The Berlin express....well Dusseldorf anyways...

I'm a passionate gamer for more than 20 years and my father knows his way in metalworking. We had some free time:






The keyboard+mouse+joystick, monitor and steering wheel holders are telescopic ("pullable") and you can adjust the angle too. My father did all the handiwork, I was just the designer It's not really a cockpit, but more a flying/racing/casual gaming rig. Since I don't really care about visually simulating a cockpit, focus was on functionality.

BEFORE(Yeah it's a mess but it is a counter top...lol)





AFTER(much better)




Build is in Sig.
Next build will be a ASUS ROG VI series, a haswell I7 4770k and either a GTX Titan or 1-2 GTX780's.

what's the monitor on the wall? looks nice n light!

Samsung 46" 7100 series LED TV. My coffee mug weighs more...

My refreshed setup. Looking at getting a Buttkicker Gamer sometime in the next few months...

ahh, was never able to participate in this thread before... don't race or do flight sims enough for dedicated pits... so I call this the "Tactical Shooter Pit", lol...

Here's a quick update to my pit. I revised the pedal mountings to make it easier to switch from airplane mode to car mode by just flipping the unused pedal to the left or right. There are some other updates as well, but rather than a long post, I'll link to the whole update here .

Dudley, I saw this post a few days ago and this is the third time I've come back to it and visited your site. The build log and details of construction (evolution?) on your site are as educational as they are innovative. I think that your pit is one of the two best homemade pits I have seen in my several years of this hobby. The other is the Spitfire pit by Darryl (name?).
Excellent work and thanks for taking the time to share details of your work with the community.


Derek

Wow... thanks much for that! I think there are a lot of others around that are much better than mine, and to be honest, I stole most of my ideas from them. People like GrizzlyT, Reschke, Flatlander, and the like all provided insight or inspiration for a lot of what you see in my pit.

The sad part is now that I have it to this stage, I know what I would change if/when I ever do another one. But I think that is going to have to wait for retirement!

Thanks again,
Dud

Looks great!

g.

Thank you Gene

+1

Nice! Plus, curious as to why an A-model Viper?

A-model because I have the real parts in the near future I will put more and more C-model components in (or just in front)

He lives in that part of the world where you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a pile of A model F-16 parts.

MLU, FTW.

g.

Ziet er goed uit Ralph. Wondering where you got those real parts. I used to live in Holland and contrary to what Gene says, many dead cats later still no F16 parts. Your pit begs for a wrap around projector setup. Where about in SW Netherlands. I visit family in Zeeland every fall. Would love to take that box for a spin.

HI Guys I have been collecting real a-10 parts for quite some time and just picked up this old trainer pit