Been flying sims since '89. Became a real pilot in 1999 and now due to health issues, it would be tough to pass my medical and get current SO… HERE is where I will spend retirement! After 3 weeks of building, I’m not 100% complete but really close.
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Awesome! Enjoy!
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That looks awesome my man!!!
I know how excited you were to get this build, glad you got it together!
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Be careful once you catch the bug the building never stops, or maybe that is just me.
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Absolutly Excellent, you will have thousands of hours of fun flying there.
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PLEASE do not tell the wife LOL
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You betcha buddy. Did you get your monitor issue figured out? I think you were waiting on one or something of that nature. LETS FLY!
I wish I could get ya’ll to sit in this seat. What a hoot!
Very cool! I like it a lot!
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Very nicely done. Congrats! Now have FUN!!!
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Cool setup, but put a book or something flat under the Buttkicker amp like that it won’t over heat. I put external fans on mines.
Great idea. Is there an issue with the amp over heating?
My first one had miner issue, Buttkicker replace it!! and I just put fans on it to keep temps down especially during long flights. Just playing it safe
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Wonderful build! Wonderful hobby!
I’ve built 5 sims now myself. But my final setup for retirement is built by someone else lol!
The YAW2 full motion simulator chair, on order.
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Looking good my friend, just one question what frame are you using to mount all the flight controls too etc?
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How are you using the three main screens since FS2020 doesn’t support three monitors yet?
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That looks great. As an engineer I would really enjoy building such a setup.
There’s one thing I don’t understand though. Please don’t take this as a criticism because I’m really trying to understand. I see lots of people who build their own setups and I wonder why they aren’t using VR. VR is the most amazing thing and I just don’t understand why everyone is not using it. I get that it’s expensive and some people can’t afford it but clearly you can. Can you explain why you go to this much effort when VR is available?
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Very nice!
I have the same base set up with fewer of the nice touches. You will see:
- The ad-hoc mouse mat (a 1940’s RAF navigation manual…)
- The throttle quadrants carefully positioned on engineered offcuts of wood
- The ancient Saitek pedals (my expensive Virpil ones need some adaptation to fit…)
- Complete lack of screens … All flying is done in VR
On the last point, I see where @Mayhem6633 is coming from, but accept that VR does mean some compromise and doesn’t suit everyone; certainly doesn’t work well with that fantastic Realsimgear G1000 panel!
Also @RwpTurnip, see you have all the harnesses on the seat … do you have the motion base in your setup too? I haven’t found enough turbulence to make me want to add the harness yet … 
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Ah, the best of both worlds. This I get.
The frame is built by LOWES / HOME DEPOT. Got it in the 2X4 section. LOL Actually, I bought a 12X40 board and cut it down to 11X33. Then got some nice screws and bolts to tie it all together.
I anchored the RSG G1000 suite onto the board. Real simple but is sturdy and works great.
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