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Yes, you read that right, non-flying. Unfortunately. Never even have sat in a real Beechcraft. And I don't have a PPL.

So what the heck am I doing here, you will ask ?

I'll explain.
I am a 69 year old Dutchy, now retired and living in rural Italy. The Netherlands just became too crowded and too expensive for a guy with a poorly pension.
The link to aviation?
I got a small metal aeroplane model from an uncle at the age of 5..... now 64 years ago.... and ever since I have been an aviation enthusiast. Started with building model kits, then RC models, and when the very first flight simulator program was released I moved over to the IT department of the newspaper where I worked, just to get my hands on computers. Have owned every flight simulator published ever since.

In 1985 I got my first stick time in a real aircraft (well, an Ultrlight called Mistral, but hey), totally amazing my 60 year old instructor by handling it as if I'd never done anything else. Told him about my 1000's of hours in flight simulators, but he had never heard of those. Hilarious.

I tried to get into flying to get my PPL, but in Europe at the time that was prohibitively expensive :(
So I made do with the occasional flight with a good friend of mine, in his Cessna 177 RG in the UK.
Later I became member of a little flying club in France, where lessons were ' only' 140 Euros an hour, and I learned to fly the Jodel, off a 5500 feet high mountain airstrip. Flew on skis as well.
Then I lost my corporate job and money was scarce.

Started my own FS publishing company and spent the last 12 years of my working life helping others to publish products and to enjoy the hobby of flightsimming. My company was FSAddon Publishing, and well-known in FS circles.

Now I am 69, retired on a small pension in rural Italy, and real world flying is off the radar. But over time I collected quite a bit of hardware to build a home cockpit from, and so I decided to take up that bit of the hobby I had never time for.
I have the mock-up of a Baron panel, lots of bits and pieces, like rudder pedals, nav and com radioes, a steering yoke.... and lots to learn too, like the electronics to connect switches to the PC simulator.

Looking around for more info on the specs, and specifically measurements of the Baron 58, I found this forum.
And so here I am...... not really an asset, just a curious FS old-timer hoping to learn something from your collected expertise.

Francois

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Looking forward to seeing pictures of your Sim.

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Welcome Francois!
As you move forward with your Baron Sim, be sure to post some pictures for us to see your progress. If you ever find yourself in Southern California, send me a message. I'm always happy to take people flying when they are so in love with aviation.


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You might want to pick up a copy of Larry Ball's book "From Travel Air to Baron : How Beech Created a Classic!". It lists specifications for every year's model along with the changes as they evolved over the years.

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Thanks for the welcome folks, much appreciated.

Will see if I can find that book mentioned.

Where would be a good place to post my pictures please ?

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Thanks for the welcome folks, much appreciated.

Will see if I can find that book mentioned.

Where would be a good place to post my pictures please ?

On this thread would be fine. Otherwise start a new thread about the simulator or models (I'm assuming that's what the pictures depict) in the "Plane Talk" forum, or maybe the "Beech Twins" forum since it sounds like they are Baron related. :cheers:

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Yes, you read that right, non-flying. Unfortunately. Never even have sat in a real Beechcraft. And I don't have a PPL.

So what the heck am I doing here, you will ask ?

I'll explain.
I am a 69 year old Dutchy, now retired and living in rural Italy. The Netherlands just became too crowded and too expensive for a guy with a poorly pension.
The link to aviation?
I got a small metal aeroplane model from an uncle at the age of 5..... now 64 years ago.... and ever since I have been an aviation enthusiast. Started with building model kits, then RC models, and when the very first flight simulator program was released I moved over to the IT department of the newspaper where I worked, just to get my hands on computers. Have owned every flight simulator published ever since.

In 1985 I got my first stick time in a real aircraft (well, an Ultrlight called Mistral, but hey), totally amazing my 60 year old instructor by handling it as if I'd never done anything else. Told him about my 1000's of hours in flight simulators, but he had never heard of those. Hilarious.

I tried to get into flying to get my PPL, but in Europe at the time that was prohibitively expensive :(
So I made do with the occasional flight with a good friend of mine, in his Cessna 177 RG in the UK.
Later I became member of a little flying club in France, where lessons were ' only' 140 Euros an hour, and I learned to fly the Jodel, off a 5500 feet high mountain airstrip. Flew on skis as well.
Then I lost my corporate job and money was scarce.

Started my own FS publishing company and spent the last 12 years of my working life helping others to publish products and to enjoy the hobby of flightsimming. My company was FSAddon Publishing, and well-known in FS circles.

Now I am 69, retired on a small pension in rural Italy, and real world flying is off the radar.
[youtube]https://youtu.be/L1Z8YT6w7Rc[/youtube]

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Okay, let me try and post some pictures here...... this may not resemble a Baron 58 much, yet, but hopefully it will become more recognizable over time.

Setting up some of the hardware and testing new software...... there's a lot of preparation going into this project.


Please login or Register for a free account via the link in the red bar above to download files.

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If you start a new thread, let us know here. I am pretty low tech myself, but I have had luck dissecting a 12 button joystick. I moved the rheostat for rudder controls down to make-shift rudders below, but you can buy rudders. The thing I was really after was all the buttons, in theory 12, which can be relocated to gear handle, flap switch, brakes, etc. I did this twenty years ago, and again recently on a newer project. Despite all the hullabaloo about how amazing the latest programs are, I find them to be less flexible with regard to assigning joystick buttons.

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