BertUS
Senior Airman
great, thanks
Mosquito RS700 Restoration
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Link to my recent FB post showing my cockpit work:
View: https://m.facebook.com/groups/MossieSociety/permalink/7115173098521759/?mibextid=Nif5oz
View: https://m.facebook.com/groups/MossieSociety/permalink/7115173098521759/?mibextid=Nif5oz
fubar57
General
Got this when I clicked on the link
Maybe because I'm not aFacebookian, Facebooker, Facebookite, one of them
Maybe because I'm not a
A4K
Brigadier General
Amazingly, I can see it ok! I think it's the first time I've ever been able to see a Face(ache) page link. 
Works for me and looks good!
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Crimea_River
Marshal
OK, copied and pasted here for those who are having trouble. Thanks for your patience.
Here's the status of our cockpit as of the end of 2023. The rudder pedals are now in place and no crowbars were harmed in doing this! There remains the minor work to hook the pedals up to the control cables and to install the treads. We have a worn set and the material is a bit of a mystery given its age and possible deterioration. For now we've made some wooden blocks which are in the bag taped to the left pedal.
In between the pedals can be seen new 3/16" diameter pneumatic lines that I've run. My self-training on cutting, bending, and flaring the ends of these things is slowly resulting in much less spaghetti being thrown on the scrap pile and hopefully I'll be a master by the time our project is finished! These 3 lines snake up the back of the pedal "doghouse" back under the pedal torque tubes and over to the brake pressure gauge that will fill the hole just above the top of the right pedal. Next up will be running three 1/4" brake lines along the floor to the brake differential unit, also mounted between the pedals. A pretty cramped area that helps keep my spine flexible.
On tap for the coming months is to modify the fixed panel above the pedals to eliminate the oxygen console, the magneto switches, and the master switch, all of which were changed out by Spartan. The blind flying panel that will fill the gap above the latter panel awaits some specialized shock mounts that we are trying to acquire.
Here's the status of our cockpit as of the end of 2023. The rudder pedals are now in place and no crowbars were harmed in doing this! There remains the minor work to hook the pedals up to the control cables and to install the treads. We have a worn set and the material is a bit of a mystery given its age and possible deterioration. For now we've made some wooden blocks which are in the bag taped to the left pedal.
In between the pedals can be seen new 3/16" diameter pneumatic lines that I've run. My self-training on cutting, bending, and flaring the ends of these things is slowly resulting in much less spaghetti being thrown on the scrap pile and hopefully I'll be a master by the time our project is finished! These 3 lines snake up the back of the pedal "doghouse" back under the pedal torque tubes and over to the brake pressure gauge that will fill the hole just above the top of the right pedal. Next up will be running three 1/4" brake lines along the floor to the brake differential unit, also mounted between the pedals. A pretty cramped area that helps keep my spine flexible.
On tap for the coming months is to modify the fixed panel above the pedals to eliminate the oxygen console, the magneto switches, and the master switch, all of which were changed out by Spartan. The blind flying panel that will fill the gap above the latter panel awaits some specialized shock mounts that we are trying to acquire.
fubar57
General
Never noticed how skookum the rudder pedals were before
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Well when your Observer is screaming "HARD LEFT!!!!!" you'll be pressing on them pretty hard. The interesting part is the little bumpers in front of them where the pedal can hit the front of the flimsy wooden doghouse.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
The FB url above is for mobile devices.
This may work as an alternate:
View: https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?id=109132709125868&story_fbid=7115173098521759
This may work as an alternate:
View: https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?id=109132709125868&story_fbid=7115173098521759
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Looking absolutely stunning, by the way! 
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Makes sense. I posted all this from my phone. Thanks for the fix.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
You're welcome!
I learned to convert the URL to www from m a while back, since I've been stuck with using this cellphone for internet stuff instead of my computers
