A320 Sim Pit built with 40x40 aluminium extrusion

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Hi,

I am in the planning stage of building a home cockpit out of 40x40 aluminium extrusion, just wondering if anyone out there has some measurements for a A320 cockpit, especially the following

Centre Pedestal how high is this, as this is where i will be mounting the MCDU from winwing and any other items that they might do and would like to get it at the same height as the real cockpit the build the rest of the cockpit around that.

Side stick console, how tall is this, again the rest of the cockpit will be built around this

lastly mounting the FCU and L & R EFIS height from floor

my aim is to get this as close to the real thing as possible without building a full on cockpit as i just dont have the money or the room to do this

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My sim is built out of 20X20 aluminum. 40X40 seems like overkill.

Mine is very sturdy and was easy to build. FWIW

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yeah thinking about it 20x20 is the route i will go down, i was just looking for some measurements to get it as close to a A320 cockpit as i can so everthing is with in reach, or is it best to build it around the seat? i have already kind of designed it on a free cad app, do you have any pictures?

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See here for an old picture…lots of things have changed since 2022. Some updates to my FS2020 cockpit
I will try and get some updated pictures this week.