TM Warthog HOTAS in an F/A-18 Super Hornet Cockpit (home built)

[Fumbaga]

@papa12213 Thanks man, it really adds to the fun. Please send me a link of pics or video of it.

[Fumbaga]

@isspresident It's home made. Red wheel is off a skateboard!

[isspresident]

Hey where did you get the landing gear lever and panel?

[papa12213]

That is a completely realistic cockpit to build I think you have done a great Job and I can't wait to get started on one of my own!

[MaceUK71]

Do you fly Jane's F/A-18 with your TM Warthog? If so can you tell me how as I need to make a 'single virtual controller' in TARGET and don't know how.

[whiskey2222]

good job mate :) looks great, admired the middle controller stick...

[N0rM3lz]

dear santa

[Warfreak57]

we have the same headset!!

[willojnr11]

Looks awesome. That windscreen really finishes it off. Are you going to make another sim video with the new stuff you put into it ?

[route2861jp]

nice and cool!!

[Fumbaga]

@RAAFDUDE Hey mate, the basic cockpit of wood, steel and aluminium would've been roughly $400 total. The HOTAS, track IR, MFD and other electrical goodies probably adds up to around $1500.

[trey0189]

How much would you cost me for you to come build me one?

[Fumbaga]

@trey0189 Hey I'd love to come and build you one, would be fun to be able to make cockpits as a job. Unfortunately it would take me a long time as I'm not that great a craftsman. Seriously though there's something special about building your own perfect little place to fly jets in. It's not hard, I have no special skills.

[miramar9999]

wow nice job !!!

[masqurin13]

hi there, ive got a question regarding your cockpit, how much was it ti build, overall?

[Nickel700]

WOW!

Just WOW

[linlu17]

Great job .looks great. I want to build one too. Just have a basic sim which doubles as a lot of different aircraft. Where is the military surplus store? Regards Dave B

[Fumbaga]

@linlu17 Here is the URL to the 'George Taylor Stores" surplus store in Colac Victoria Australia. They also had the full canopy for a 2 seater Hornet but it was huge. I could barely fit the windscreen in my car.

[darnellm03]

Outstanding!

[NayveeMan]

thats sick man! good work!

[mininow]

Throw the monitor out and surround yourself with three projector screens!

[monsterschlaechter]

That's awesome :).

[sufa256]

Great!!!!

[fylde456]

People like you never stop amazing me with your hard work, dedication, and above all your skill, wish I was clever like you. Well done.

[Fumbaga]

@fylde456 Wow thanks mate, (and also to all the other nice people here). Honestly anyone could build one like this, I'm not a great carpenter or anything. Just need some spare time and a burning desire to have been a fighter pilot.

[MrTommyVC]

wow

[MadCatChiken]

Awesome.. :D

[TWA32237]

first 3 seconds in, I paused it and immediately clicked the like button :D

[legolasisahobbo]

I want to play battlefield 3 with this.

[TXIxArkxAngel]

now the real trick an F-22 cockpit

[uPowner]

Same mouse!!

[Fumbaga]

Hi everyone, thanks again for the nice comments. really appreciate each one.

Check my description for a URL link to a construction thread, hope this helps answer some questions about how it is built etc

[wraith444]

That's some beautiful work! I had no audio when watching, so sorry if you already answered these questions in the vid, but how does the stick's throw work out between the legs like that? Ever collide with your thighs? Also, how did you liberate it from the base plate without damaging it?

[NickEspo1000]

You have my Headphones. Great Cockpit!

[smaug3232]

i realy like your cockpit, it looks great

[Legendary588]

Were did you get the windscreen at? Awesome cockpit! hope to build one similar to yours soon.

[Fumbaga]

@Legendary588 George Taylor stores Surplus/camping store in Cola Victoria. It was many years ago though.

[Legendary588]

@Fumbaga thanks!

[foxtrot789]

When you have more 'likes' than comments and there isn't a single dislike.. you've done a fine job. Not thank you.... Bless you.

