Red Dog Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) The F-16 cockpit was started in 2004 and built for Falcon 4.0. It flew BMS for 15 years. Since 2021 I switched to DCS and today I am ready to restart publishing Vlogs flying the pit. The pit flies both sim without reprograming, so all key inputs are common between DCS and BMS, it took a while to setup. The software interface is also common thanks to a little software gem called DCStoF4 allowing to put life in the DCS cockpit by reading the BMS shared memory. This may sounds strange to most of you but when all the cockpit has been interfaced to read the BMS shared memory, it's much easier to keep doing it rather than reprogramming the multiple third party apps that are necessary to interface the pit. The small caveat of course is that the BMS shared mem needs to be active when I run DCS. Small price to pay to have a pit flying two totally different sim. Full report of the WIP build is on Viperpit Enough talk, Here's an introduction picture of the pit and I will use this topic to post Vlogs of solo and MP flights with the F-16 in DCS Edited February 21 by Red Dog 5 Have a Bandit Day Red Dog [sIGPIC] http://www.ravico.com/ST/perso/Sig_generale.png [/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlikely_spider Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Seat not fuzzy enough 2/10 1 Modules: Wright Flyer, Spruce Goose, Voyager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Here's the first of I hope many series of Vlogs using the pit: MP Air to air refuel in the persian gulf Have a Bandit Day Red Dog [sIGPIC] http://www.ravico.com/ST/perso/Sig_generale.png [/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 Next one: embedded checklists in the CPD with the DCS kneeboard Have a Bandit Day Red Dog [sIGPIC] http://www.ravico.com/ST/perso/Sig_generale.png [/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smith Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Hello Red Dog, I wanted to thank you for all the inspiration you gave me. You belong to the Pioneers of Cockpit building. almost 20 years ago I was in my teenage years when i stumbled over your pit at viperpits and it blew my mind what you guys achieved there. Sadly i like the Su-27 the most and i m still waiting for exact meassuerments for the Su-27 cockpit, so i still didn't start to build a full fidelity pit like you did. Maybe i will switch to the MiG-29 cockpit, because Eagle Dynamics will soon release the MiG-29 with laserscanned cockpit. As the ejection seat, joystick, throttle, HUD and Canopyframe are the same on all versions i can interpolate the dimensions of the MFDs from the SMT version so i have a modern russian cockpit. But until this happens i will fly in my much simpler VR cockpit Thank you again for showing what we flight sim enthusiasts can achieve. Bye, Smith [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i5-9600K @5ghz, 11GB ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Twin Fan, 32GB (2x 16384MB) Corsair Vengeance LPX schwarz DDR4-3000 DIMM, 1000GB WD Black SN750 Gaming M.2, HP Reverb HMD, TM Warthog Hotas Stick & Throttle, Realsimulator FSSB R3 Stickbase, TM TPR pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg. Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 A few years ago too, I followed your construction on C6. For about 2 years, I finally had the opportunity to equip myself to embark on such a project. Also, the central poster may make me change my mind about the design. How do you switch the display on the central screen. I'm working on it at the moment, and it could be a good solution, very ergonomic - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strale Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Holy Crap ! it happens to surf some pages and finding an old friend ! Nice to see you're still "alive and kicking" and that you didn't left the party ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 On 3/29/2024 at 6:19 AM, Smith said: Hello Red Dog, I wanted to thank you for all the inspiration you gave me. You belong to the Pioneers of Cockpit building. almost 20 years ago I was in my teenage years when i stumbled over your pit at viperpits and it blew my mind what you guys achieved there. Sadly i like the Su-27 the most and i m still waiting for exact meassuerments for the Su-27 cockpit, so i still didn't start to build a full fidelity pit like you did. Maybe i will switch to the MiG-29 cockpit, because Eagle Dynamics will soon release the MiG-29 with laserscanned cockpit. As the ejection seat, joystick, throttle, HUD and Canopyframe are the same on all versions i can interpolate the dimensions of the MFDs from the SMT version so i have a modern russian cockpit. But until this happens i will fly in my much simpler VR cockpit Thank you again for showing what we flight sim enthusiasts can achieve. Thanks Smith, Doesn't make us younger does it You already nailed your pit. It's indeed exactly what is needed, the rest is overkill ... Well done. I started with Flanker 1.0 and Flanker 1.5 ages ago. I must say I have a sweet spot for the flanker airframe as well On 4/2/2024 at 2:25 PM, Zorg. said: A few years ago too, I followed your construction on C6. For about 2 years, I finally had the opportunity to equip myself to embark on such a project. Also, the central poster may make me change my mind about the design. How do you switch the display on the central screen. I'm working on it at the moment, and it could be a good solution, very ergonomic - Helios. It actually allows to hide a panel and I use that feature to hide the instrument and make room for the DCS kneeboard - which is a pain to set at fixed coordinates On 4/4/2024 at 2:40 AM, Strale said: Holy Crap ! it happens to surf some pages and finding an old friend ! Nice to see you're still "alive and kicking" and that you didn't left the party ! Hey Bud - It's been another life. Glad to see you're still around as well Have a Bandit Day Red Dog [sIGPIC] http://www.ravico.com/ST/perso/Sig_generale.png [/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 Here's some real pit building Late last year I bought a 3D printer and I needed an easy part to learn 3D design and printing 1 0 1. The FDR will be the perfect candidate. The FDR is a Flight Data recorder attached to the left side of the Aces II I learned Fusion 360 as I designed it. Then I had to learn the process of 3D printing where everything is important, placement of the parts, exposure time, type of resin, supporting your piece, thinking upside down ... lots of fun as well and a few hair less on my skull due to scratching That was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. The top connector part is screwed on the FDR bottom plate and the bottom connector is screwed in from under. After a good wash, the resin was primed in white. The seat plate painted in light grey and screwed on the seat side The FDR has been painted in bright Daygloo orange (Tamiya TS-12)and the connector was given a lot of attention with different shades of metal paint, that took quite a while to get right. I cut a length of the real wire harness I had hanging from a real connector and attached inside the FDR and made it pas through the connector, the loose end will be attached to the seat side. As I don't have the seat rails, that will have to do. I didn't make the lanyard yet as I have nothing to attach it to (no rails again) Final FDR with stickers For those interested the STL files are available. FDR box, lid, attach plate and the 2 connectors 1 Have a Bandit Day Red Dog [sIGPIC] http://www.ravico.com/ST/perso/Sig_generale.png [/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strale Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Olivier, that's really a nice FDR ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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