Awesome Dudley!!!! That is one beast of a pit!!! After seeing that, I'm down-grading the description of mine from "simpit" to "custom desk" LOL!!

I done a little work over the weekend... I bought a Playseat office chair so I modified the pit to allow the use of it. This makes it very easy to sit down, roll up to it and start flying. Basically I got tired of climbing into the darn thing. Best addition (or subtraction...) I've done so far!!





And without the chair:

Thanks Walker. Yours is definately more than a desktop pit. The difference between yours and mine is that yours costs less, takes up less space, and is easier to maintain!

I like how you have elevated the pedals higher than what I have mine. I played around with doing that to mine, but it just didn't work out. The idea is still in the back of my mind though. What are the two yellow pads on the front of it. They look like input pads of some sort, but I can't make them out?
Dud

The yellow and black things come with the X-65 HOTAS. The left one has 5 programable buttons and 4 buttons to select different force presets. The right panel is a dummy panel without buttons that I plan on modding in the future. I have an x-keys controller sitting in a box just waiting for me to start wiring up some inputs . Maybe I'll have time this winter...

The pedals are elevated up and also tilted at about 25-40 degrees. I don't think the tilting is necessary as much on non-CH pedals... Elevating the pit was all in an effort to allow me to "roll into" it with my chair, which works great. I entertained the "car door" idea but decided it would take too long, and plus I don't have another Playseat to dedicate to the pit only. (I'm not gonna hack up my Playseat office chair!! although it did cross my mind...)

Here is a picture of the frame only showing the pedals:

Nice job! Once you start, there always seems to be just one more thing to do.

Dud

hi all,

F16 cockpit (again...)













see you

Goupil - Pasdebol

Nice finish, Goupil. How often do you catch yourself gliding your hand over the surface outside the cockpit, when you're waiting for the PC to do something and your mind wanders?

The seat will eventually be skinned in aluminum

Got the stick extended but will be going with a one piece extension as soon as I find the tap and die set that will work

Got the outside panel outside drying after some paint so i'm hooking up some electronics in the mean time.

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Still working on it but it's coming along.

LOS91gt,
Ran across your PIt post and it is awesome. Would be interested in the drawings, dimesions and other stuff. Also were do I get printed graphic panedl for F14D Tomcat.
Thanx, Kory

Would like to know what you used if the MFD's are in fact FULLY Functional Did you use a TFT Monitor if so which size One??


here are some updated pics of My "Virtual Pit"



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I am in the Current Process of building WORKING MFD's with a 8" TFT and getting a Wroking RWR with a 5" TFT Monitor..

I had bought a 3.5" TFT but I can NOT use it unless I get a VGA Converter to get it working on a PC with DVI Outs.. I tried using a VGA to Composite Adapter but that did NOT work I need a Converter which I bought and waiting for it to arrive to get my RWR Working..

If it is NOT big enough I will buy the 5" TFT I found on ebay for 80bucks that comes with a VGA Controller and TFT Screen 5".. Gonna be sweet..

I am alsdo looking into AMD vid cards as they have support for Massive amounts of External Monitors but the 3D is what is Holding me back. I have Triplescreens and also use the nVidia 3D Vision glasses for S3D Effect which again in F4 BMS 4.32 it is so Realistic!!

Hi guys

Thought it about time to give you an update on where I am with my '51 'pit. Have been plodding away since the first set of pics on page 41 and she's now at the stage where the main build is essentially complete and she actually looks like the 'Cadillac of The Skies'. This winter is the time when I will be detailing the interior and finishing off all those little jobs that you get in a project (you've heard of the 90 % rule ?...where the first 90 %of the project takes 90 % and the remaining 10% also takes 90% !!!).





I am aiming at starting on the various interfaces for the controls / instruments etc early in the new year so will be making a nuisance of my self on this site looking for answers and asking loadsa questions with my intention to have her fully operational by the end of 2012

This last pic was taken a few weeks ago when I took her to the Martlesham Heath Aviation Society's Open Day at their museum on the old camp. The tail number I am using on my pit is from a '51 that the Chief Test Pilot for the Aircraft and Armament Experimetal Esatablishment based at Martlesham Heath in 1936, would later fly on his last fatal flight in Jan 45



I'll let you know how I get on over the next few months and will be getting very busy after Christmas on the interfaces. And I promise not to leave the updates so far apart !