firestick22 Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) I've seen so many great cockpits here and always wanted my own. I chose a different route than most and started building mine based on control layout vs. realism. I tried to use scrap steel I had on hand and spent my cash on the two displays, the TM Warthog and MFDs. I also used Saitek pedals. Now that its done, I had to share! Edited September 14, 2011 by firestick22 More pix!
Succellus Posted September 14, 2011 Posted September 14, 2011 Awesome, i wish i had m,etal to work, both my metal approach failed for lack ofmaterial, so i went wood... HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted September 14, 2011 Posted September 14, 2011 Nice work! How do you like flying your own pit? http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad
Laurius Posted September 14, 2011 Posted September 14, 2011 Smart & simple = very nice pit. Bravo !! Asus P8Z68 Deluxe, Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4 GHz), Corsair Vengeance 2x4096 Mo DDR3 1866 MHz, SSD 120 Go Vertex 2, EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0 4Go (04G-P4-2978-KR), TM HOTAS Warthog #03797 (MB replaced), Saitek Combat Pro Rudder, TrackIR 5, TM Cougar MFDs with Lilliput 8" UM 80
firestick22 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Posted September 14, 2011 Thanks! It is great to be able to have everything bolted down and in the right place. Having a second display and the TM MFDs is the icing on the cake. It took me since Falcon 3.0 to get here and its worth it! The TM Warthog is so much better than my old Cougar, too. What's really funny though is, my kids (in their 30s) and friends play COD all the time. When they saw this they were amazed, but pretty intimidated!
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 LOL most of my buddies don't have anything to do with my pit either. Getting my monitor set up last weekend with HELIOS and exporting MFCD's was the best thing I've ever done with my pit. In picture 4 there is what appears to be a amp or cable box with a sticker on it, what is that for? Just curious, looked too big to be a Butt Kicker amp. http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad
firestick22 Posted September 15, 2011 Author Posted September 15, 2011 I had a Samson audio amp laying around I couldnt get any money for, so now its my sound system, along with the Bose outdoor speakers that were also collecting dust. I got the sticker from the A10 East Coast Demo Team at the Cleveland Airshow. I showed the ground crew a pic of my pit and they looked at me like I was from Mars! They knew nothing of LOMAC, DCS or Thrustmaster. I've thought about a Buttkicker, but TrackIR is next... Here's a shot of me with Major Thorpe at Cleveland and one with his crew.
ryyy Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Awesome pit Firestick! With your design, it looks like i can take a part an old exercise machine that somewhat gives me a frame I can use to base off of. Question though, what's your rig specs? Reason being is that I'm wondering if having a 2nd monitor for MFD's will have a huge impact on the performance of my 3d card / hardware.
firestick22 Posted September 15, 2011 Author Posted September 15, 2011 Thanks for the compliment! And you're right, you can build a pit around almost anything. Like I said, my goal was just to get everything bolted down in the right location. I put together a rig just for the sim pit. I used a 2500K Sandybridge chip, an Asus P8P67 MB, 8GB Patriot Ram and an eVGA GTX 560. I run a Western Digital Black Edition 6gb/sec HD and it loads A10C pretty fast. I have a OCZ 600 Watt PS. All of that was less than $700. It is my first Intel chip in 10 years, as every other system I have is AMD. The 40" HGTV is on HDMI at just under 1920X1080 so that the windowed sim fills the screen. The second monitor has a VGA input and runs 800X600. I can drop a whole field of cluster bombs and fly right back through the smoke without a hit, but the frame rate drops to around 35 fps. I notice just a very slight stutter when flying thru heavy clouds. A 2600K and a 570 or 580 would be ideal, I would imagine, but I was already at the top of my budget. I can't say enough good things about the sandybridge chips. Even though I could overclock mine, I see no need to.
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