F-4 Phantom Simpit

[bedrat2]

Hello all,

With the amount of F-4s built and the amount of countries that used an still use it original parts are readily available to modify for a simpit. I think out of all the aircraft in DCS minus some of the older Migs the F-4 would be the easiest to build. I was on eBay and found original F-4 ejection seats for "only" $10K lol and have found complete instrument panels for cheap, depending on when and where you look. Heck if you are so inclined you could probably still get a whole F-4 nose section for scrap value.

What does everyone think I've seen a ton of F/A-18 and F-16 simpits, not many F-14 the parts are too hard and expensive to get with the Iranian embargo, but I think the F-4 would be awesome to build, plus if you really wanted to you could build the second seat and have a buddy fly Wizzo.

[Manhorne]

1 hour ago, bedrat2 said:

Hello all,

With the amount of F-4s built and the amount of countries that used an still use it original parts are readily available to modify for a simpit. I think out of all the aircraft in DCS minus some of the older Migs the F-4 would be the easiest to build. I was on eBay and found original F-4 ejection seats for "only" $10K lol and have found complete instrument panels for cheap, depending on when and where you look. Heck if you are so inclined you could probably still get a whole F-4 nose section for scrap value.

What does everyone think I've seen a ton of F/A-18 and F-16 simpits, not many F-14 the parts are too hard and expensive to get with the Iranian embargo, but I think the F-4 would be awesome to build, plus if you really wanted to you could build the second seat and have a buddy fly Wizzo.

I have a F-4 ejection seat and got it for under $2500.00 almost 100% complete,,,, I have not seen any instrument panels for sale lately that were not wildly expensive if they are complete. I have seen stripped one from time to time come up for sale at a reasonable price but the instruments to fit it out the prices has gone insane. I am sure if you spend the time digging things can be found at a good price but it will take a great deal of time to complete one .

[Zpigman]

 This link will probably interest people looking at this post release, at least as a basic idea.