this forum by sharing your knowledge with the remainder members.

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2013, 12:07:21 PM »
Welcome mate, and good building  :thumbsup:
And as you can see, there is a LOT of knowledge inhere, so you just grab what you can use.
 

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2013, 01:18:51 PM »
Welcome to the madhouse!  :)

Athens too, together with a couple more here.

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2013, 10:23:00 AM »
Welcome on board Sir!

<....very low cost.....>  our dream, but it's only a dream ...  :brickwall:

good job and enjoy here !  :yihaw:

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2013, 06:34:35 PM »
Welcome Akis.. please post picts of your progress. we all like that !!

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2013, 07:47:28 AM »
Hi Akis,

you are a lucky guy ... several other pit builders live nearby  :thumbsup:
Talk to them, you will have a ramp start building your pit !
As said, we all look forward to pictures  :whistle:

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2013, 01:55:18 PM »
Thank you all!
When i have the first results i wll post photos.

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2014, 04:30:48 PM »
Hello again :)
here is my dobber switch
4 directional tactile switch (+push button), and a lever from big toggle

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/akisgrm/DSC_0189_zps4215778d.jpg
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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2014, 04:32:44 PM »
That's interesting...I look forward to seeing it in action!
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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2014, 06:51:28 PM »
Welcome aboard Akis! Only now did i see your thread. Looking forward to your progress.


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Nahh, it's not a dream, everything is feasible.  :thumbsup:

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2014, 05:48:40 AM »
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/akisgrm/DSC_0186_zps3e84c6fa.jpg
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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2014, 06:03:31 PM »
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/akisgrm/DSC_0200_zps2f443a46.jpg
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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2014, 05:10:54 AM »
dear all, my name is Anastasios and founding passionate the whole teamwork here is the best first step to start the home/cockpit. i am starting from zero and that means i don't have something to display on your dashboard yet.
thanks for approval.  :beer:

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2014, 01:31:51 AM »
dear all, my name is Anastasios and founding passionate the whole teamwork here is the best first step to start the home/cockpit. i am starting from zero and that means i don't have something to display on your dashboard yet.
thanks for approval.  :beer:
Welcome, don't worry about not having anything built. We all started with nothing. Just start your own build thread, introduce yourself, and you will find a lot of new friends. Many that live near you.
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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2019, 04:39:29 PM »
Hi Guys. I have been writing on my topic for some time now but I have never stopped working. but now i'm on a good path with new material tools and designs.

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2020, 05:49:21 AM »
Looking great!

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2020, 08:52:14 AM »
Looking really good.  Great to see another great example of construction from my plans!

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2020, 03:15:46 PM »
a little more progress

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2020, 04:27:11 PM »
Nice work... :thumbsup: !
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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2020, 05:22:44 PM »
Way cool and looks like very good handcraft. Me love it  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :vprules:

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2020, 11:45:00 AM »
I took the lazy way out and bought @Pegasus stuff  :whistle:
I can only admire your work  :clap: :thumbsup:

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2020, 01:59:07 PM »
Very nice!
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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #22 on: March 22, 2020, 11:06:29 PM »
Great job mate! Looks promising.  :clap:

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #23 on: March 28, 2020, 08:29:15 AM »
A little more progress.
Allready filled with putty. Next step prime and paint.

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #24 on: March 29, 2020, 02:15:57 PM »
Welcome Akis! I'm in Athens too. Very nice work! :thumbsup:

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #25 on: March 29, 2020, 02:25:03 PM »
Fast progress... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: !
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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #26 on: March 31, 2020, 07:06:42 AM »
Exceptional! Looking forward to the rest of the tub progress.  :beer2:

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« Reply #27 on: August 02, 2020, 11:25:57 AM »
Hello Akis,

we spoke with pms but i havent seen your progress. you are doing good.

thank you for sharing!

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #28 on: October 18, 2020, 06:14:09 AM »
Can someone help me with these dimensions?

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #29 on: December 28, 2022, 02:02:35 PM »
Still here...
Making the ACES from Brenda' s plans.
Convert designs from pdf to dxf with autocad.
Then I converted them to 18mm plywood.
Below is the progress
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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #30 on: December 28, 2022, 02:21:55 PM »
Hi
Does anyone have any photos from the "ripcord handle cover" and where to put the "Ripcord Through Strip" ?

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #31 on: December 28, 2022, 04:31:34 PM »
Good picture of the cover in Seeky's thread here (not fully hooked up) -

https://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php?topic=11045.msg183176#msg183176

Also - great build on a mechanism here -

https://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php?topic=6204.msg86175#msg86175

A long time ago I came across a real ejection spring without really realizing what it was at the time...it's sort of like a heavy, clock mainspring - and I think the ball in the end of the Ejection Handle cable fits into a slot/retainer on the spring itself...I think...


...this is what I think is a picture of the spring in question...and that the ball-end of Handle Cable end would somehow clip into the green part at the center of the spring, and wind around.  But that's just my guess....
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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #32 on: December 29, 2022, 01:05:28 PM »
My aces  goes on but I discovered that it does not fit in the tub.
Yes the seat need diet.
I have clearance 509mm in the tub and the aces is 458 + 66mm the sides. (524mm)

Is there anyone that fit Brenda' s aces in Symulate' s tub?



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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #33 on: March 14, 2023, 03:28:03 PM »
Good Evening,
I need help with the correct seat position. The seat is by Brenda and the chassis by simulate.
Can you give me some distances?

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Re: Hello from Athens
« Reply #34 on: March 16, 2023, 02:08:07 AM »
I think it might be difficult to give distances, unless someone has real plans. It depends on what you use as a baseline.

As you know the seat can move up or down along the rails, so depending on at which height someone has his seat locked the measurement from lets say the kneeguard to another part will differ from someone that has the seat set at a different height.

Start by having a look at the angle of the rail, Have you seen this

http://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php?topic=7649.msg102797#msg102797



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« Reply #35 on: March 16, 2023, 09:43:36 PM »
One issue some of us noticed, by adding a new CPD on top of the original central pedestal, the seat (near ejection handle) would sometimes hit the CPD. Some of us had to relocate the seat rails back a few cm to provide more clearance when adjusting the seat height.  :brickwall:

 

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