Beerider Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 After 2 month of hard work and zero skills i made this f18c cockpit. The wait for the module relese was much pleasent :doh: It is not 100% accurate but i will use it with oculus rift 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogiesg Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 That is hawt. I would much rather use a pit like that and a big screen with invisible cockpit or something than an oculus. Seriously, in 2 months with all those controls? A 3D collimated display should be no problem for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewnix Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 That's a awesome looking pit!! Looking forward to hear what controllers you are using for the switches! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerider Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 5 leobodnar boards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobinjaevel Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Well done, very clean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansolo Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Very nice pit you got there Sir. You should be ready for end of spring :-) Cheers Hans 1 132nd Virtual Wing homepage & 132nd Virtual Wing YouTube channel My DCS-BIOS sketches & Cockpit Album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 If you hd 0 skills when you started you learned well looks very good!! 1 https://www.shapeways.com/shops/a-10c-warthog-supplies https://forum.dcs.world/topic/133818-deadmans-cockpit-base-plans/#comment-133824 CNCs and Laser engravers are great but they can't do squat with out a precise set of plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullant Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Bloody awesome! 1 Intel i7 13700K @ 5.3 GHz / ASUS TUF Gaming Z490-Plus / 64 Gb G.Skill DDR4-3600 / RTX 4090 / 2TB Kingston KC3000 NVME / Win 10 x64 Pro / Pimax Crystal / WINWING F/A-18 HOTAS A-10C, AJS-37, AV-8B, F-4E, F-5E, F-14, F-15E, F-16, F/A-18C, F-86F, FC3, Christen Eagle 2, FW190D-9, Mosquito, P-47D, P-51D, Spitfire, AH-64D, KA-50, UH-1H Combined Arms, WWII Asset Pack, China Assets Pack, Super Carrier, Falklands Assets Nevada, Normandy, Persian Gulf, The Channel, Syria, Mariana Islands, South Atlantic, Sinai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Burns Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Second Deadman, I don't think you had 0 skill, it's very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerider Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 here are all the steps : 1. search all the picture and materials with f18C - EASY/TIME CONSUMING 2. 3d model - i used the 3d model from FSX (is in the install folder) - I delete all the fuselage and i kept only cockpit. i scale it to 1:1 and i simplify it -remade some panels. (for this tasks i use some youtube tutorials and i call a friend 100 times - VERY HARD 3. buy some vectorial 2d panel drawings - 30$ -EASY 4. export 3d panels in vectorial format -MEDIUM 5. buy the wood panels - 50 $ -EASY 6. measure and cut the wood panels with a hand saw and file the edges - HARD 7. laser cut and engreve the faces of the panels - 170$ - EASY 8. search and buy push buttons, rotary encoders and toggle switches - 200$ - EASY/ VERY TIME CONSUMING 9. buy loebodnar controllers - 270$ - EASY 10. soldering the switches and wire the boards - MEDIUM/EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING my advice are: 1 don t start this type of project if you are a person who start something and never finish it. 2 you have to be extremely patient 3 prepare to do mistake and start over again 4 you have to be very methodical My conclusion is that everybody can make this if he really want it and you don t have to be a NASA engineer. there a lot of information everywhere. Now my problem is that with leobodnar boards and joy2key software the switches in the on position mantain the keyboard press . if someone can help me i will be grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezle Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Looks awesome! Now my problem is that with leobodnar boards and joy2key software the switches in the on position mantain the keyboard press . if someone can help me i will be grateful. This is normal (maybe joy2key allows you to change this, I've never used it) Now you have to edit some lua files for the modules to properly use your toggle switch inputs. It's time consuming but worth it. I made a tutorial thread/video, you can find others as well. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=186695 1 Intel 9600K@4.9GHz, Asus Z390, 32GB DDR4, EVGA RTX 3070, Custom Water Cooling, 970 EVO 1TB NVMe 34" UltraWide 3440x1440 Curved Monitor, 21" Touch Screen MFD monitor, TIR5 My Pit Build, VKB Gunfighter Pro w/WH Grip, TMWH Throttle, MFG Crosswinds W/Combat Pedals, Cougar MFDs, Custom A-10C panels, Custom Helo Collective, SimShaker with Transducer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerider Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Interesting tutorial. Tx for the link. I found a software similar to TARGET called Joystick Gremlin . About lua files i will wait for 2.5 and after ED will provide a stable version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hargreaves Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Amazing work there mate I bet you are looking forward to the next module coming out. i7-7700K/Gigabyte RTX2080/Win10 64bit/32Gb RAM/Asus Xonar DX+Sennheiser HD380pro headphones/LG 34" UM65 @2560x1080/TM Warthog+VKB MkIV Rudder pedals/Rift CV1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 After 2 month of hard work and zero skills i made this f18c cockpit. The wait for the module relese was much pleasent :doh: It