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    • ED_4
      ED_4 last edited by

      I don’t know if any of you have seen this. This isn’t my own video, I just saw this in YouTube about this wonderful home-built cockpit they made. The video is by fredo mailloch. The video is about 15 minutes long.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d6XcnCB5R0

      This is what I translated from the description via Google’s Translate:
      “Simulator manufactured in 7 years
      To turn on: 1 PC equipped with a single quad-core graphics card, the PC control via 9 screens UGA adapter and a triple head, it is equipped with a UCC to manage a track IR LEDs 5 a Cougar modeled FCC2 buttons controlled by a potentiometer XKEY and managed by a
      BU0836A”

      I just thought I’d share it, if no one has yet. I did a quick search and haven’t found any link references to it.

      I bet some of you that love Falcon 4.0 BMS so much would love to have this in their home. 😄

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      • Blu3wolf
        Blu3wolf last edited by

        If you like cockpits, check out viperpits.org - they have a pretty good gallery.

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        • JJO
          JJO @Blu3wolf last edited by

          And offcourse FlyingFalcon.org were the Ultimate F16 Simulator is developed. Two forums with plenty of info about building a simulator cockpit.

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          • Blu3wolf
            Blu3wolf last edited by

            Id never heard of flyingfalcon.org before today. Do you have plans for that cockpit available?

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            • JJO
              JJO @Blu3wolf last edited by

              Check it out, the plans will be available soon. It’s a full replica of the real deal. We own a real cockpit and duplicate it 🙂

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              • CAG
                CAG @JJO last edited by

                If you like pits you will find some nice stuff here.☺ Have fun!!!

                [https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?7663-Home-Made-Cockpits-Post-Yours](http [url)! ://"]http https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?7663-Home-Made-Cockpits-Post-Yours! ://

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                • MailMan
                  MailMan last edited by

                  If you are interested in building a pit or just want to build what you can afford, start here: http://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php?action=forum (free to register)

                  Any manufactured pit for sale is going to cost a fortune, and usually are not fully functional. So do your research and ask questions.

                  440th VFW

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                  • TAC-1
                    TAC-1 @JJO last edited by

                    @JJO:

                    And offcourse FlyingFalcon.org were the Ultimate F16 Simulator is developed. Two forums with plenty of info about building a simulator cockpit.

                    Nice!!

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                    • ED_4
                      ED_4 @TAC-1 last edited by

                      As for me, I couldn’t even begin to afford anything such as that I’ve seen in that video I posted above. Much less try others. So, as for me, I’m stuck with my plain old PC and only in the PC interface. Probably the most I’d ever do is purchase a Thrustmaster, if ever that time comes. As for that space consuming and costly thing above? That’s beyond me, since I don’t have any space anyway to do such a thing.

                      I only wanted to share the video, since I know there’s bound to be a few insane ones out there to do the same thing. :rolleyes: 😛

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                      • Blu3wolf
                        Blu3wolf last edited by

                        A few haha… yeah, more than a few have been built in the years since falcon 4 came out [emoji14] lots more

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                        • Marvin157th
                          Marvin157th @Blu3wolf last edited by

                          I built a cockpit back in the early 2000s and spent a fortune on it and months and months and years of work. All honesty, (and I am not bashing those that are still doing it) I am much more happy with my HOTAS, Track IR and clickable 3D cockpit. VERY low maintenance and I get to fly more. I found all I was doing was building and not flying. 😄

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                          • JJO
                            JJO @Marvin157th last edited by

                            yes, cockpit building costs a fortune, also i am a builder and almost don’t fly. BMS is a great addition to the whole project. It’s great (for me as mainly builder) when the switches are connected or the SSC that BMS works without a keyboard. Many years we built wooden cockpits, now we built the real replica in aluminium, all orignal parts should fit, we even reconstruct the cable trees.

                            Interested ? check www.flyingfalcon.org , also when you don’t built or does not want to, (almost) all panels are explained, see it as the wikipedia for F16 enthousiasts.

