All my flying these days is with the Virtual Thunderbirds, and we fly Lock-On Modern Air Combat(Flaming Cliffs) with the VTB F-16 Mod.



All the switches we use in LOMAC are functional. Most of the gauges are capable, but I have yet to make them functional. LOMAC is not info-out friendly, and as left wing for the VTB, my world is Bosses missile rail - I never look down at my gauges, so it's not a priority.

here's my simple, yet comfortable, setup. i'm almost ashamed to post these pics after going through this entire thread and seeing some the amazing cockpits you guys put together! :P

right now, i'm using a 23" monitor. i actually have a triplehead2go setup right behind it, but i'm liking the single big monitor placed a little closer.

i recently got this to put the X52 pro on:
http://www.getyourmobo.com/

basically, these things attach to the armrests of the chair and each has a "mousepad" that folds out. i'm not sure i'd put a cougar on it, but the X52 is pretty light and it seems sturdy enough.

Dude that chair is fantastic! I had struggled for a long time with that concept before moving on with different plans. You really made it come together. Great job!

Xpress pit 2 type pvc pipe pit.

Here's my Modular StarFighter/Jet/Mech/Race rig. Set up with 5.1 surround and a plate amp built into the rear sub-wing driving 2 bass transducers mounted to a panel under the seat (which is on sliders). My display is a Sony Bravia 32" TV.

Currently in flight config with FSSB Cougar, RCS pedals, MFDs, TrackIR 5. I'm running Shoot for Voice command and AutoHotKeys for the MFDs.

For driving (but not pictured), I have a home built setup based on the Plasma Lite V2 USB board. The Driving hardware consists of a Grant GT wheel with a center mounted button panel and a race car Q/R hub mounted to a kart steering shaft on ball bearings. For pedals I converted a set of hydraulic sand rail pedals to hook up to the Plasma Lite. I also built a sequential shifter unit with a handbrake (For Richard Burns Rally) and aux switch panel that mounts in place of the stick on the right side.


Work in progress of course...

Red,
Nice set up. MDF is my chosen medium for building right now too!

Are you happey with your voice command software? I'm looking for something to use in my pit.

Keep up the good work!
Dud

Thanks. There are a lot of great builds here. I *might* have taken inspiration or pirated and idea or two along the way... :-p

MDF works great for this kind of thing. I built my set up off a couple of frame rails (1x2 aluminum box tubing) that I installed threaded inserts into. Everything else is bolted to those. I can break it down into panels in about 30 minutes if need be.

Shoot works great for me. There's a bit of a learning curve (for me anyway as I didn't know diddly about xml), but it's easy once you get the hang of it and the functionality is terrific.

Don't forget to update next time your pit is in driving mode.

Will do. Could be a while as I'm really wrapped up in TSH4 these days... :-p

I understand that's my problem too don't want the hassle of switching to racing when I'm playing mostly flight sims these days!