Ben Gimbert
Built an F18 cockpit mock up using 3d printed parts with the Gigabot 3.0. Project took over a yr to complete. Materials I used were wood , aluminum , mild steel. The interior of the cockpit composed of switches Plexiglass and over 100 3d printed parts using the Gigabot. Over 120 hrs of CAD process brought the many shapes I designed for 3d printing. many hours of test fitting and re printing to get scale right so parts fit correctly. Otter cockpit was painted A Fighter weapon scheme such as Top Gun instructors fly. The whole cockpit was built on wheel castors for easy moving. This cockpit was built for Virtual Reality Air Combat training.

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This is so cool, Ben! Thanks for sharing, and have fun :)
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Super cool! Do the buttons connect to anything? Trigger sounds and lights, perhaps?
Thank you for sharing such a neat project :D
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All flight controls and some buttons work and light up but in VR all switches, MFDs and buttons work.
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This is so badass, Ben! Wher are you doing the trainings?
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Impressive, retired F-18 maintenance chief VFA-81.
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