[NONAMEWTF]

plz make a video where i can see you fly :)

[YMBatal]

This is amazing! Love the dedication as well. I thought the gear-lever wasn't homemade, great idea! ;)

[FSXthaBEST]

awesome cockpit....

[Altrote100]

Great work Fumbaga!!!

[Fumbaga]

@Altrote100 Thanks mate, and to all the other people posting nice compliments, cheers!

[BeakerVBA]

Looks like a blast, man. Enjoy the flying!

Beaker/Virtual Blue Angels

[renj123]

i'm just absolutely gobsmacked. I personally might have done up the cockpit electronics better myself if I had that kind of time and money, but i'm absolutely gobsmacked. Love your setup 110%.

Just curious though, what sim do you run on?

[ncacace]

I read that DCS are creating an F-18 Sim - Maybe Thrustmaster will also create a Classy joystick for it as well.

Nice set up.

You mentioned that you flew a hornet once [Obviously I'm impressed as you would have to be very accomplished both physically and practically before you would get anywhere near one of those puppies] so you had something to do with them. Can anyone source the parts you have acquired or is that because of your connections?

[Fumbaga]

@ncacace Hi mate,

Thanks for the kind words. The Hornet sim I flew was the Boeing F/A-18F cockpit that they brought to Australia to sell the Super Hornet to us. I'm not in the military or anything like that. The windscreen is from a RAAF F/A-18. As I mention in the video it was heavily scratched when I bought it at a Military Surplus store. I managed to clean it up with wet and dry sandpaper. it still has a lot of pitting however. All other aircraft parts were just sourced from ebay.

[Anheuser66]

@ncacace Where did you read about a dcs f-18 sim? I would doubt thrustmaster would come out with a new controller for awhile.

[husky7187]

Good job man that must of taken alot of time to build. You are a f.a.g.(Friggen awsome guy) good job man.

[Fumbaga]

@husky7187 I believe this Friggin Awesome Guy is someone I know well.

[MeDmAnQcA]

this is so noice!

[authommo]

That's awesome, great job with the pit and great info in the vid!

[Pogost1ck]

Nicely done mate!

[coolsskin]

this is cool mate!

[djlolypop]

You sould get the USB toggle switch thing it's like a box that let's you connect switches/buttons so that all those buttons aren't useless

[Fumbaga]

@djlolypop thanks I have looked at these and also MFDs/screens but having worked on real jets for a few years I have decided to try and keep it as simple as possible. I like being able to just jump in and fly with as least hassle as possible. As it is programming a new sim takes a while and sometimes patches can mess things up.

[ayarpaton]

That's awesome! Wish you could do like surround eyefinity or something to make it even more realistic.

[TheKaza29]

so cooool!

[gogogogoguck]

Were you once a fighter pilot? If so I can tell your Australian and I'm an young Aussie myself wantning to become a f-18 pilot for the RAAF, so how do i apply and what's the best way to get in? :)

[assmotrone43]

@gogogogoguck How old are you? coz if your inbetween 13 and 17 i can help you, im 17 finishing year 12, i have bben accepted into raaf cadets training, and can help you with the subjects etc.

[gogogogoguck]

@assmotrone43Thank you very much for replying! I'm exactly 15 and 9 months. So yeh it would be great if you could give me some advice on the subjects! Also with you being accepted into cadets training, are you a DEO or are you going to ADFA?

[assmotrone43]

@gogogogoguck I am DEO, coz i couldn't be bothered with a degree, because i want to be flying early, instead of waiting 3 years for a degree, but back to the point, If your thinking about DE then it is actually harder, mostly because there is more competition, 1000 people take intrest, 200 pass the you session and 35 make it in to the course, but for me there is 22 of us (Im in 2fts flying PC-9) and people will drop out from stress etc.

[assmotrone43]

@gogogogoguck and also, im not really 17, im 19 now, just wanted you to feel like we had more in common (school) but yeah, iv been flying for a while and if i remember correctly, the best subjects are English and maths, they are deffs! then science is also important, and for a fourth to be on the safe side, choose either geo or something else even remotley related to flying.

