Andrew 737 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thank you Paddler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi stu Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Ahh Andrew..you another one .. fantastic stuff..brilliant Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 737 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Cheers Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Terry Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Andrew, what a fantastic cockpit, congratulations, where is it installed in the middle of your living room? Regards Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 737 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Hi Ken Thank you. I have a purpose built, air conditioned out-building; this houses the 737 Sim, C172 Sim (under construction) Server Room, WC, Kitchenette and Spectators Sofas (with live cockpit view on 50inch TV). It all sounds elaborate I know, but I'm hitting forty in January and if i didn't do it now I may never have done it. It makes me happy and enhances my quality of life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Terry Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Andrew, sounds like a dream setup, could you kindly share with us some more pictures of the building, server room, kitchen, and spectator areas. Keep us posted on the build of the C172 pit. I am hitting 77 next June, so you have made me think about time left to spend bulk dollars. Regards Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 737 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Andrew, sounds like a dream setup, could you kindly share with us some more pictures of the building, server room, kitchen, and spectator areas. Keep us posted on the build of the C172 pit. I am hitting 77 next June, so you have made me think about time left to spend bulk dollars. Regards Ken Hi Ken Of course I will mate, I will take some more pics today for you; I'll post later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 737 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Hello Ken Here are some more Photos; remember all is still under construction - Painting, flooring etc to do! Original Idea and Plan: Front Elevation: Private Decked Courtyard: Server Room: Sofa Space - Still Needs Painting & TV On Wall: Sofa's x 2 - Ordered: Cessna Sim Room & Screen; Nat Crea Is coming from OZ In Novemeber to do the visuals again!: Flooring, Lighting & Drink Facilities: Doorway to 737 Sim: Me In the 737: Couldn't resist - My new dog - collection in November I hope you like it - It will be so much nicer in a months time once it is finished - I will post more in december if you like? The Cessna is being built on a one man motion sled (2 dof) and is based on the Accu-Sim C172. I have a Simkits MIP, Wet Compas, Motorised Trim, Flight Illusion full radio stack and Chrono, Real TQ and Mixture levers and real ignition and handbrake lever. I also have the Brunner FFB Yoke - Which is great by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Andrew, What a great and extensive setup. It makes me ask what your background is with respect to flying/simming. How do you use it, obviously it is not just for personal enjoyment as it appears that you as a minimum share it with friends and neighbours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 737 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 ugghh!!! Hi Paddler I just spent 5 mins writing a reply and my laptop shut down!!! Anyway I was just saying in 2010 My son and I built our first desktop sim and just kept going! My two sons and 'select few' friends use the sim and me, well I love building them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Andrew, A brilliant combination of hobbies to share with your sons. I can imagine how much fun it was to share that time and the skills to build with the boys, and the flying as well. I am afraid that not many fathers and sons (or daughters) get to experience quality time as that. Well done you on all counts! I look forward to seeing more as the work progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 737 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Thank you Paddler It has been a wonderful journey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Terry Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Thanks Andrew, very impressive, my next task is to convince the wife I need to move my desktop sim to a dedicated building in the back yard and spend $100,000 on a major rig. Or perhaps $200,000, er maybe $300,000 Keep us up to date with the fitout and if you ever come to Sydney AUS then PM me and visit. Regards Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 737 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Thanks Andrew, very impressive, my next task is to convince the wife I need to move my desktop sim to a dedicated building in the back yard and spend $100,000 on a major rig. Or perhaps $200,000, er maybe $300,000 Keep us up to date with the fitout and if you ever come to Sydney AUS then PM me and visit. Regards Ken Hi Ken If ever I'm in Sydney I will look you up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuisong Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I finally installed Google chrome - lets see if I can upload me pictures this time Sorry Andrew, the only word I can think of is amazing. However, I have turned a very pretty shade of green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 737 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Sorry Andrew, the only word I can think of is amazing. However, I have turned a very pretty shade of green. I'm going to take that as a compliment - thank you Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M31 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Some great set ups here. This is mine for FSX, Combat sims and some Games, the corner desk I won on Ebay last year from an ex call centre place that went into liquidation, its near enough perfect for my use but still needs a few more mods, the chair I use (and not pictured) is a Herman Miller Aeron (size very expensive from new, but again I put this in my Ebay watch list and eventually won a good one at a steal of a price from another Call Centre liquidation... I have a Buttkicker attached to it too, but not used it in ages ... The Aeron chair is easily the best PC hardware upgrade I've done in my whole life, before this I was going through generic £100+ PC chairs about once a year. This is my Flight sim desk as of now, pics are a few months old but its not changed much in that time, please excuse untidy networking cabling and other stuff, renovations going on here and its all quite temporary. I've tried to keep it as modular as possible so that I can quickly set up my racing wheel or yoke setup as my mood demands, apart from being a keen Flight Sim fan I like to play other game titles too, so its always gonna be generic compromise with me, love some of the dedicated home cockpits here though ... Just awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Terry Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Is that your wife in the picture? Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M31 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Is that your wife in the picture? Ken I wish it was, that's Jo Guest, a sort of UK (page 3) glamour Dolly from yesteryear I met once at a Bike show, I jokingly asked her if she would send me a pic signed, she asked for my address and I forgot all about it, then the picture was delivered about 2 weeks later. Very nice Lady, really down to earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Terry Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 An update on my desk cockpit, installed a real Boeing clock and now I have iFMS running on my second 10" Android tablet. iFMS will enable you to program the FMC including SIDs and STARs and will track your aircraft on the ND display on the right half of the screen. Get iFMS here http://www.ifms-fs.com/ In addition added a GoFlight GF-46 which you can see a bit of near the throttle handle, it is on a COM1 reading, this usually is set for my Transponder setting, but it can be flipped into COM1 when I need it. Get a GF-46 here http://www.goflightinc.com/collections/modules/products/gf-46-multi-mode-display-module Regards Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Very nice Ken, enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 737 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Nice Upgrade Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuisong Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 That's a really nice setup you've got there Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipdriver Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I know I'm not the oldest one here, but I've got the easy chair simpit (of course it is also a home theater). I just transitioned to a yoke setup instead of joystick, so I built a little structure for the yoke, quadrant and pedals which moves out of the way to be replaced by a foot stool for kicking back to music or a movie. The computer itself is actually in the garage behind the wall with the screen. You'd be surprised how much less dust gets in the CPU case when it is in the garage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red2112 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Hi, Very nice pit´s folks! But what really get´s to me is that I see alot of musicians who enjoy flying! Guitar player here too, so I guess music makes our imagination fly and that´s why we like to fly I had two whishes, one, be a rock star, never made it but I have a home studio (DAW) and enjoy playing, two, wanted to be a pilot, not enough money at the time so now I fly in P3D. Not everybody has these dreams, so I think we are ALL very fortunate to be doing something we like. Keep them coming! Rob, those 3-way Yamaha´s are sweet! Iam a big fan of Yamaha, acustic guitar (LL-6m), studio monitor´s (MSP-5). It´s hard to find 3-ways now days, I still have my 3-way Infinity speakers for my Hi-Fi pushed by a 1974 Sansui AU-555 amp in mint condition with a Thorens TD 280MkII turntable. I love LP´s and finding old LP´s in garage sales! Thanks folks! Care, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipdriver Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Rob, those 3-way Yamaha´s are sweet! Iam a big fan of Yamaha, acustic guitar (LL-6m), studio monitor´s (MSP-5). It´s hard to find 3-ways now days, I still have my 3-way Infinity speakers for my Hi-Fi pushed by a 1974 Sansui AU-555 amp in mint condition with a Thorens TD 280MkII turntable. I love LP´s and finding old LP´s in garage sales! Thanks- those Yamahas really sang after I re-capped them (they are over 30 years old after all). They don't make them like that anymore unless you pay an exorbitant ransom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red2112 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Thanks- those Yamahas really sang after I re-capped them (they are over 30 years old after all). They don't make them like that anymore unless you pay an exorbitant ransom! Thank you Rob for posting, and yes it looks like a confy room. That was my concern when I bought the Sansui, its caps, but so far so good, and yes I paid some money for it second hand, but the good thing is that if you look you can find vintage gear for very cheap. I have another Sansui that I found in a flea market for 30 bucks. this one is from 1981. If you need schems or help check out AudioKarma... http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/ The Sansui replaced my Yamaha amp, can´t remember the model, AX something...but to me the more actual Yamaha I had sounded great with digital but not so with vinyl, so my conclusion is that vinyl sounds better on vintage gear on 3-way´s. Sorry for the off-topic folks, but rock and roll and planes go together Thanks Rob and good care! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boleyd Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Rob, What size screen? Looks about 8ft away. Do you use it for "normal" text stuff and in that case it it readable? Is the structure you built for yoke/controls "wobbly" and special construction to prevent that? When you get tired of those chairs I'll take them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Düsselwings Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 That's my place.... https://www.dropbox.com/s/75da58w0q6kfm8a/Mit_neuem_Throttlekasten.jpg?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipdriver Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Rob, What size screen? Looks about 8ft away. Do you use it for "normal" text stuff and in that case it it readable? Is the structure you built for yoke/controls "wobbly" and special construction to prevent that? When you get tired of those chairs I'll take them!! The TV screen is indeed about 8 ft away and is 55". Readability is not a problem- as long as I have my glasses on! I use it for other computer tasks, particularly web-surfing and HTPC duties. The yoke podium is very stiff (and made of 1" thick oak) and it sits on carpet spikes so it doesn't move. If I did it different, I would have made the bottom platform about 6" wider (along the "roll axis") because extreme elevator movement (i.e. hitting the stops) can rock it a little. Aileron, rudder or throttle quadrant actions make no movement at all. Of course, I am moving from a joystick on my lap so it's all relative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipdriver Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 If you need schems or help check out AudioKarma... http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/ I've been on AK for years, although I tend to be more active there when I'm on the hunt for gear or trying to fix a problem, which hasn't been in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsaghaa Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 My modest configuration. Simple but effective in a small apartment .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 jlsaghaa, Nice looking setup. What make/model is the small screen on the computer case and how are you using it? PlanG on that big screen to the right looks wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsaghaa Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Thanks Paddler, it's an ipad. i use it with Remote Flight : RF Cockpit HD when i want to fly without VC or 2D cockpit and RF Map HD when i don't whant to use the second pc and screen. JL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal9000 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hi, theres a little Update. I also like to fly Big-Stuff. Theres a need for a Overheadpanel 30€ and a little homework-it´s also backlighted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miloguy Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 nice work Stphen ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 A new low cost triple display build: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi stu Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Like those big pillbox monitors mate..probably keeps the stretching down slighty over the widescreens Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Thank you mate. Just finished but need some configuration to make it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal9000 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Hi, me again with a update, again Now the wood is hide and the tablets are on there position I can work and fly on the same desk-that was the goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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