Troll, you probably have a great source for your aluminum profile projects, but having just finished an 80/40 sim racing pit from Sim-Lab that went really well, here is a link to some of their finishing bits. Don’t know if anything is of interest, but they are a reliable source and can source a few items not available to US suppliers. Like the end caps that don’t require a bolt to secure. They are in Holland.
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I see they sell those covers I regretted not buying 
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Bingo I think that’s your solution. Infill is not really needed with a design like this for it’s use case.
I’ve walked through the valley of the mechanical death and have gazed upon the horrors those up front manage to inflict on such wondrous machines!
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Yes…its Feng Shui is pleasing. 
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…yeah, sure.
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I am thinking that it starts and stop the layers at the same point each time.
I know that CURA and Simplify3D have settings to randommice this. I cannot remember what you use, but your software ought to have that to…
Looks very great!
Happy Simming
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So… As I was printing my frame track covers I thought it’s really a great way to get some color in the otherwise dreary aluminium grey frame.
The scissor links present a real risk of pinching fingers and had to be marked accordingly…
Yes. I am crazy… 
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So the simbox is also a barbershop now?
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Well, there’s been more than a few close shaves in there…
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The new VPC sticks are great! No doubt about that! But simple mechanics state that their centering force can never be as powerful as the BRD-N.
Baur, who built the BRD-N now devotes all his energy into making new controllers for VPC, which is evident in the ingenious scissor cam design of their WarBRD (see what they did there?) stick. The BRD-N has the same excellent cam design…on steroids!
It is also quite a lot bigger than the new VPC sticks, which is why I left it out of my SimBox.
But I have always wondered if I should give the BRD-N a chance in the SimBox…
I mean, if it is too big, I can always go back, right?
Let’s see…
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I see the screws on the side…is the height adjustable? I assume that the SimBox NG is primarily meant as a Viggen pit but that you could fly other mods with it.
For myself, I like to fly several mods. This poses an issue with control stick height vs the depicted control stick in the sim. For example, the MiG-19 stick stands way up; the FA-18 much lower. In VR I tend to reach for where I can see the control stick in the sim vs where it actually is. I can adjust some wit seat height (real and virtual) and I guess that is going to have to do…but adjustable would be nice.
It can be adjusted about 6cm. But I set it at a comfy height and leave it there.
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There!
SimBox NG 2020 Summer Update completed!
Waiting for the testpilot to sign off on the new control system.
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I thought that was a Viggen pit…as I am sure you are well aware, the Landing Gear handle in a Viggen cockpit is behind the seat ton the left hand side. Not very accurate is your ask me…(says the guy who is flying the Viper with the control stick between his knees).
It looks stunning!
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In its heart it is a Viggen pit.
Which is a great place for a gear handle! But I want a collective there…one day.
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How often did you try to get out on the wrong side that you had to put in a reminder in the pit? 
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The sign actually says:
”The hatch is opened on the other side”
I thought it would be funny to place it where it can’t be seen, when you want to open it…
It’s one of a bunch of stickers I have, that I got when I was in the Airforce. The stickers have a due date and we could take those that would be discarded. Here we are, almost 30 years later and the glue on the stickers still is really good! But perhaps not MACH 2 good…?
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