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Letoras · Post by **Letoras** » Tue May 28, 2013 6:30 am

Oh my!!!! This is serious stuff!!!!

I would love to have one!!!!

SchiTzo · Post by **SchiTzo** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:49 pm

Very nice list of hardware... Please keep this thread updated so i can keep drooling!!

Post by **DaveK** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:36 am

I know what I want for Christmas!

SchiTzo · Post by **SchiTzo** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:43 pm

From post: 162618, Topic: tid=10837, author=DaveK wrote:I know what I want for Christmas!

I would cancel my next few in trade for that now... lol

Capt_Caveman · Post by **Capt_Caveman** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:09 pm

i paid around 1150 total to build my pc a year ago so im sure the prices have dropped since then.

SchiTzo · Post by **SchiTzo** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:20 pm

I'm doin ok on the hardware end at the moment, Just wish i had the room to build a full cockpit. My wife even enjoyed looking thru this thread and said it would be fun to build one up... Damn the lack of space.... will just keep drooling for now. Thanks Capt!!

Capt_Caveman · Post by **Capt_Caveman** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:32 pm

this is in a 10X12 foot room (my computer room)
with 3 ft clearance around the whole thing.

got a garage, shed or basement ?

[Edited on 6-12-2013 by capt_cronic]

SchiTzo · Post by **SchiTzo** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:53 pm

Looks like I may get my computer room back soon.. (Cleared it out for my oldest daughter to use for the summer...) Am workin out some details to build around alot of my existing equipment. Thanks for the inspiration to get started!!

Star King · Post by **Star King** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:08 pm

All I can say is "WOW!"

Galaxian · Post by **Galaxian** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:37 am

Nice work Cap. I like.

The building is good fun. I've had as much fun building mine as I have running it.

SchiTzo · Post by **SchiTzo** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:10 pm

Galaxian
please tell us you are gonna start a thread so we can drool over yours as well...

ChewyHoops · Post by **ChewyHoops** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:21 pm

I got sick of looking at all the fun the fighter jock pit guys were having with their spiffy switch panels and backlighting, so I ordered a desktop CNC machine to make my own! Once I shake all of the bugs out of it, I'll be putting together modular panels for use with EM and other sim games. Us space pit builders don't have the options FSX or most major flight sims do with off-the-shelf instruments and such. I have already managed to get "plug and play" switches to control the game, but indicator lights and such need a backend app like Cronic wrote. Like our in-game ships, we hack, kitbash and cannibalize to realize our vision. Hope I can help someone else's dream as much as these guys have been helping mine!

Galaxian · Post by **Galaxian** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:27 pm

From post: 163290, Topic: tid=10837, author=SchiTzo wrote:Galaxian
please tell us you are gonna start a thread so we can drool over yours as well...

My rig is a little more generic than what's been undertaken here but is somewhat modular in that I do some ground vehicle racing (GTR and Richard Burns/RSBR WRC racing) as well as flight ops.

Somewhere on the forum I put up a few pics a while back, but dang if I can recall where... If I can't find it, I'll post up something.

Destro · Post by **Destro** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:47 pm

This is one of the most amazing things I've seen in a good while. I actually "wowed" out loud. Holy crap.

I would so end up divorced if I had something like this.

Capt_Caveman · Post by **Capt_Caveman** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:18 pm

yep, I divorced mine long before I started this.

cylon raider https://www.box.com/s/yk3t9n5sgtj08dfqcz5e

em cockpit files https://app.box.com/s/iyjmk6x26szqp35ux0a0

[Edited on 8-23-2013 by capt_cronic]

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:22 am

this.....looks......like.......my......DREAM SETUP!

INKED MICHAEL · Post by **INKED MICHAEL** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:06 pm

Just TOO COOL My Friend. Got any of the Painting Done? Love to see PICS of the COCKPT Painted!

Landman · Post by **Landman** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:45 pm

That is soooo cool. Excellet job. Wow! Do you have any updated pics?

Landman

Kambalo · Post by **Kambalo** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:57 pm

Sweeeeet!!!!

ChewyHoops · Post by **ChewyHoops** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:13 pm

Hey, Cap'n!
Believe it or not, I'm STILL working on my own project. I actually found the code you sent me for your mdf programs the other day, and UNDERSTOOD IT! LOL! I'll be posting progress (as I make it) and I've resurrected my blogspot page. You're quite an inspiration, and I appreciate the pointers to get me going.