Finishing the POD Cockpit

Here is the finished, painted result of the cockpit desk building project, along with the fitting of the gauges. For more info, see http://iblueyonder.com/category/the-pod-project/

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Home Cockpit
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
• FSX

[TheHampo123]

How much did it cost ( in GDP if youcan please) :)

[WFWomack]

@TheHampo123 The computer was around $900 (USD), and the desk was somewhere in the neighborhood of $75 (USD). Do your own conversions.

[jeaulee0]

No carpet? Outrageous!

[WFWomack]

@jeaulee0 I know! Every time I got in there, I wish it was carpeted, dang it.

[musicoreinstein]

i wish i had the money :), gonna buy the wheel and throttle, for 150 euro's, do i need the rudder pedals too?? they are around the 130 euros

[WFWomack]

@musicoreinstein I'd go for pedals before a trim wheel. The cost is greater, but nothing gives you the feel of real flight like having your feet on the rudder pedals.

[Mr172]

For its simplicity I would say this is one of my favorite set ups i've seen. The only problem is I'm not a fan of the Saitek yoke.  But overall I say good job.

[benhinkley]

Hey dude can you show us some video's of you flying and using the simulation?

[betod]

Hi there I like it very much, it's simple and clean , I hope you can see my sim and the desk markup I made to give me any tips before I start to build it mi user name is betod in YouTube there are 2 vids of cockpit check the one with voice thanks.

[betod]

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[luisbauertube]

very cool

[luisbauertube]

cool



[GidazEFC98]

sweet work, very neet, i really wouldn't mind having that, really well set and planned :)

[kkdjen]

That is just awesome, man! You inspire me to do the same

[1GamingCentral]

Nice job at building that.

[1GamingCentral]

@joker1031000 I don't have any saitek flight simulator things yet. but if you get a saitek throttle it will work on Boeing's. But you can not manually control 1 engine it will control both engines. But you can probably have on lever to left engine and 1 lever to the right engine.

[whiteflame153]

@brandon9271 works good you can use the rudder as brake and gas instead of toe brakes on the simulator and the yoke ofcourse is used as the steering wheel

[WFWomack]

@brandon9271 I don't know, I only use it for flight sims.

[brandon9271]

maybe a dumb question but how does this saitek set up work for racing sims? I realize is wasn't meant for that but..

[clara17uk]

great job at making the desk ,im thinking of making one from cardboard to save painting it ,just kidding:) in your other video are you releasing a flight sim?  great job for 50 us dollars looks sturdy and neat

[joker1031000]

does that throttle work for a Boeing

[phelpsadventures]

Nice job.

[WFWomack]

@askempasa It was much easier to just clamp them, and should anything every go wrong it's easier to remove them for repairs/replacement.

[askempasa]

Why not just use the thread sin the yoke and throttle to directly screw them in place rather than using the clamps?

[WFWomack]

@gpruitt54 You must have missed the part where I installed the projector! At this point, I have no need for multiple monitors, as I've got a single, 6-foot wide screen a few feet from my face. That, combined with TrackIR, gives a very realistic visualization of the virtual world.