                            Back to BMS (that’s were this forum is meant for) , great jobs are done, we as full cockpit builders are very happy with the software !

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                            • Focaldesign
                              Focaldesign @JJO last edited by

                              I’m the other way around. Flying comes first but past 3 years I’ve been building and collecting stuff to once build the whole shebang. I find it (purely personal, no problem with people the other way around!) a shame that some have a fully realistic pit but can’t fly it realistically or even fly it at all.
                              Some pics of my stuff.

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                              • Red Dog
                                Red Dog @Focaldesign last edited by

                                Agreed
                                there are two breed of pitbuilders
                                some building a tool to fly, these always fly first
                                some building a replica object that is not intended to be used.

                                I’m part of the first. some can’t do it.
                                Either way is fine.

                                Being a perfectionnist automatically place you in the second category 🙂

                                The above is my opinion after 15 years in the pit builder community - with no interruption. Feel free to disagree

                                Red Dog
                                Reality if for ppl who can't handle simulation

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                                • Blu3wolf
                                  Blu3wolf last edited by

                                  Its hard to categorise sometimes. I think I fit a little into both catogories - or will, when I have more than concepts, ideas and prototypes.

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                                  • SplashOne
                                    SplashOne @Blu3wolf last edited by

                                    Great topic and certainly agree with Red Dog.

                                    some building a tool to fly, these always fly first
                                    some building a replica object that is not intended to be used.

                                    Spent the last 2 years plus building a pedestal (on rollers) to house my Saitek throttles and radio equipment. Spent more time designing and drawing on CAD than actual time flying my simulator. And the projects still going……
                                    Now thanks to this post I’m making measurements for an upfront control panel with MFD’s either side layed out on my desk !

                                    Question for Focaldesign.

                                    What size monitor is that LCD and will you still need it when you complete your pit?

                                    Just kidding, but I am interested in the screen size?

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                                    • Focaldesign
                                      Focaldesign @SplashOne last edited by

                                      @SplashOne:

                                      Question for Focaldesign.

                                      What size monitor is that LCD and will you still need it when you complete your pit?

                                      Just kidding, but I am interested in the screen size?

                                      22" in current setup.
                                      Have a wooden center pedestal that will house a 5" for EHSI and a 10.4" for other instruments. Plus another 2 10.4" screens for left & right instrument panels

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                                      • ED_4
                                        ED_4 @Focaldesign last edited by

                                        This is a question to those that have successfully built a fully running cockpit like the one on the video I posted above.

                                        Has there been anyone out there that has built one with a full 360 degree field of view just by using monitors (a string of monitors that go the whole 360 degrees) all the way around?

                                        If not, is that even a possibility out there for a home builder? Not that I want to make one, just a curiosity if it’s doable. 🙂 I know that would be very expensive, but is it possible?

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                                        • Hammerdon
                                          Hammerdon @ED_4 last edited by

                                          I almost have my center pedestal built and I do about 85% of my flying using just that.
                                          If I have to use other switches in the cockpit I have a shortcut to toggle from the
                                          empty cockpit shell to the 3-d cockpit, flick the switch and then go back to the empty
                                          shell again.
                                          The most important thing to me is to keep it flyable (as much as possible) while I build.
                                          The last thing I want to do is finish my dream cockpit and be sick of it by the time I’m
                                          done.

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                                          • Marvin157th
                                            Marvin157th @Red Dog last edited by

                                            RD,

                                            The only thing I would disagree with is “Being a perfectionist automatically place you in the second category”. I have seen and followed your pit for years… I think you are part of the first group and a perfectionist! 😉

                                            @Red:

                                            Agreed
                                            there are two breed of pitbuilders
                                            some building a tool to fly, these always fly first
                                            some building a replica object that is not intended to be used.

                                            I’m part of the first. some can’t do it.
                                            Either way is fine.

                                            Being a perfectionnist automatically place you in the second category 🙂

                                            The above is my opinion after 15 years in the pit builder community - with no interruption. Feel free to disagree

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