Jarnob

Some vids of my home-cockpit functioning; front dash only. Still pretty intense :)

update of my cockpit; im making a new standard for my 3 monitors. currently adjusting height and sides also i'm flying around in some adjusted Georgian A10C's: :)

Very very nice pit! Like how all panels are lit, nice & clean; all measures are perfect - as well as all your buttons....... makes me wanna rethink/rebuild my own pit (=good) :)

wow really really really like your 3 big screens! :)

Yeah i really like my pit - flying is so realistic with DCS Currently building covers for the gauges - still need to make some more. Got two other monitors ready but i'm still working on a standard which allows me to switch to larger monitors if needed. And i got some lag problems when i tested 5 monitors on my Eyefinity card... + i got to wait on some funds :) (can't use all my money on the pit)

tx guys ;) Deadman - are you living in the US area where temperatures are so low right now?? i'm constantly seeing that on the news over here in europe

Jeeeey DeadMan's decals arrived last weekend! I placed them on my cockpit sides and my pit looks a LOT cooler now! :) Also received the decals for my seat. Right now i'm thinking about making my seat more like the real thing - so i can use all the seat decals the right way.... hmmmm.... thinking about rebuilding pit parts.... here we go again :) Tx again for the decals DM!

Guess thats a Caucasian Superman Pad :) Better use SEAD and high level.

I think the manpad excellence in DCS is also a bit overrated. How much are the chances that manpads are shouldered and ready to go exactly at the time a lone A10C pops up? Normally it takes some response time. There should be some random response time calculated into DCS manpads.

You don't. No SEAD, attacking an area covered by manpads and covered by a long range system is almost suicide. Use SEAD for long range SAM and high level attack to avoid manpads. Else in my opinion its just a matter of luck - with higher success rate when you manage to stay as low level / shortest pop up as possible...

When your purring cat makes you look out of the window searching the sky /horizon for distant helo's...... seriously...... for like 30 minutes

Yep true - i could use some fans myself too! ;) But these are for my modules. I notice them getty pretty hot after flying about 1,5 hrs. Not sure if this has anything to do with the continuous closed contacts on the inputs. I'v got one IO module which broke down.... and i had to buy another for 30,-..... and readjust a LOT of settings again..... So just to be sure i've placed fans around the modules! :)

Progess Been a while of testing, flying and saving money - but i've made some progress! :) - Added new LED lighting which lights left and right consoles and UFC - Changed lay out of front dash by setting flaps, gear and NMSP on a different (for me better) position - Added some buttons/switches from which i can control the 3 cooling fans (left/right console and front dash) and my pc system - Made my 3rd screen operational in the right console: It currently holds the Caution Panel, TACAN/ILS freq, Oxygen gauges, Airfield maps and a small corner on which i can test some switches which are not yet integrated into the hardware switches. I'm thinking about installing a tracking ball (mouse) next to it instead of using a touch screen; since i also use it as a board for maps and stuff. (screen has been reinforced by plexiglass) Right now i'm busy with making a mount made of aluminium and wood for the 3 mainscreens. Other ideas: - Adding (flat) buttons on front dash (QNH, COURSE and stuff) - Placing make shift HUD frame of aluminium

Yes those are the ones i used; dry transfers. On some panels i used varnis- but i was afraid that these would damage the letters. Luckily it didn't. And i did'nt use CNC for anything - all wood and metal plates are cut by saw. Are there particular parts that normally are done by CNC?? The bend metals sheets on the flancs are 0.5mm and cut with some kind of wire cutter.

Wow looking good Whartsell.... nice.....!!! :thumbup:

Deadman, do you make all parts by yourself? Or do you use any original A10 parts for your pit?

Yep exactly Deadman - thats why i (need to) use green lighting.

