{"id":47,"date":"2023-10-15T11:41:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T11:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2023-11-16T06:52:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T06:52:22","slug":"the-interior","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/the-apache-pit-project\/main-menu\/the-build\/the-interior\/","title":{"rendered":"the interior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PLT station \u2013 Left console<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CPG station \u2013 Left console<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PLT station \u2013 Left console<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PLT station \u2013 Right console<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

the mounts for the collectives had to be customised as they are different controllers for the PLT & CPG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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matting completed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PLT station matting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CPG station & footwell matting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also added some checkerplate matting on the PLT platform, on the CPG floor & in the foot well too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PLT ‘bag’ blinds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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vertical ‘bag’ blind<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also found some little vertical blinds for ‘the bag’ on aliexpress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PLT air defog lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CPG air defog lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CPG air defog lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CPG air defog lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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CPG trim #1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CPG trim #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PLT trim #1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PLT trim #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PLT trim surround<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PLT trim overhead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PLT station \u2013 Left console the mounts for the collectives had to be customised as they are different controllers for the PLT & CPG 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756,"href":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/756"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}