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Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:25 am**

As you may have seen in the lounge, my Air Cadet squadron is starting some projects and I am joining the flight simulator team. Our project is to try and build a cockpit around the 2 screens we have (32" HD samsung ones I think).

The sim pits will need to be fairly cheap each, about

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:32 am**

You're going to have a hard time making a pit with PC-driven gauges within that budget... but there is a way to save some bucks by either buying kits or making your own.

http://www.mikesflightdeck.com/Iinstrument_panel_3.htm

http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/o/bobpaige/In ... 0Kits.html

Both links were found here- an excellent site:

http://www.mikesflightdeck.com/

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:45 pm**

Hmm, well I did build one from simkits.co.uk, but the price was

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:08 pm**

The flight deck site looks pretty good. I take it you need a controller card of some sort to get these to work?

(shrug).
I guess so... haven't looked at those much yet; that's "Day 2" stuff for me; "Day 1" (just having an enclosure, controls, and one screen) has taken me over a year so far...

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:10 pm**

My generic panel.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7165 ... izezy6.jpg

Linked image changed to URL -jb

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:07 pm**

hehe that looks pretty cool!

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:59 pm**

Does anyone have any drawings that might be suitable for this, or atleast the sort of gauges it should have. What would be the best way to get the gauges to work? Is it FDSConnect that we need? Should it be mostly analog, or have a glass cockpit? The first would be cheaper I sopose.

Use a TFT as the main portion of the panel and have the choice of both for probably around

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:53 pm**

look in my signature for my generic console..no gauges..yet

, but a fairly innovative, and original start

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:23 am**

Does anyone have any drawings that might be suitable for this, or atleast the sort of gauges it should have. What would be the best way to get the gauges to work? Is it FDSConnect that we need? Should it be mostly analog, or have a glass cockpit? The first would be cheaper I sopose.

Use a TFT as the main portion of the panel and have the choice of both for probably around

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