Post Your Setup

[hawk2495]

Ok she's no where near as pretty, but she's still a WIP......

[Hanzales]

 

Comming soon 2 Mini LCD for the MFD´s

 

Hi there,

 

please where can I get thoose nice MFCD's ? I've noticed that theese are used by more ppl. Is it a custom MFCD or it can be bought anywhere?

Edit> ergh, now reading desription I realised it's only prepared for mini LCD. I was just confused to see thoose MFCD's several times here and there...

Edited July 23, 2011 by Hanzales

[juankeiko]

Hi there,

 

please where can I get thoose nice MFCD's ? I've noticed that theese are used by more ppl. Is it a custom MFCD or it can be bought anywhere?

Edit> ergh, now reading desription I realised it's only prepared for mini LCD. I was just confused to see thoose MFCD's several times here and there...

 

You have here the official web: http://www.thrustmaster.com/product.aspx?ProductID=168

 

and you can buy here or another web:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thrustmaster-Replica-Force-Cougar-Flight/dp/B002HH9TRY

[Succellus]

Açso try e-bay

[Hanzales]

Oh thanks a million! I'm usually sucesfull with searching stuffs but all I googled today was useless :/ Great to know there is no need to build customs. I really like to build things, but time is the biggest problem in my case :/ I will get them as soon as I get TrackIR (is it working with 64bit executable now btw?). Need to save some finances first again :) Thanks again for your tip!

Btw all that setups in this tread looks amazing. Your wifes must be very happy to have such a skillful guy at home ;o)

Here's my humble nothing (yet) with at least something :)

http://i.imgur.com/r24Nx.jpg

EDIT: I will need also two proper sized LCD's and use it with helios, correct?

EDIT2 Not sure what I was thinking during last EDIT question :) Sure I found whole thread and found liliputs can be used :)

Edited July 25, 2011 by Hanzales

[hreich]

here is mine setup...

[TulsA-10]

Awesome work everyone. Here's mine, about to get a refresh for A10:

 

 

 

 

 

for the Black Shark WSC working

 

Cool setup man.. My old lady keeps trying to eject me and my stuff out to the garage but that's not happening.. lol

[trigen]

Current setup (i know its a mess)

 

Stick something i call the cougar 52

Saitek pedals

Buttkicker for some vibration feedback, flying a lot of helo's

 

[jvanes]

Like Hammer we where on the same project :)

[531-Ghost]

Kon check out these

 

http://rogerdodger.net/diyflightsims/floor_unit_f321.html

 

http://www.obutto.com/flightsim.html

 

I would caution you against center mounting a stick. It seems these sticks are not designed to be used that way comfortably (your wrist will constantly be torqued to keep your hand square on the stick). Also it increases fatigue because you can't rest your arm. Over time playing with your wrist like that may even lead to serious permanent damage.

 

In my Obutto, I have my stick center mounted. I rest my arm in my lap. Been flyin' that way for years, still no issues. Just sayin'.

[Bad-Mo-Fo]

Here's My Setup.

 

I always thought I was the only one who tried to keep it multi purpose.

 

Everything is fully attached and fully functional all the time. I always hated switching things out to race and then fly. This way it all works all the time! Shifter for driving is a little bit of a tight squeeze but all in all it this setup works fantastic.

 

Soon to add two more monitors, hence the extra large back board.

[Deadman]

Oh my god what have i done to my self:joystick:

 

[quoteQuote:

Originally Posted by ZQuickSilverZ

Kon check out these

 

http://rogerdodger.net/diyflightsims...unit_f321.html

 

http://www.obutto.com/flightsim.html

 

I would caution you against center mounting a stick. It seems these sticks are not designed to be used that way comfortably (your wrist will constantly be torqued to keep your hand square on the stick). Also it increases fatigue because you can't rest your arm. Over time playing with your wrist like that may even lead to serious permanent damage.

[Bad-Mo-Fo]

My setup

 

I got these MFD cougars, an suggestions for small LCD screens to put behind them? Ive looked all over and only found one that was like $300 US. Not willing to spend $600 on a pair of them. Any ideas?

[HitchHikingFlatlander]

Most people use one big monitor for the MFD's and use the extra space for gauges. Way cheaper, easier to setup and more efficient IMO.

[WRFirefox]

:pilotfly:Here my newbie pit in action:

[Bad-Mo-Fo]

@ WRFirefox. What did you use for screens behind your MFD's?

 

I want to try to stay away from using one bigger screen so I can leave my steering wheel in place. Well what i really want to do is build a second pit for racing, but dont have a second computer with enough horsepower yet to make that happen.

Edited September 2, 2011 by Bad-Mo-Fo

[WRFirefox]

Behind the MFD's are 7'' USB TFT's. Take a look at this Thread:

First Step to an A-10 Pit in the Home Cockpits

[Bearitall]

Hey

 

This is my old set up looking to do a new one similar to this for a 32" LCD TV...

 

 

 

:pilotfly::joystick::thumbup:

 

Well, just received my " Obutto " and finished putting it together..nice ... but will take a bit of getting use to it...one small problem is my Saitek pedals don't fit inside the front panel area..damn .. some major adjustments to be sorted out...once I have all in place will post some pic's..my playseat I gave to a friend who's I just got hooked on flight sim's thats all he talks about now...LOL what was I thinking...LOL :doh:

 

 

Edited @ 1:12pm

Ooops! Just tried fitting my pedal's and now they fit but barely...have to now make a make shift board to hold it in place no movement...

