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darrenw
02-19-2011, 01:42 PM
Hi all. Me and my Dad are avid FS fans and want to build our own cockpit. No idea on budget yet, but space shouldn't be a problem. I'm sure I'll be picking your brains shortly....we fly the PMDG 737 NG. Based in Derbyshire UK
jskibo
02-19-2011, 02:42 PM
Welcome. Great Father Son Project!
Good luck and a lot of great info here for you
Neil Hewitt
02-19-2011, 06:08 PM
Hi Darren.
Lots of UK people on here, plenty of inspiration available too. There are some truly magnificent projects out there to wonder at and hope you might one day be able to equal :-)
Welcome!
NH
darrenw
02-19-2011, 08:18 PM
magnficent welcome, cheers. Just trying to work out where to start. Perhaps employing a full time project manager....:eek:
ian@737ng.co.uk
02-20-2011, 02:26 AM
hello darren.......
welcome..... there are a lot of us old 'die hards' still flying the PMDG. in fact my cockpit is built around it until we see the NGX.
you can virtually make it do anything with a little bit of skill and imagination :o
anytime you want to come and have a look, just ask. http://www.737ng.co.uk
or, i've got a colleague in macclesfield who is is getting into his build if you want me to put you in touch.
regards
ian
Welcome,
with so many UK friends around, there has to be a FSWeekend over there sometime.
JWS
Geremy Britton
02-20-2011, 12:20 PM
Welcome,
with so many UK friends around, there has to be a FSWeekend over there sometime.
JWS
There already is: http://www.astrasimexpo.co.uk/
:)
Welcome to the forum Darrenw, hope you find everything you need here from our expert members.
All the best
den19
02-20-2011, 01:23 PM
Hi Darren
Welcome, from the Yorkshire Dales to the Derbyshire Dales.
Den
TasKiNG
02-20-2011, 01:29 PM
Welcome Darren,
I'm in Castle Donington, Nr Derby UK
darrenw
02-20-2011, 01:56 PM
Ian - Thanks for that. I've already been looking at your site- a fantastic achievement. My Dad knows a bit about electronics which will help. It would be fantastic to come and have a look at what you've done - think we need to do a bit of thinking and research ourselves to get a feel for the budget/complexity. Seems to me that the key principle is to build slowly, but leave the ability to add stuff on without having to rebuild. More questions to follow (!) but if you could put me in touch with the Macc chap, that would be great :-)
darrenw
02-20-2011, 01:57 PM
Welcome Darren,
I'm in Castle Donington, Nr Derby UK
Cheers Dave, good to have some local support!
RadarBob
02-20-2011, 02:43 PM
Welcome Darren,
I'm also in South Derbyshire (not far from Dave) working on 737NG with PMDG (very slowly!).
Have fun!
Rob
There already is: http://www.astrasimexpo.co.uk/
:)
I've seen the promo video. A lot of pyrotechnics allright, but I meant a flight simulator weekend, not a simulator weekend. LOL
JWS