is not 100% accurate but i will use it with oculus rift You should get a trackball mouse, I use one, and its brillinant:pilotfly: Intel Core i7-6700K Cpu 4.00 GHz OC 4.8 GHz Water Cooled|32 GB DDR4 ram OC| Nvidia RTX 2080Ti| TrustMaster Warthog|Saitek Battle Pro Pedals | Logitec G13| Oculus Rift S :joystick: I´m in for a ride, a VR ride:pilotfly: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBX_-Hml7_7s1dggit_vGpA?view_as=public Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaunyeh Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) Drooling Drooling Drooling some more. Are you sure you ain t wasting your work with Occulus rift? How will you see the switches MFD and ect with the stuff in front of your eyes? (my impression) I think a set of monitors/TV with track ir or similar could be much more enjoyable and not waste your work. Now a question, i Se that you have many instruments that aren t a monitor ... RWR, artificial horizont, fuel gauge ect what are those, or which brand are they operational, i mean will they behave as they should or are they dummies? Edited January 17, 2018 by Slaunyeh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 your pit looks great, it looks like they are the backgrounds u get with the thrustmaster bezals, i'm about to start making a sim pit and use a Rift, for the switches there is a small gap near the nose that u can see out off if u look down,so u can see the switches that way, well that what im planning, im gona try and make it so i can move panels around for other pits [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerider Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) After you bild yourself the cockpit you will know with eyes close where is every switch. The problem is with mfd. But after some practice i can push the right button 80%. The gauges are printed . From the start i wanted to use it with oculus. I can t say that i am a big fan of f18. I enjoy more ww2 planes era. I own most of dcs modules but from modern planes i like su27 / 33/ mig29 which sadly are very poor implemented. So i needed a very big joystick .... that's why I built it :))) . my choice was f18 because it is alike ( kind of....) su27 and maybe i will like it too.. If all the screen and gauges were functional the amount of work time and money were exponentially higher. So i keep it simple. My Buttkicker lfe mini will arive monday and with andre software i hope to bring some life in it. Edited January 18, 2018 by Beerider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewnix Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hey Beerider just to confirm your suspicion. The Buttkicker with Andre sound module will bring life to your pit. Its a good addition you won't be disappointed. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Absolutely fantastic! I've begun working on my own, too. It will be inspired by the f-18 but have more flexibility for other aircraft. My Simpit Progress and Update Learn how to build a SimPit like mine: Follow my Blog here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beazle Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Hello!! Amazing work on the cockpit!!! Where dis you get the rotwry swtiches for the coms volume and ufc brightness?? Is it a off position than an axis?? Regards Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streakeagle Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Great job! I hope to one day have an F-4E setup that rivals this. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev2go Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) After 2 month of hard work and zero skills i made this f18c cockpit. The wait for the module relese was much pleasent :doh: It is not 100% accurate but i will use it with oculus rift Overall Great setup, especially since you mentioned your first time doing this. Although looks like you used F16 style MPCD dipplays. These would be more fitting for the Horent Pit( even if they are used for the super Hornet) the MDI is certainly very similar to the AMPCD. https://www.driven-technologies.com/simulated-flat-panel-displays/simulated-military-displays/f-18-simulated-displays/f-18-multi-purpose-display-indicator-mdi.html and on ebay you can find some actual Hornet DDI on sale https://www.ebay.com/itm/F-18-Hornet-Cockpit-MFD-DDI-Instrument-Panel/253934097447?hash=item3b1fa6d427:g:8AkAAOSwCx5bw7M1:rk:1:pf:0 Edited October 21, 2018 by Kev2go Build: Windows 10 64 bit Pro Case/Tower: Corsair Graphite 760tm ,Asus Strix Z790 Motherboard, Intel Core i7 12700k ,Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 64gb ram (3600 mhz) , (Asus strix oc edition) Nvidia RTX 3080 12gb , Evga g2 850 watt psu, Hardrives ; Samsung 970 EVo, , Samsung evo 860 pro 1 TB SSD, Samsung evo 850 pro 1TB SSD, WD 1TB HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcq Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 NICE!!! :worthy: Marc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captflyby Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 here are all the steps : ..... Now my problem is that with leobodnar boards and joy2key software the switches in the on position mantain the keyboard press . if someone can help me i will be grateful. http://www.desktopaviator.com/Products/Model_2040/index.htm You may try this site if you haven't already. Built many cockpits, and some of their boards solved my problems when working out the kinks with joy2key. The site can be confusing to navigate, but I found patience was rewarded... at least in my case. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Has this gone anywhere ? I mean does anyone have plans to build a scale 1:1 sim pit? I’ve looked online for days but cannot find anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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