Tiny Cockpits. How do you utilise your space?


We’ve all seen the pro flight simmers full size cockpits and grandiose layouts but, I’m curious to see how other people maximise their use of smaller spaces to build a small cockpit that is reasonably functional.

Hoping to get some fresh ideas as I’m currently limited to a 1m wide x 3m long space (see pic) for my flight sim gear in the spare room. I’ve somehow just about managed to get it to work.

Show me some of your tiny builds and see if we can’t get a bit of inspiration or some fresh ideas from each other to maximise the use of limited space.

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Good idea. I don’t have much space either and currently not that much equipment either, but I’d like to expand the hardware without expanding the space required too much, somehow.

I hope to get some ideas from this thread! :slight_smile:

This is my desk…

Want to try squeeze a super wide curved screen in soon. That is a pretty old 1080p LG screen!

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In there I have everything… :grinning:

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It took me seven and a half year to build this. Only when having a comparison picture with a real Airbus cockpit the keen eye will notice barely visible differences (tip, the thrust lever differs slightly from a real A320)… :smiley:

Joke aside I cannot build anything except computers - so plugging in a HOTAS is already the limit of my home cockpit building.

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Im on xbox so dont have many peripheral options but i make do

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Yeah I must admit I use a Reverb G2 and coupled with the Airbus TCA pack with the added flaps and gears levers, I don’t feel I need anything else. I absolutely love VR and can’t fly pancake mode anymore

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Moved to Community Support, Cockpit builders for better visibility.

What are the two little screens with the thumb control sticks behind your yoke and how do they integrate into your sim?

I’ve never tried VR yet with the sim. What about the visuals? Do they take a big hit in terms of realism?

:grin: If it works for you, then it works.

One on left is the actual PC the sim runs from either handheld or docked with the peripherals and monitor (OneXPlayer - Intel i7 version).

Box behind it is an eGPU for it (RTX2070).

On the right is a Steam Deck, so nothing to do with Flight Sim, but all my other games are on that now :slight_smile:

No desktop - I mentioned I’m limited for space lol :smiley:

It’s a path of no return…

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