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Your pit looks awesome, and your dog aswell :D is the pit frame it self finnished? Let i say without the side panels :)? Best regards, Thomas

Looks realy awesome. How is the seat now? I am in hospital right now, but i gonna start building next week i hope :)

Nope, i have to stop with me medication because i am in hospital next week. I have an muscular illnes what causes paralysis. So i cant do much now. I hope i can make something off it in the next few weeks. Also, the cardboard model i made was to big :mad: Because i have no space, only on me desk, has it to be small aswell as functional. I had tried somethings (as you saw above) but all off that was unfortunately to big :helpsmilie: I will comeup with something when i am balanced with medication again :) ( or maybe if am feeling better tonight :pilotfly:)

It looks nice men! Are you looking to build an frame around it?

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Looks nice, are you using helios yet?

Its offcourse about money ;) If you fly only one engine aircrafts, the x52 pro is nice. I have the x52 now. When i geduete i get the g940 set from me parents :) Its dual throttle and force feedback. If i was you i would go for the G940. Everything in one set :) If you fly only the a10, then is the TM wartogh is the best one ;) But also the most expensive

Heey, I have searched all day for a keybinding driver that let me bind key's to me thrustmaster mfd buttons. I want this because i use LEAVU2. I want to have the combinations locked with that. I tried keyops, hotkey master, xpadder but nothing works. Do some off you have an program name ore the programm it self for me? Let me be clear that there is no solution in me eyes to put the combinations in FC2. I think i can only use a keybinder because i work with LEAVU2. Best regards, Thomas

I didnt think about that solution :megalol: That works, so its better to do that :D I hope to finnish it today :megalol:

Hell yeah! mfds and numpad keyboard are arrived :D I am installing the stuff now. I try tonight to put some pic on :pilotfly: =update= I am building the panel from cardboard now. I am looking if everything have the right dimensions am i hope to build the panel tonight! I hope me dad have some time to cut it for me. I cant do it myself because i have an muscular illness. If i use an electric saw, due to the vibration i cant use me arm propperly for 3 days :P So i better do not do that :P I hope to get it down tonight :D =second update= Heey, I finnished building the cardboard one. Looks awesome! Here some pic: Cables gonna be stored otherwise in the wood edition. Also the ipods gonna be nicely put away behind the panel so only the screen can be seen. Also i gonna add a usb connector with a light for the right MFD and the ICP Best regards, Thomas

I made some photo's of my ipod touches setup with lockon virtual panel. These are the engine gauges, ipod will be placed in the upper right off the panel. The backup instruments ipod, that will be placed under the MFD's (and yep, screen is cracked....but you virtualy dont see it with your eyes.) And the two together Looks nice isnt it! The backup instruments have a little lagg. But its not to bad. You know i have an gauge screen for 20 euro :D This is an realy inexpensive option for gauge screens. This 2 ipod touches cost me together 95 euro. And then you are good to go! Think about the fact that an 10 inch screen is around 170 :) Bye, Thomas :D

I just tought about the fact that i could just change the DED for a simple clock. Its handy for vfr flight XD

I think this will be the end result. I choose to go for the rear seat off the f16. Its the smaller, its better to build then the front seat. I can make more things working! I gonna use my ipad for me left MFD. With supports remote dekstop so i can LOCatc on that so i have an realtime moving map :P:thumbup: I hope tomorrow to receive me MFD's and ICP. So i can start planning :book:

Looks awesome! Is it possible to put the instrument (2nd) screen under your primary one? That should give the real experiance :joystick::D

Currently not, but if the cockpit is finnished i will only use the hud only. Its me goal to not look trough two cockpits :lol:

You right, but i allways wanted a pit that is functional in a way that i allways can use the outside view :D and not sit in me own cockpit and then look in the virtual cockpit

Looks awesome :D I am working on a kind off general fighter jet cockpit with the f16 look :D

I just orderd the thrustmaster MFD's and a logitech N305 numpad to use as an ICP :thumbup: I hope i recieve it tommorow or the day after that :music_whistling: Then i gonna draw the final concept and then go on with me dad to make everything :P:D

Heey all, I made an overview off the idea i have. Its in dutch so i will explane it :) The idea is to make an f16 look cockpit. That i can easily take apart and put in me closet when i am finnished flying. The side panels are only for me hotas, the lower part off the center panel is like an standard. It have an ipad on it for the back up instruments. The right ipod is for the engine temp gauge, fuel flow and engine RMP. The left ipod touch will be used for something i do not know yet :) I am trying to make an fully functional cockpit without the screens behind the MFD's because they are not nassecery :smartass: The programming for the ICP and mfd's are not ready yet. I have to think about that. I sold me fsx yoke so i gonna order me mfds tonight :D i am so happy! Bye, Thomas :joystick::D

Yep, thats right. And they are awesome too. I will upload an overview off me panel today. So you can see what i realy want:thumbup: A question, the outside dimensions off the thrustmaster MFD's are 14 cm width by 14 cm high right?

@cali Lol, i forgot to say that Cali. Cannon mode and stuff its just a backup. I gonna get an g940 and that throttle have programable keys with light, so i can verify if me engines are on, flaps are down or gears are up :D I want the mfd's because a pcb with swiches is to expensive for me, or have you other sugestions? @deadman Thanks for your answer, i just saw i forget to thank you :) Have a good day, Thomas

Heey everyone! I had make some progress today, i made an MFD overview. Maybe there are some things you miss like engine on off and gears but i have that on me stick! Feel free to use it for your own mfd profile :)

looks great :thumbup:

I think you just have to begin ;) But first have your plan ready. Maybe you will not beleave it but i thinked about an home cockpit for 4 years. And finaly i got the right idea! :D And if you have a plan but not finnished get some cardboard boxes and try it, its mostly free in your local store. And with a stanley knife you can make great things, this for example: Just to awesome! And if you need some help, just ask :P

Heey pit builders :), I started to make an cardboard setup to see and test if the size is oke and everything is in the right place. I think everything is right, gonna test it this night. If iam convinced i may start building tomorrow :joystick: Here a pic off me fully (not working) cardboardpit: The MFD's you are seeing now are from paper, but gonna be replaced by the thrustmaster ones. In the upper left corner i gonna use a ipod touch with touchbuddy as a combat panel. In the upperright corner i gonna also use an ipod touch for the general controls like engines and gears. The mid sections will become the place off me ipad with lock on virtual panel. The HUD will be, i think, made first. And the panel need some extra work on the dimensions. What do you think off my cockpit project! I am glad to hear it :thumbup: Best regards, Thomas :D