The virtual cockpit thread
 

Go on then, lets see your virtual 'pit!
I'll start it off, with my new (pre owned) CH yoke, together with a Saitek throttle quad, and TiR3 vector, and off camera CH pedals and CH Fighterstick, and a 32" LED TV.
The JU88 is fantastic with a yoke!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Uther/yoke.jpg

my pit (or should that be sty:-P ) - apologies for rubbish pics

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...h_100_1766.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...h_100_1768.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...h_100_1771.jpg

Kit list:-
Tarmac Aces stick and throttle
Simped F-16 pedals
Homebuilt 'ancilliary' controls/switches-beta innovations controller running 88 switches and 8 axes
TiR 5
27.5" main screen with 20" below

Seriously impressive mate, but my wife would kill me lol

I have long used a yoke to play IL2 with bombers, creates a very good experience and more realistic

for lack of space in my room I made a specific table, where it enters all I need

x52 saitek
yoke saitek
cuadrant saitek
Pedals saitek
switch panel saitek
trackir5
dolby 5.1
simulation RC

& grij com box by aty2 ( and a communications box speak3 team, created by me, for me and my friends grij )

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8965/dscf1133h.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AsxhacKZl0

Good Thread!

Especially the idea of bolox with the longer stick would be perfect for my x45 as it`s always hell of work in long dogfights (ok, my "dogfights" are not soooo long atm ;-)) to move it!

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...1&d=1330180565

Hope it works with the picture....

How do you manage to fly with two control units? (yoke and joystik)
Can you configure it in a way, that you can use your stick for fighters and the yoke for bombers? Or do you have to unplug the one you dont want to use right now? What about the axis controls in the game?!

Im so confused :confused: :grin:

I dunno about Saitek, but the CH software will allow you to change your controls 'map' depending on the aircraft. So, if either the stick or the yoke isn't in a map then it won't be 'live', therefore no conflict is possible.

in IL2 Sturmovik 1946 by user profiles, in COD changing the controls. until I make some final profiles. In FSX is easier

byer

where I can buy that Jostick? is a good product, resistant?

thnx

Here's mine:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...1&d=1330217405

there you go...

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...5/_DSC0003.jpg

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...5/_DSC0022.jpg

I need to tidy that room:rolleyes:

no longer available as the firm has ceased trading.:(

if you are looking for something 'real' you could look here
http://www.spitsim.co.uk/#
(but sit down before checking the prices;) )

it's a shame that the company closed, is a amazing product

spitfire controls have impressed me much, but the price also, I can not allow

encourage you and your post more pictures of cockpits

http://bs.beckament.net/files_pub/ev...esk-em-800.jpg

I don't have any pics running CLoD, but here is my setup.

I think that you can use the in game (CloD) "SAVE AS" to save, for example, a profile caled "Bomber" with axis/buttons mapped in yoke, another profile caled "Fighter" with axis/buttons mapped in joystick.

Sokol1

Nice Lensman.

http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/...MoxyCoDpit.jpg


A lot of home made, but it all rocks!
and comfy too (lol)
Mox

Some nice looking setups there! :)

Here's mine.
http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/...Q/IMG_2155.JPG

Whoo... guys keep them coming :):grin:

My setup:

CH Everything!
30" HPZR30w Monitor
Hex core i7 990x @ 5ghz
2 x EVGA 580 GTX 3GB in SLI
12gigs of Corsair Dominator DDR3
2 x 1TB WD Black HD's
240GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
1200w Asus PS
Asus WS MB
Antec 1200 case

And I always gotta have the SG Standard close by :)

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7316/imag0013gb.jpg

hmm a Gibson, nice! 8-)

Tell me, FS~Phat. Do you need chocs under your case to stop it rolling when you fire it up? :-)

My stuff too.....

Love the SG ;)

Phat!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: !!! ... !!11!!11!!!!one!!

I am something of a computer nut, so you an I have to talk about that machine! I thought I had a bad azz PC, but I'm sure that thing isn't big for nothing lol! Tell me more! :-D

Hi thanks! Yes its a bit of a passion. ;)
990X build here> http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=25288
3930k build here> http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=29286
I have detailed build logs on overclock.net and overclockers.com.au under the alias phatboy69. Most of the info is in those two links above though. :)

here is mine

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r...escreen029.jpg

then changed to

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r...simpit2015.jpg

Very nice hooves

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ml#Post3534109

Sokol1

I'm out of words !!!!!!!!!!!!

Good grief!....

......I'll get my coat..:shock:

Looks fantastic, but I could only ever fly 'cockpit off' with that or it would feel weird.

agreed...and checking your six while looking through the gunsight....

ideally you'd need a 180+degree display of some kind

Very very cool, looking at all those wires you had to deal with on the KG13/Warthog adaptation I am glad I decided on a different route.

