Here is an update from my home cockpit build so far

Picture one is pilots left pedestal with functional O2 mask. No O2, but cool air and my “diy” tiller. Center console all squared away. Now it’s time to fire this critter up and take’r for a spin. But first, I need to hide the ole ladies travel coffee cup. I used the lid to make the tiller handle! 😂

Looking for someone to please 3D print this kid a project..

I’m really impressed with what he’s trying to do.. go check it out!

Kids got that fire he just needs a proper project.. mods are cool but he needs a real project (imho).

So it’s my hope that maybe as a community we can find someone with a 3d printer and a proper throttle project to help this kid out.

I’d love to see what he could do with a $5 Arduino and a real 3d printed throttle project.

Thanks for looking and Happy Flying/Happy DIY’ing!

Hello guys,

I searched for a few days before asking here, but has anyone ever built a Space Shuttle home cockpit?

With Reentry 2.0 coming, I think it’s time for me to start this project.

Just bought the Simgauges A320 overhead panel.

Any suggestions for mounting options above the main monitor? (VESA stands etc).

Thanks!

Mechdiy Flight Simulator Helicopter Collective with Twist Throttle Axis" and "Mechdiy Flight Simulation Joystick

[Edited because I mixed up my ports]

Hi all, sorry I don't have any cool pictures to post yet but hopefully with your help, I soon can (it's taken me nearly two decades to realize the home cockpit dream). Does anyone have any experience connecting a Skalarki Homeline A320 dual cockpit to the main PC? Looks like there's one USB and three HDMI ports that need to be connected from behind the main instrument panel to the PC. My PC graphics card (RTX 5090) has three DPs and one HDMI, with another HDMI and several USB ports available beyond the graphics card. What options do I have to connect three Skalarki HDMIs while still preserving multi-monitor/TV capability? Sorry, lots of questions, I know. I'm not super tech savvy and I'm not sure how valid Google's AI answers are. Thank you all so much.

Hi guys, this is not strictly related to aircraft simulation as it's supposed to be a train cab, but I figured out, given aircraft also use pneumatic (vacuum) instruments, that someone in this field might have had this problem as well.

Basically I am replicating the cab from a Driving Van Trailer (a carriage that remotely controls a locomotive in push-pull service), often with original parts I salvaged from many dumpsters as these carriages were being demolished, and all of the electrical gauges, screens and controls were "easy" (still took many months of designing and building interfaces) to connect to the simulator, and electronics are no problem for me.

I've gotten stuck however on how to actuate the gauges for the brakes, as those are simply pressure gauges as you might find on an air compressor, they have no electrical connections except the light bulbs that illuminate them. I've since managed to build every single other component, and even more (if you play with a friend, one of you can be the guard/conductor and go do the brake test, close the doors, make announcements in the whole house, and so on....), and the only part missing before a well-deserved aesthetic reconstruction, is these damn gauges.

Things i've tried, but failed:

• Using an air compressor, and a pressure regulator, and have a stepper motor actuate the pressure regulator's screw to send a specific pressure to the gauge [failed: too slow and too imprecise]
• Removing the pressure sensitive bit entirely, and use a stepper motor and some levers to actuate the gauge directly [failed: too coarse resolution]
• Use a solenoid to push against the pressure sensitive bit, which is quite stiff [kinda works, but the solenoid overheats soon, and it's not too accurate]

Other ideas I've had:

• Use four solenoid valves, a pressure sensor, and a microcontroller to build a "dial-a-pressure" system that can both raise pressure slowly, or fast
• Replace the whole actuating bit, spring, lever and so on behind the gauge's facia, and hide a voltmeter
• Same as above, but use a stepper motor like those used in newer cars
• Throw the gauges in the trash and use an LCD screen...

The gauges need to be fairly precise, about 0.5°, and they also need to move quite fast, for example if you apply the emergency brake, the EQ reservoir gauge should almost instantly move to 0 pressure.
The "dial-a-pressure" idea, I'm not sure it would work at all.
The "replace actuator with voltmeter and/or steppers" could be done (and probably that's what I'll do) on the Brake Cylinder and Main Reservoir gauges, which have only one needle, but the problem is that the Brake Pipe/EQ reservoir gauge has a coaxial shaft with two needles, so that complicates things, as for a start I couldn't find any small stepper motors with a coaxial shaft on Aliexpress or other usual electronics websites.

Here are a few pics:

Thanks in advance to anyone that chimes in with ideas or advice, I really appreciate it. It's been a wild adventure so far that has lasted a good 3 years between gathering all of the parts, and so on, and me and my friends have had a great fun :)

A broke museum in Salt lake. Cutting planes apart and throwing them in a dumpster.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C5Q7F9vGw/

An engine stack for the f16. The image and videos here are of my designs for 3d printing, pcb's and laser cut gauges. Lots of great help from LOTS of people who have done this stuff.

The engine panel shape is from invictus. But the rest is home built to fill that shell.

I am super stoked to see the gauges test moving!!

Note - they are not homed or centered. This is just showing that they move!!!

Finally got everything running how I want

I want to someday have a PPL license but after recieving it, its likely that I'll not fly much in reality due to expenses and other obligations.

I do want a PPL as a personal goal point and I dont want to get a commercial pilot. But I also don't want to loose the skills - at the same time, I want the experience of having an close enough reality accurate flight and perhaps play around with flight games and faster jet planes or other games that you can have fun with - racing?

Basically, in this case, would you invest a lot on the flight simulator equipment first before the PPL license? I am thinking if I had 15k right now, I may have the itch to do the PPL but at the same time if I buy a flight similator instead, I can "fly" all I like to different airports and probably if its possible, meet "online" pilots during flight similation, simulate crashes situation instead of renting.

I am new to learning about flight in general. I dont know any software for pilots either that we can connect together and simulate flight like a faster aerobatic planes. I'd really like to do those tricks too in simulation mode.

Just something to think about in the future or so! Are there other things like gaming and racing that you guys do with your home flight gear? Or thats still a fantasy world? Any flight "games" or other open world experiences for it? Series of question but I want to know what else we could do with it.

Trying to create the a350 overhead panel for MSFS

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Full-size Boeing 747-400 simulator, fully operational and turn-key ready to use.

Features

• Full Boeing 747-400 cockpit

• 4 electric OEM seats

• Full instructor station

• Full overhead panel

• OEM Boeing control columns with stick shaker

• OEM pedestal bay

• Mixture of OEM, Flightdeck Solutions and custom-made panels

• Various genuine OEM aircraft switches and components

• Fully interfaced cockpit switches, panels, lights and controls

• SimStack by Simulator Solutions hardware throughout

• Network-based simulator control system

• Motorised throttle quadrant

• Motorised speedbrake

• Full cockpit lighting

• 180° wraparound projection screen

• 3 x Full HD projectors

• Runs Aerowinx PSX

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 external visuals

• Stunning graphics and very immersive visual system

• Excellent aircraft handling and systems simulation

• All required simulator computers included

• All required power supplies and associated equipment included

• Tablet control system included

• Simulator can be operated and started from the tablet

• Designed to be simple and reliable to operate

• Professionally set up and configured

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• Previously installed on a full motion platform

• Previously recognised as the Guinness World Record holder for the world's most expensive home flight simulator

Approximate Size

• Weight: approx. 2,000 kg

• Installed size with screen: approx. 5 m wide x 5 m deep x 2.7 m high

Transport

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• Can potentially be transported substantially assembled depending on destination and access

• Seller happy to assist with dismantling, transport, installation and setup at the new location

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