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Mirrors (part 1)
One of the things I wanted to do was to recreate the 3 canopy mirrors that the AV-8B has on the sliding canopy. I found the actual part number of the real mirrors but was unable to easily find any for sale. I decided to go ahead and make my own. I learned that they…
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3D Printed HUD
This past weekend, I spent many hours redesigning the HUD frame to make it more realistic. The previous version had been designed using the DCS Harrier as reference. As it turned out, the HUD in the DCS version is lacking some details. Because the HUD will not fit on my 200x200x200 3D printer (I’m using…
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Fiberglassed right side
On Sunday, I clean up the sharp edges and cut off the overlapping and bubbled corners from Saturday’s application of fiberglass. Then laid on a strip to cover the right side fully. Fairly happy with the results, but ran out of time before I could get to the left side. I plan to add another…
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First layer of fiberglass on the seat back
I finally got around to preparing the seat back for fibreglassing. The first step was to carve and shape a new back layer to replace the old one which needed to be redone due to some changes I had made last year. Then I needed to cut out resseses in this back layer and glue…
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Who is Xpendable, and why the Harrier?
Welcome to my first blog post on OpenHarrier. First, a little bit about me and my background… I will keep it simple and brief. I am married, have 4 kids, lots of random skills and creativity, and not a huge amount of free time. I am also a FAA licensed private pilot, although not actively…
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