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General => Creations => Topic started by: Statua on January 02, 2015, 08:00:39 PM

Title: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Statua on January 02, 2015, 08:00:39 PM

So I've been really into FSX for a good month now and am starting work on a home sim pit. Kinda have like no cash cause college so I am making a lot of DIY things. Once I finish one of my commissions, I'm going t order a yoke and throttle from amazon. But anyway here's the current state it's in:

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-01-01%2019.18.42.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-01-01%2019.20.48.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-01-01%2019.20.57.jpg)

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Sambolinski on January 03, 2015, 07:25:38 AM

I also play a lot of FSX. Do you use the steam edition of the disk version?

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Statua on January 03, 2015, 08:02:32 AM

I have the steam edition but i still use the disk edition since steam doesn't support some of my mods. Especially the pmdg 737. I fly vatsim so the steam edition is kinda irrelevant to me right now.

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Bish on January 03, 2015, 02:53:02 PM

Nice, what is that made of?  EVA foam or cardboard or something else...

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Statua on January 03, 2015, 03:42:49 PM

Cardstock covering a keyboard. I have 3 keyboards connected to my computer when i sim lol. Heres my rig when not simming

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-01-02%2019.03.28.jpg)

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Sambolinski on January 04, 2015, 07:28:31 AM

Quote from: Statua on January 03, 2015, 08:02:32 AM

I have the steam edition but i still use the disk edition since steam doesn't support some of my mods. Especially the pmdg 737. I fly vatsim so the steam edition is kinda irrelevant to me right now.

I was going to get the steam version until I realised that my fspassengers would not work. I'm sticking with the disk version.

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Statua on January 20, 2015, 09:32:23 PM

My yoke and throttle came in today. Me so happy. Here's an update.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-01-20%2020.17.51.jpg)

I plan to make some frames come spring when I have access to my backyard (snow sucks yo) that will hold my monitors and keyboards just the way I want them.

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Statua on January 21, 2015, 07:15:36 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35uZmNJec6w

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Statua on March 11, 2015, 08:36:05 PM

Got a couple panels in as well as another throttle. Building the frame, main panel, and overhead panel will begin shortly once i have access to my back yard again (snow...)

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-03-11%2019.01.23-4.jpg)

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-03-11%2019.33.30.jpg)


The plans:

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/v2a.PNG)

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/v2b.PNG)

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Statua on April 12, 2015, 04:13:35 PM

Its been awhile but I finished the project so far. I logged the construction of it in snapchat. Here we go:

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-13%2021.59.42.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-13%2022.00.27.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-14%2000.22.06.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-14%2000.22.52.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-14%2003.45.00.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-15%2003.41.06.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-15%2003.41.09.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-19%2000.33.17.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-19%2002.52.06.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-20%2004.29.13.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-23%2023.49.32.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-27%2003.27.14.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-27%2003.34.17.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-03-27%2004.10.26.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-04-01%2000.47.29.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-04-01%2000.48.28.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-04-09%2002.05.52.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-04-09%2002.35.38.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/snaps/2015-04-09%2004.39.32.jpg)

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-04-09%2019.03.17-3.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-04-09%2019.01.51-2.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-04-09%2019.03.51-3.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-04-09%2019.04.20.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-04-09%2019.04.29-3.jpg)(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52871438/Photos/simpit/2015-04-09%2019.04.39-2.jpg)

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: rBST Cow on April 12, 2015, 06:36:57 PM

if you were on an airplane and the speaker turned on and said "hello, if anyone has any experience with flying, please come up to the cockpit" would you do it? like the plane was gunna crash or some shit

srs question btw

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: JF on April 12, 2015, 06:41:27 PM

That is some massively nerdy shit, Statua. But very well done. Looks really great :)

Title: Re: Home Sim Pit WIP
Post by: Statua on April 14, 2015, 12:16:43 PM

Probably not. Flight dynamics will never be the same irl. That and it's a lot easier to land knowing if you fuck up, you can just get up and do something else.