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the interior

PLT station – Left console

CPG station – Left console
PLT station – Left console
PLT station – Right console

the mounts for the collectives had to be customised as they are different controllers for the PLT & CPG

PLT LH console assembly
PLT LH console (with step)
PLT _RH console (test fit)
PLT consoles (test fit)
PLT LH console KU mount
PLT LH console K-51 (test fit)
Thrustmaster warthog with Aliexpress extension
K-51 collective in place
mount for the K-51 collective
spacing for the PLT LH console
PLT LH console
CPG LH console with KU (test fit)
PLT LH console with KU (testfit)
PLT LH cosnole refurb (remove K-51 mount)

I pulled the trigger (& used my 20% discount voucher from the virpil panel design competition win) & purchased the virpil twist collective with the UH-60 grip… what a gorgeous piece of hardware….

virpil collective with UH-60 grip
UH-60 grip
twist throttle & idle release
“heavy is good, heavy is sign of reliability – if it doesn’t work you can always hit him with it….” Boris-the-Blade
virpil collective mount
virpil collective mount
virpil collective (test fit full down)
virpil collective (test fit full up)
virpil collective (test fit PLT)
virpil collective (getting close)

if you’re wondering about the pile of stacked bricks, we are collecting the bricks to build a fence, unfortunately our specific house brick we used was discontinued over 10 years ago….. but we almost have enough now to begin construction.

matting completed
PLT station matting
CPG station & footwell matting

I also added some checkerplate matting on the PLT platform, on the CPG floor & in the foot well too.

PLT ‘bag’ blinds
vertical ‘bag’ blind

I also found some little vertical blinds for ‘the bag’ on aliexpress.

PLT air defog lines
CPG air defog lines
CPG air defog lines
CPG air defog lines

I wanted to keep the interior as clean/streamlined as possible without any background noise so the only obvious choice was to line it.

CPG trim #1
CPG trim #2
PLT trim #1
PLT trim #2
PLT trim surround
PLT trim overhead