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This page contains links to other sites that I have found useful If you find broken links please contact me via the email address listed on the contact information page.

  • I worked at a NASA tracking station during the Voyager encounters of Jupiter and Saturn. The station is no more, but Colin Mackellar has created a website in honour of the deeds and the people there. This is what the station looked like a couple of years after it closed
  • Mike's Flight Deck This site got me interested in building a sim. Mike has written a great book about building simulated aircraft instruments that is a must read for any serious sim'er.
  • Baron58 Another site dedicated to the mighty Beechcraft Baron 58. This site shows some outstanding engineering of the cockpit controls.
  • Donald's Hobbies Keep an eye on this site. I bought a bunch of servos real cheap from these folks and their service is first class!
  • Stock Drive Products / Sterling Instruments These people sell small metal and plastic gears. They produce a catalog that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about gears and then some.
  • FSCockpit Check out Herman's site. This site contains a wealth of info for sim-pit builders and is a start here for anyone interested in building a 'pit.
  • Jims Page This site shows a brilliantly simple motion control setup. After I visited this site, I decided to add this type of motion to my sim. Unfortunately, I will have to re-design the shell to accommodate it...hmmm
  • Joyrider Motion platform Check out this site also for some motion platform details. I'm thinking of combining the designs of this site and jim's control mechanisms
  • Faeth Aircraft: Not exactly a link, but I bought my rudder pedals from Kenny Faeth and he's a nice guy, so I thought I'd give him a plug. Email him at faethaircraft@msn.com If you want to phone, his number is (916)368-1832. The yard is at 5954 Bradshaw Rd. Sacramento Ca 95822.
  • Minitech These are the people that supplied my lathe and mill. They are located in Australia, but they can do business with anyone, anywhere. If you're interested in engineering your own parts, then  have a look at their site.
  • Microchip makers of the PIC range of microcontrollers I will use to control and interface the 'pit gauges, switches and lights to the CAN 2.0 bus.
  • MSC Industrial supply have an amazing range of mechanical bits and pieces. For international customers, it's a bit tricky to deal with them, but they are willing and helpful check them out at http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRHM
  • For bearings, you have to take a look at this site http://www.vxb.com/ These people have an impressive range of bearings. Check out the 1X3X1mm stainless bearings. Then pick up a 3mm bolt. The diameter of the bolt is the same size as the OD of this bearing!
  • And of course one of, if not THE premier flightsim sites AvSim
  • Dave Cutliff is a fellow sim builder, who's also into CNC routing and CNC milling and who has generously helped me on a number of occasions. His site is dave's flight sim Dave is building a B1900 (I think) and has done quite an amazing bit of engineering with his CNC setup. Worth a look!

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