Nerdpit Labs

Flight simulation and cockpit fabrication.

Nerdpit Labs follows my flight simulation hobby, panels and hardware for home flight simulators, custom cockpit part models, and keeps an open notebook of my build, related artifacts, tips, and opinions. There’s also a shop if you need help with a custom part, 3d model, or 3d printing.

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Atomic number 320
A nod to the narrowbody that started this whole project.
Symbol Np
Short for Nerdpit. Also neptunium, which is not for sale.
Half-life
Indefinite. Cockpit builds are never really finished.

Fabrication

Nerdpit will work with you from photos, drawings, emailed descriptions to fabricate the part you need for you home cockpit. I am willing to work on parts for any airframe. My own personal home cockpit is based on the Airbus A320 CEO. This is not really a major business, just a service to help likeminded folks get their cockpits built, and possibly fund my hobby at the same time.

  • 3D modelling from photos, sketches or measurements
  • Printing from your own files
  • Small batch production
  • Cost-plus fabrication
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The notebook

The personal side of the lab: build logs, what worked, what didn’t, and the files that came out of it, free for the community to use.

  • Build entries from the home cockpit
  • Print settings, wiring notes and templates
  • Free downloads in the library
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Latest notebook entries

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  1. Backlighting the overhead, first pass

    Planning a 5 V backlight bus for the overhead panel and what I learned about light bleed.


    1 min read

  2. First knobs off the printer

    Getting a press-fit bore right for 6 mm D-shaft encoders took five test prints.


    1 min read