Edited September 2, 2011 by Bearitall

[Laurius]

Hi Folks,

 

Here's my set-up. I finally found the screens I was looking for. This was the step I wanted to achieve i.e. put those screens behind my TM Cougar MFDs. These are Lilliput UM-80/C/T 8" Touch Screen Monitors

(see : http://www.lilliputuk.com/monitors/usb/um80/)

I've ordered them last tuesday afternoon from Amazon.fr and they arrived this morning today. Wow !!

 

I went for those USB monitors following the input made by WRFirefox (recalled few posts above). Apparently, an USB monitor with an integrated GPU is really worth trying. I tried it with the monitors above mentioned and I don't regret it at all, allthough their price might be frightening. I would have prefered to go for a cheaper deal but wasn't able to find one. I wanted 8" displays and the Lilliputs are definetly great. Cougar MFDs could be easily stuck on them thanks to Velcro stripes and making the .lua file was much much easier than I could ever think of, thanks to this wonderfull thread :

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=60815

 

Less than 2 hours after I received them, I was already able to display something decent. I would say that I haven't noticed so far a big inpact on my FPS, which remains almost unchanged to roughly 50-60 fps depending on the mission.

 

Sorry for the bad quality of the images. I took them with my cell phone. Better ones will come, especially after I have dressed something up around the MFDs.

 

I hope it will help those who haven't decided yet wich way to go. Nevertheless, whatever the way you choose, you'll never get lost here.

 

One last word. I don't know where all of this will lead me and how far I will go. For sure, I found many answers here thanks to the great contributions of many great members. I also feel that ED made me recover some of my teenage excitement for this amazing world of modern war jets ;)

 

Thanks for reading

Cheers

[TulsA-10]

Hi Folks,

 

Here's my set-up. I finally found the screens I was looking for. This was the step I wanted to achieve i.e. put those screens behind my TM Cougar MFDs. These are Lilliput UM-80/C/T 8" Touch Screen Monitors

(see : http://www.lilliputuk.com/monitors/usb/um80/)

I've ordered them last tuesday afternoon from Amazon.fr and they arrived this morning today. Wow !!

 

I went for those USB monitors following the input made by WRFirefox (recalled few posts above). Apparently, an USB monitor with an integrated GPU is really worth trying. I tried it with the monitors above mentioned and I don't regret it at all, allthough their price might be frightening. I would have prefered to go for a cheaper deal but wasn't able to find one. I wanted 8" displays and the Lilliputs are definetly great. Cougar MFDs could be easily stuck on them thanks to Velcro stripes and making the .lua file was much much easier than I could ever think of, thanks to this wonderfull thread :

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=60815

 

Less than 2 hours after I received them, I was already able to display something decent. I would say that I haven't noticed so far a big inpact on my FPS, which remains almost unchanged to roughly 50-60 fps depending on the mission.

 

Sorry for the bad quality of the images. I took them with my cell phone. Better ones will come, especially after I have dressed something up around the MFDs.

 

I hope it will help those who haven't decided yet wich way to go. Nevertheless, whatever the way you choose, you'll never get lost here.

 

One last word. I don't know where all of this will lead me and how far I will go. For sure, I found many answers here thanks to the great contributions of many great members. I also feel that ED made me recover some of my teenage excitement for this amazing world of modern war jets ;)

 

Thanks for reading

Cheers

 

Thank you for posting this.. you gave me some really good ideas for my build. an idea i have is possibly use tow of these for the mfcds like you did then customize my helios profile for all the other front console gauges. That way i can resize and position the gauges for a more realistic feel...

[trigen]

A small but significant start on my hardware side.

 

Taking what i have at the moment, it has a functional throttle but not connected. Will also redo the base + the inner workings that is iron (waay to heavy) once i get all the wiring and bodnar card that i need in the mail. It will get me flying for now tho.

 

I'm thinking of going for a snap on handle for the collective so i can change between a bell 206 and Blackshark

 

[Bearitall]

Evolution of my pits

 

Hey;

 

Well, I first started with a desktop setup...

 

 

 

Now here is my first made pit...which was better suited for flying...

 

 

 

Then got my 42" LCD TV and tried this...but didn't work out too well..

 

 

 

Now I just received my Obutto on Friday Sept.2/11 and now just finished setting it all up

 

 

 

And managed to get my Saitek Rudder Pedals to fit and work freely

 

 

 

Now if only I could get " Flim's " front panel to somehow fit in...be great...:thumbup:

 

No disappointments with the Obutto..still need to get the Throttle/Joystick attachments then really good to go..

 

 

 

Oh as for my Playseat...I gave it to a friend whom I managed to get hooked on Flight Sims...LOL...

Edited September 5, 2011 by Bearitall

[Advicepuppy]

 

Do I win?

[Cali]

No, cause I can't see a HOTAS or anything related to flying. All I see is a bunch of fake guns :D, trying to impress us? Big guns means lacking in other areas.....

[Advicepuppy]

No, cause I can't see a HOTAS or anything related to flying. All I see is a bunch of fake guns :D, trying to impress us? Big guns means lacking in other areas.....

 

Lol I just found that pic on the internet. But damn would that be a nice setup. Mine consists of 3 monitors (one a 42 inch lcd tv) with an x65.