Hey guys, I am posting this on behalf of Carol, Randy Buchanan's wife. Randy, one of our beloved and longtime Hangar45 members passed away several weeks ago from an ongoing illness at the age of 78. Carol has asked for my help in trying to locate someone who would appreciate Randy's simulator where he spent so much fun time working on it and flying. Here is an overall view of Randy's project. Carol has informed me that all she really wants is to insure that Randy's project finds a good home and goes to someone who will continue on with the work and also enjoy the project as much as Randy did. Therefor, she is accepting the best offer made by August 15th. Obviously because of it's size, it will be "LOCAL PICK UP ONLY". Carol is located in a small town just north of Denver Colorado USA. Here is a little information on Randy's project. First......it's BIG. Randy's project holds the record of being the largest home built Lear45 simulator project that we are aware of. It's about 20 feet long, six feet wide and nearly eight feet tall off the floor. This project will require either a hangar or a metal building to house properly. The weight is categorized as "heavy". I don't think even Randy knew what the weight is. The wheels in the photo are just props. The base of the frame would need to be placed on rolling low profile dollies. The main section of the cockpit shell is based off of the Project45 Shell Kit created by me, Ron Rollo. Randy used the main parts of the shell kit as jigs and cut the parts out of medium density foam rather than using the medium density fiberboard in order to reduce the overall weight of the project. As you can see, Randy went several steps further and added a six foot long cabin section and a nose section to his project. By the way, depending on your browsers, you can right click on the images and blow up them up to get a better look. Randy's intentions were to put the whole simulator project onto a motion base platform. I have actually seen and been in Randy's project back in 2016, it's built very strong! The simulator is built on top of a steal structure where all the parts were welded together. As a matter of fact, welding was one of Randy's strongest skill sets! Randy was always planning on building a 220 degree visual system using three overhead short throw projectors. But as you can see from the photo above, he couldn't wait to start flying and installed a makeshift LCD screen for his outside visual system. Unfortunately, he had to cut the center post to make this work. However, the good news is that center post is made up of medium density foam and fiberglass, an easy fix to restore back to a fully enclosed windscreen. Here is an overall photo of the cockpit and it's current condition. In some places, the panels are missing, in other places, it looks like Randy had temporary panels installed so that he could continue to fly while he was making modifications to the sim. Also included is an authentic throttle quadrant from a real Lear45. Here are most of the panels that were removed from the sim. From what I can see, they are all there. And if you are worried about any missing AML lenses or legends, I have plenty of sets available and will include a replacement set for ALL the AMLs in the sim at no cost to whoever takes possession of this project. One thing that is not included in this sim is a set of authentic yokes. I believe all Randy had was a CH yoke which is seen in the photo two above. But again, no worries, yokes can be found and we are actually working on developing authentic Lear45 replica yokes! A set of authentic aviation seats are also included. One is seen in the CPT side of the cockpit, photo below. And here's the FO seat. They are both Continental Airline Seats and they are a matching set. I can't say for certain but I do believe with some modifications, both seats WILL fit into the simulator. After all, Randy does have the CPT seat installed and it looks like it fits perfectly. Randy had his sim built up to our early v1.0 standards and was running the v1.0 version of the Jet45 Advanced Avionics Suite. If you have been following us on Hangar45 we are in the process of developing a v2.0 Lear45 sim that includes an updated version of Jet45 and a better, planned way to wire up the sim. I am mentioning this because if you are worried bout not knowing how to wire this sim back up, you would actually want to start from scratch with the wiring and follow the Jet45/Systems Module document found HERE Last but not least, the bonus area of the sim! The cabin section which also includes a two piece cabin door section, two full size replica cabin seats and a booze cabinet. Randy had vision, the means, space and the tools to do what several of us including myself would love to do someday. When we visited Randy and Carol back in 2016, he was still working on the interior section of the cabin, this is the first time I am seeing this also! Very impressive Randy! What do you think? Is this project for you? If you are anywhere in North America and have always dreamed of building a Lear45 sim, this would be a heck of a head start for your project. If interested in this Lear45 full scale project or if you would like more information, please email either myself at ronjonrollo@yahoo.com or Carol at carolindabuchanan@gmail.com Also feel free to leave comments or questions in this thread! These next items are separate from the full scale Lear45 simulator listed above. Additionally, these items are separate from each other. PROJECT45 SHELL KIT As mentioned above, Randy used the Project45 shell kit as jigs to create the parts for his cockpit shell using medium density foam. Therefor, his entire shell kit is fully intact and can be used to build another shell. This is what the shell kit looked like when shipped out to Randy. And this is what it looks like now. It can be properly packed for transport once someone has committed to picking it up. I spoke with Randy about a year ago reference the condition of the kit and he assured me that it's all there and in near perfect condition. If you look closely, you will find some of the cardboard protection on the ends of some of the frame sections are still in place. For more information on the shell kit and what it takes to construct it, take a look at the Shell Assembly Manual found HERE This is also pick up locally and make your best offer by August 15th. After that point in time, the kit will be disposed of. (Shipping could be made possible but the cost could be as high as $500 within the continental US.) 1988 PRESCOTT PUSHER AIRCRAFT KIT This is a 1988 Prescott Pusher kit that Randy started but never finished. I don't have many details about this kit other than Randy purchased it new in 1988 and did most all of the work himself. The kit is 100% intact including the wings. Here is what the airplane looks like when completed. And here's some information about the Prescott Pusher aircraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_Pusher Make an offer, local pickup only! 2006 ROTORWAY HELICOPTER KIT This was another project that Randy took on in 2006. Again, I don't have a lot of details on this kit other than it was purchased new from the manufacturer in 2006. The kit is intact with all the pieces on site. Find the official Rotorway website for more information HERE This is NOT Randy's Rotorway helicopter, however, this is what the kit would look like once completed. Make an offer, local pickup only! If interested in any of these additional kits, please send an email to either myself at ronjonrollo@yahoo.com or Carol at carolindabuchanan@gmail.com Hi all, Just a bump and a reminder there is only a week left if you are on the fence and thinking about any of these projects, particularly Randy's Lear45 project. I also have a little more information to include about Randy's simulator project. I should have asked Carol about this earlier, but the computers are also included with the project but as is. I can't tell you much about these computers other than what we can see in the photo. It looks like what's on the top shelf are three full size tower cases, two of them being Coolmaster cases. There are also two other desktop computers sitting on the second shelf. Most likely these computers are running Windows7 and I wouldn't be surprised if one or two of the older ones are running WindowsXP. Any flight sim software would also be included but keys, codes and passwords are currently not known. With that said, the software is most likely dated and you would want to update most of it anyway. Additionally I notice an authentic CDU face with a replica backer sitting on the very top of the shelf. This CDU would also be included with Randy's Lear45 project. Carol also sent this interesting photo of Randy's project in an earlier state while still in the fiberglass phase. What's cool about this photo is seeing how the cabin door closes and comes together. It's actually a very cool project and as I said before, you have to give it to Randy for building something the rest of us have only dreamed of doing! Again, if you have any interest in this projects, please send an email to either myself at ronjonrollo@yahoo.com or Carol at carolindabuchanan@gmail.com Hey guys, Just a reminder, if you are thinking about any of the items in this thread, we would need to hear from you by the end of the day, August 15th which is tomorrow. Share this post with your flight sim friends to see if they may be interested! Again, if you have interest in this projects, please send an email to either myself at ronjonrollo@yahoo.com or Carol at carolindabuchanan@gmail.comRandy's Full scale Simulator
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