ncimike3 Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 I thought I would share some of my pics with the community. I'm a bit of a novice at this. I couldn't have even done this without the help and others on this site. This is my first cockpit build ever and sucks compared to some of the others I've been looking at. I'm quite humbled by how well designed they are. For my cockpit I retrofitted one of my kids gaming rumble chairs. Just finished this a few weeks ago and now I trying to learn how to add more monitors with Helios and other stuff. EVGA X58 FTW3 | i7-960 3.2GHz | 6Gb DDR3 1600Mhz | GTX 680 4Gb | Win 7 64 |TM HOTAS Warthog | Combat Rudder Pedals | TrackIR 5 | TM MFD Cougar set | Logithech G35 Headset
Deadman Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 Looks great so far Mike :thumbup: 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.
Gadroc Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 Looks good! I'll say that seat look a damn sight more comfy than my ACES II replica. :D
LtFransky Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 Actually, suck isn't the right word...AWESOME is more appropriate. I just have one question, does the doll act as ATC? :) Keep up the great work Ours is not to reason why, but rather to do and die. A man walks into a zoo. The only animal in the entire zoo is a dog. It's a shitzu
JG14_Smil Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 Yes, there are some intimidatingly good cockpits shown here... I know how you feel. Yours looks great. :)
ncimike3 Posted December 7, 2011 Author Posted December 7, 2011 Looks good! I'll say that seat look a damn sight more comfy than my ACES II replica. :D Thanks Gadroc. The chair rumbles like crazy with the bass turned up. Drives my wife crazy. whole house vibrates. She is threatening me to move it to the garage. I do have a question for you. See that second monitor to the right? when I output helios to it with the left and right MFD data being exported from DCS, FPS went to hell. You helped me on the helios forum. But the way I understand your answer it is that if I let a 2nd video card do the output for the helios profile on the 2nd screen, it won't really impact my fps right? EVGA X58 FTW3 | i7-960 3.2GHz | 6Gb DDR3 1600Mhz | GTX 680 4Gb | Win 7 64 |TM HOTAS Warthog | Combat Rudder Pedals | TrackIR 5 | TM MFD Cougar set | Logithech G35 Headset
jvanes Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Love the switch panels, nice work! What do you use as a controller? Keep up the good work! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
G00dnight Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 I have a small Q how did u do the panel writing etc, and was it easy.. do u find the mfcd's close enough.. AMD A8-5600K @ 4GHz, Radeon 7970 6Gig, 16 Gig Ram, Win 10 , 250 gig SSD, 40" Screen + 22 inch below, Track Ir, TMWH, Saitek combat pedals & a loose nut behind the stick :thumbup:
ncimike3 Posted December 8, 2011 Author Posted December 8, 2011 I have a small Q how did u do the panel writing etc, and was it easy.. do u find the mfcd's close enough.. The wiring wasn't hard after doing a little research. They make these keyboard emulator boards that have a usb plug in. each switch gets a wire (or 2 or 3, depending on how many positions) that go to the board. The board comes with software that lets you program it. For example when I flip the landing gear switch up, the board receives signal and then is programmed to send the corresponding key strokes programmed for that switch. Not too difficult once you experiment with a few switches. Just gotta make sure that the key strokes you program in DCS match with what you program for the board. As far as the MFcd's, way too far apart. I would not do it the same way again. I would get a very small keyboard and get everything in tighter. It was a learning experience. But worth it. EVGA X58 FTW3 | i7-960 3.2GHz | 6Gb DDR3 1600Mhz | GTX 680 4Gb | Win 7 64 |TM HOTAS Warthog | Combat Rudder Pedals | TrackIR 5 | TM MFD Cougar set | Logithech G35 Headset
ncimike3 Posted December 8, 2011 Author Posted December 8, 2011 Love the switch panels, nice work! What do you use as a controller? Keep up the good work! I used this http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/products/ke_usb108.html. Not that tough. 1 wire for each switch position with a common wire running through all switches. By the Way Jedi, Impressive work on the cockpit. I would love to copy it. EVGA X58 FTW3 | i7-960 3.2GHz | 6Gb DDR3 1600Mhz | GTX 680 4Gb | Win 7 64 |TM HOTAS Warthog | Combat Rudder Pedals | TrackIR 5 | TM MFD Cougar set | Logithech G35 Headset
hog_driver111th Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Wow, $170. I wish these things were a little cheaper. I could get about 5 panels for that price (depending on the panels of course). A-10C - FC3 - CA - L-39 - UH1 - P-51 - Hawk - BS2 - F-86 - Gazelle - F-5E - AV8B - F/A-18C i5-4590 - GTX 1060 - Oculus CV1 - TM:Warthog [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic9979_1.gif[/sIGPIC]
jvanes Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 I used this http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/products/ke_usb108.html. Not that tough. 1 wire for each switch position with a common wire running through all switches. By the Way Jedi, Impressive work on the cockpit. I would love to copy it. Thanks for the info Mike and the plans for my pit are free. You can download them from my topic. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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