News on the N88ZL cockpit project
Cockpit Restoration Update Things are moving forward every single day. The fluorescent cockpit lighting is now working, although the original tubes remain unreliable. I’ll keep working on them for now, but if necessary, I’ll eventually convert them to LED while preserving the original brightness and Kelvin temperature. The eyebrows have finally been restored and reinstalled […]
The project continues to move ahead steadily. The copilot’s panel is now fully wired and labeled, and the engine panel has also been reinstalled.At this point, nearly all instruments have been converted and are ready for operation, with the exception of the fuel used indicator and the standby attitude indicator on the engine panel and […]
At the moment I’m very busy getting the 115V/400Hz power into the cockpit. Over time, I had collected three static inverters for this purpose, and two of them turned out to be defective. The Flitetronic PC17 works well and is pleasantly quiet. It will be installed underneath the cockpit relay panel behind the flight engineer. […]
Yesterday I finally moved the cockpit of D-ABOD into its new hangar. The previous open shelter was more than suboptimal. The new space will be insulated and kept at a constant temperature — which is incredibly important. I’ve been dealing with serious moisture issues on the Caravelle because, due to its size, it’s stored in […]
Progress continues, albeit a bit slower at the moment. The last panel (FO) has been completely rewired and is ready for installation. UP11, the upper flight engineer panel, is also now complete, with all instruments, switches, and lights fully operational. I had already modified the instruments back in 2018, but there were inconsistencies in the […]