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Button Box (part 2)
After a couple of days of modeling my Harrier “button box” extension for my Thrustmaster Warthog throttle, I’ve settled on the following control layout: Each of the 3 panels is separately printed, which allows me to change out each panel independently of the others so that I can tweak or change the configuration if I…
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Button box
Since my Harrier cockpit is a long way from being even remotely “flyable”, I have decided to build a custom “button box” that will attach to my Warthog Thrustmaster throttle that will give me instant access to all the most important switches and buttons on the Harrier, for which I can’t currently map to any…
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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…
