I never really drew up plans for version one of the structure. It was just some MDF cut roughly to shape onto which I mounted the panel. When I set out to revise (and actually finish building the sim) the sim a few weeks I decided that I wanted to have a (semi-) closed cabinet in which I could place the power supplies, the electronics and several other features. Building a cabinet would also give me the rough shape of an aircraft (foreward) fuselage as well as enclose the yoke mechanism.

Sanding the frond and rear section.

The front, rear and base of the cabinet are made of 12mm MDF sheets. The front and back were clamped together and the shape of the panel was then cut out with a jigsaw and sanded to a smooth finish. .

The front and the rear section after being screwed onto the base.

After the test fit the cabinet was fitted with several supports, these serve for overal strength form the top of the cabinet.

The cross supports are fastened in place with brackets which were 3D printed in PETG.

Then it was time to fit the glareshield and check it’s fit as well as check that I had drawn the cutout lines in the correct place. The front then had the opening for the panel cut out with a jigsaw. A section of the rear bulkhead and the bottom were also cut out to allow for the placement of the yoke mechanism. A small section of the base was cut out at the front to allow seamless connection to the pedestal as well as to be able to run the necessary electronic connectors and cabling between the main base, the pedestal and the cabinet.