Good job :D

worth of a museum. if i ever get rich, and i have a lot of time in retirement, this will be my hobbie.

Simple Set Up - Stand Alone Flight Chair
 

I do not use a desk so I needed a solution to have everything at a chair 7 feet from the 52" screen. The Warthog throttle is heavy so The (MOBO) pads for the HOTAS are beefed up with brackets at the hinges (pads are designed to fold back) and custom aluminum braces for the main pad. I removed the base plate from the Joystick and mounted it directly to the MOBO pad which is thick ABS plastic. Added additional brackets to the MOBO mounting at the arms for Stability. It is solid.
I plug the Stick and Throttle into the two USBs on the Merc Stealth Keyboard. So there is only one wire running to the chair for the keyboard. TrackIR is wireless. The headphones and mouse are also wireless. The Mouse pad swivels 270 degrees and was rescued from a recycle bin.

The MOBO comes with a keyboard tray. I rest it on the arms of the second chair, so it is just to my left and easy reach from the throttle. With clickable cockpits and the TM Warthog, you don't need the keyboard much. The XZIPIT chair was on sale so I got two for one. The power cord at the chair base powers the chair which has two speakers and a subwoofer. It also vibrates with Bass. The chair receives it's sound wirelessly. This Chair is not really as comfortable as it looks, So I added a nice butt pad cushion. The Headroll comes in handy after hours of Flying and you still have a few hours to go. This is definitely not a chair for anyone over 5' 11".

Loving the printed out map of the Evochron system! :grin:

My first project
 

Here is my first little project, done with electronics of game-pad. Has this was to offer some friend of mine i didnt bother to mutch (the guy is only paying the new stuff i purchased). Yes, i know Leo Bodnar boards, but, as i wasnt be payed for the board i got this one of a game pad. The set looks a little flatt, and i think i abused a little on the LED`s. Throttle as a limit 100-110, made of a door locker of a closet(2 spheres 2mm apart), very usefull for IL2. Thanks for any coments.
Both buttons on the throttle handle are working fine, the wires were soldered to a tape of wires from a printer machine(those that look like a piece of paper). Both lever axis have Hall efect sensors, the other two have potentiometers).

So, almost a month and not a single coment? Is the thing so much crapp? At least a coment with the faults and defects!!

not crap at all man ! just not much to say really. all i can say is i wish i had the aptitude for creating that stuff. so really well done in realising your idea.

That thing is amazing!!! It's very impressive. The best I could do was to wire a gamepad into a radio shack box.... :D

http://bs.beckament.net/files_pub/Fl...f/throttle.jpg

Well one day I may wire up some pots for trim controls to it.

That guys 109 homepit is quite something! he's got the angle of the front windscreen rake slightly wrong though I think :eek:

BTW: was just surfing on Ebay UK and someone is selling a Saitek AV8R-01 modded to a Spitfire spade grip, looks like he's used a motorcycle clutch lever as the brake lever I think. might be fun for someone interested here?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Spitfire-S...item3f17311e21

Check it out.

EDIT: this auction runs out in just over 3 hours at time of typing, so if you want it be quick, and no I'm not the seller, was thinking of bidding for it too for the novelty value though.

My Home Cockpit
 

This is my black home cockpit, all controls are ergonomic in use. The leather seat is from IKEA and ideal for simming, because it has no rollers and it`s tubular steel frame ensures perfect feedback for the mounted "Buttkicker Gamer"-Clamp. My cockpit installation is designed for nighttime-use, even map navigation at night without screen reflections is possible.

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/319...ightdesign.jpg


The "cockpit" is tight as a real warbirds one. In this picture you can see my modified combat pedals:

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1848/homepit.jpg


Some more detail photos:

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1...pitdetails.jpg

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1...itdetails2.jpg

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/8...igationmap.jpg

Pretty good, what do the dials output?

The backlit dials are for "Volume" and "Frequency", it`s the field transistor radio out of the Spirit of Saint Louis Collection. If you tune in muted noise signal it adds a lot of immersion. ;)

Thats very impressive, might look for that seat on Ikea I'm in need of a new one and own a Buttkicker too.

Here's my gear, added a Saitek trim wheel since these pics and took delivery of a Trackir 5 with trackclip pro yesterday ... awesome, don't know why I left it so long.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...os/GPSSim1.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...okenpanels.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w.../VRIGPS5_1.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...TMHOGdesk1.jpg

There's some very impressive stuff here...I think I may stay single forever if I attempted to make one for myself before finding the right person but I'm impressed nonetheless ;)

I've just started getting into the DCS A-10C sim...and that has made me want a proper replica...I'm getting ideas way above my station there...but I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment and too much imagination and 0 skill! lol.