[assmotrone43]

@gogogogoguck What do you plan to fly, my instructor recommends me to go super hornet, and thats what i want so im happy.

[assmotrone43]

@gogogogoguck message me for more info ;)

[TheDeltaFlight]

Did you follow any references or plans from a website to create your cockpit? If so what website? I don't know what the dimensions are of the hornet's cockpit, to build my own.

Thanks!

[thesurfsflat]

Nice pit mate, soon as I get my house all sorted I'm getting my 'Viper' all sorted out and functional.

You fly with any v-wing, with that setup I would assume so?

Regards

[superhornet30]

didnt you do some videos on star wars

[TheIgnorantBastrd]

Damn.

[brylyn23]

Prictorian here,fekkin top job fumbaga love too find the time to do something fun like that,got a CH combat stick atm,thinking about TH WH or the X65F,not sure..

[superhornet30]

how long did it take you to bulid this because i want to build one

[kharinaz]

Wow. Thats a nice cockpit you got.

[GangsterHutterite]

I have a circa 1980 CF-18 helmet!

Here, take it, you deserve it more then I do 0_o

[lsully1974]

Jar,

I cant believe that your not flying with us at VCVW-8 in the SBX. Burner

[JediLink25]

Building an F/A-18 pit of my own (Legacy hornet, not super) so I'd love to talk to you about a few things. I'm in the 104th VFBS, so you can find me there (104th_Aero) or just check my youtube channel.

Great job on the pit, though! Gotta get those other switches working though. It isn't too hard.

[lassecfc]

so cool :)

[sira66]

Great job mate, building a F/A-18E pit myself in Brisbane. Hope to see more as you go on.

[userbrytje008]

wooow niceeman 

[JohnyBravoSix]

Awesome!

[TheProjektcc]

amazing!!! good work

[Scramble1974]

Hello Fumbaga.

First congratulations on your home cockpit. The fact that this very well and have built very realistic.

The warthog Thrustmaster joystick is very good, amazing.

I also I got an airplane cabin for a long time, but for civil simulation. Now I'm building the cab of A-10 warthog, and thanks to your video, you gave me a new idea.

Again say congratulations for your cockpit and your fondness for flying continue for long.

A greeting from Spain

[OXYOXYOXY444]

@Fumbaga no pit is every truely finished there is allways one more pice to make the emershon factor deeper. As for my MIG 15 a injury to my shuolder has delayed the finish of my pit by about 12 months (bugger) but i dont want to u-tube untill its painted and flight ready. I cant wait to be the only MIG on the block (a target rich inviroment) hell everone watching topgun wanted to be mavrick ,i wanted to be the MIGS , bad guys wear black. darth vader rules. please make more vids please

[Bomyster3000]

It looks like the Mark IV viper cockpit from Battlestar Galactica!!

[Viper7662]

Damn man, I'm jealous lol

[OXYOXYOXY444]

SHIT HOT man , nice cockpit better than thoes cooky cutter f16 cockpits i see all the time. nice adaptation of parts too . a th2go or eyeinfintiy triple screen would be a nice improvement but all in goood time i supose. I cant wait to show you my RUSSIAN MIG 15 cockpit , should be ready by cristmax about the same size if not bigger than yours . hopefully it wiil give your unit a run 4 its money :) . but thumbs up for your build mate

[SchlangersiX]

Nice, good to see I am not the only nutter that blows money on flight sims.

I just the ordered a Warthog, how is the throttle holding up?

I have a Tarmac Aces KG13 stick on the way as well :D

[chabi3000]

Will you try this out with DCS: A-10C Warthog ? Could you also tell us what this Setup cost overall ?

[bmcphail89]

Nice setup. I have wished CH would update the look / spacing of the pedals- but it seems their narrower than perfect sizing is actually a benefit in your homepit..

[ruggbutt]

Thanks for sharing. Your pit rawks!