Yes indeed - plans for consoles / front dash are by DIMEBUG (made soem slight adjustments for my available space). Flancs / sides are my own idea. (assume you meant the consoles Boltz) Kudo's --> DIMEBUG :D

simple wooden frame for the side aluminium sheets and btw: your pits all look cool too guys!!! - very nice Fire Handle MacFevre + love how you make everything exactly the same as the original cockpit; and Deadman, are you the Quartermaster of AMARC or something?!??!? :D

Thanks again! Yes those are aluminium 0.5mm sheet metal sides. And these are not attached to the consoles - they stand in a U-shape form on the floor 'around' the consoles. First i was trying to make a plan to attach them to the consoles. This was more easier and simple though. And it took some time to find out which buttons i really needed for the sim. I left some space and options to redesign the pit when needed. Right now i'm busy making my flying hours :) and designing some Red Flag missions with the editor.... DCS is so awesome......

result so far: i emailed the chinese manufacturer and microsoft forum - also asked some colleagues about Container ID's. No clear answers, but it seems my 10 port (powered) USB hub mixes up these particular IO modules somehow... maybe 7 of these on 1 hub is simply too much... Connected a new IO module and took about 1,5 hours to adjust all DCS control settings :( Everything works fine now :) i'm gonna try to use an USB card instead of this hub to relocate some IO modules. If i find out anything more about this i'll post it here. Tx all

Some more photographs of my build: - Complete pit with removable parts: frontdash, left&right console, left&right flanks and seat. All made of wood (even the ejection seat grips :) ) and metal (0,5mm flanks and seat). - Close up of right console: the uhf/vhf panels are not yet equipped witjh buttons During sim play i decided which buttons were necessary for normal simming/flight. Some buttons are not placed - there is place for these in the future though. For radio currently i use easy comms. - Close up of the wooden consoles with aluminium strips for the panels. - Ejection seat made of metal&wood - heavy! - one of the panels with wires Some of the parts i had to assemble on the attic because they were too big.... guess my cockpit ain't going nowhere else for the time being :)

Thank you all! Yes i did cut the wood from the plans myself. It wasn't that difficult with the righequipment. I'm more conserned how the entire pit is gonna fit in this room.... guess my attic will be one big pit when it's all done! :P As for the glareshield; i'm using very basic materials for all parts. Even the Glareshield consists of pieces of wood and metal plate :) It's easy for me to use and i'm content with it :)

I must say that i learned a lot about DCS A-10C on this forum - and still am learning - in the mean time i solved a lot of problems which i ecnountered. If anyone needs help with something please let me know! (would like to return the favor :) ) For cockpit software i use Helios. Currently i'm busy woth some I/O module problems. After that i will replace the Caution Panel from the front dash to my right console. Also building a good wooden/metal standard for my 3 main monitors is something i'm busy with.

Hi all, somewhere around June 2013 i started to get more interest (once again) into flightsimming. This time i decided to go all the way instead of getting a joystick and fool around.... A lot of wood, metal, buttons, headaches & time further it resulted in the photographs below. The base cockpit i made from the plans found on hogpits.com - with some slight adjustments. The panels i made from metal plates together with white stencil letters. Took alot of time. I tried to make everything as much as possible the same as in the original plans/ original A-10C - but for a lot of issues i decided to go for different solutions. A lot of original things are not that handy for my personal home cockpit. I will put some more photographs of different subjects topics. System/hardware i'm using: Quadcore AMD A8-5600K APU, 4x 3600 MHz Mainboard MSI A55M-E33 8192 MB DDR3-RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon HD7870 Eyefinity 6 Keyboard emulators: 2x iPAC4, keyboard emulator IO Modules: 7x Xin-Mo Dual Arcade I/O module (154 inputs) Stick / Throttle: A-10C Warthog HOTAS Rudder: Saitek Cessna Rudder Pedals MFCD: Cougar MFD(x2) Pack Monitors main view: 3x Packard Bell Viseo 243D 24" monitors Monitor front dash: 1x Packard Bell Viseo 243D 24" monitor Monitor right console: 1x 19" monitor