I did however have a bit of a play on a simpit at the Helicopter museum near Bristol a couple of weeks ago. It had a wrap around screen and custom made helicopter controls, which were for sale. It was very impressive, I felt quite dizzy when I got off it but if I had the space and the money I'd buy a version for IL2!

Who's with me on a Post Office smash and grab? ;)

Hi all, my SimPlace for Flysims...

http://www.steffen-may.com/photos/simplace1.jpg

http://www.steffen-may.com/photos/simplace6.jpg

Nice work.. This is my first time in this thread..

You can always mod your X-52. The X-52 is easy to modify if you have something lke a Dremel tool that you can use to cut through the plastic. It is modular. It is much easier to mod than the X-45 was. Since I use a MSFFB2 as my main flying stick I started out using my X-45 as a button bay. When it died I decided to to the same thing to the X-52.. I left the throttle just as it was.. I just modded the stick.

http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/r...yrig3_1012.jpg



For those who are interested.
http://file.walagata.com/w/bearcat/X-52_mod.JPG
My modded X-52

http://file.walagata.com/w/bearcat/x-52_details_ref.jpg
http://www.walagata.com/view.php?fil...tails_ref.jpg]
http://file.walagata.com/w/bearcat/x-52_details_0.jpg
Components of the stick removed from the handle and shaft. I replaced the hall effect sensors on the X & Y axii with pots. The are the two red knobs. The blue knob s the Z opt removed from it's spring loaded casing. See picture below for wiring. The Z pot I left as it was. I now use it for Rudder trim. I don't use them for anything yet.. but if mixture or something else

http://file.walagata.com/w/bearcat/X...Sensor_2_0.jpg
http://file.walagata.com/w/bearcat/X..._details_0.jpg
http://file.walagata.com/w/bearcat/x...all_wiring.jpg
Close ups of Hall Effect sensors on X-52

What a great thread!

Hats off to the talented people here. The BF 109 cockpit especially was jaw-dropping.

Well here is mine so far ...

Using a design by a guy named Jedi from the DCS forums
http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...A10C_Jedi2.jpg

http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...908_192117.jpg

http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...912_210837.jpg

http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...917_162351.jpg

http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...930_182023.jpg

http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...930_182124.jpg

http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...007_191643.jpg

http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...008_212021.jpg

Oh Dear,
oh no you don't have to be the lonesome wolf, only because you are scared to mess up your lounge and keep away all the beautys:
Here is the solution! The STEALTH cockpit. Discret while your mother in law is around, sexy when it is dogfight-time.
Garanteed happy hours with your future cat ;-)

Hi all,
just one more detail: the modified ol'cyborg EVO Joystick. I put a double CD on the throttle-axis, here it is, a realy good working trimwheel. This JS allows also to handle other functions e.g. lowering undercarriage, emergency-system...
One of the realy good things to say about Clod is the functionality and compatibilit of the yinterface to hardware-envirement, the only ingame thing which has never given problems to me.
Thx to all here in the thread, mindblowing stuff in here!

WTG!

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachmen...9&d=1354622515

Dammit now console players are now starting to make cockpits as well!

:lol:

Nice rivet detail:cool:

Hardcore!

Yeah but Wrong diameter!

A great LITTLE Keyboard
 

My home sim pales in comparison to the creative masterpieces in this thread, but I have solved my big bulky keyboard problem. I wanted to Velcro my big keyboard to the base of my Dell 30" monitor, but it required the monitor to be 2" farther away from my face due to "between the knees" control stick interference. This of course, causes a reduced apparent screen size. Like all things, closer looks bigger. I use reading glasses to sharpen the focus.
The keyboard is a Rosewill RIKB-11001 X-Slim Keyboard with Low Profile Chiclet Keycap Design, available for $9.99 (US) at a popular online merchant. This thing is a full size USB 104 key board mounted in he smallest conceivable package. It velcro's perfectly on the base of my Dell U3011 monitor and except for no internal key lighting is perfect for flight sim management.
My big, wireless keyboard continues to work at the same time so no convenience is lost. It's a real win-win combination.

My virtual cockpit
 

Here is my cockpit. I decided on a more universal approach as I play space combat sims like Freespace 2 Open and soon to be Star Citizen as well as some racing. I used a button template overlay system to change labels quickly between sims. It is a work in progress but almost finished.

39" Monitor for primary display
19" monitor for extracted guages
Thrustmaster Warthog with homemade extenstion
Saitek Combat Pro Rudder Pedals

Cliffs of Dover (using VirtualCockit for gauges)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3945/...02dc1ff9_c.jpg


Flaming Cliffs 3 F15C (using Helios for gauges)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3954/...21a5b7b9_c.jpg

IL-2 1946 (using UDPSpeed for gauges)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3930/...2472b132_c.jpg

Freespace 2 Open

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3934/...4f769e2b_c.jpg

Mine is the PVC tubes ...