ph4ntom
07-26-2013, 07:20 AM
Hello all. Brand new here, but not to the world of flightsim. Been flying desktop for eight years, but want to expand my hobby now.
Been reading the web up and down on this topic, and i am amazed to see all the incredible home cockpits out there, from simple desktops with three screens to 100% accurate cockpits with real parts interfaced.
Now, im thinking somewhere between. But i am a real fan of the older heavies, mainly the DC-10. Plan/vision is to build a 1:1 scale cockpit of the DC-10 out of wood, with MIP, overhead panel and the works. Ever been done before btw?
Plug and play-gadgets are not produced for this type of aircraft, so i have to make it all from scratch.
But i have a few questions first: Do i need software to make FSX work with the sim? I know 737/777-builders and some Airbus have software available. Is there any way of making this work with FSUIPC/interface cards? Planning to use the CLS DC-10 package for FSX. For the control panels, i was planning to use 1:1 cockpit-posters of the DC-10 from Avsoft, Inc. | Home (http://www.avsoft.com), fitting them to plexiglass, drilling out to switches and buttons and backlighting it. TQ from Throttletek or modifying Saitek TQ.
Would you use triplehead2Go with monitors/projectors or is there a better way for outside view?
For the instruments, witch are analogue on the -10, i thought of using three smaller monitors mounted in the MIP, with cut-out plates and bezels, showing only the instruments. Will i be able to make all this work together to make a flyable cockpit?
Appreciate all input!
Cheers, from Norway :)
Been reading the web up and down on this topic, and i am amazed to see all the incredible home cockpits out there, from simple desktops with three screens to 100% accurate cockpits with real parts interfaced.
Now, im thinking somewhere between. But i am a real fan of the older heavies, mainly the DC-10. Plan/vision is to build a 1:1 scale cockpit of the DC-10 out of wood, with MIP, overhead panel and the works. Ever been done before btw?
Plug and play-gadgets are not produced for this type of aircraft, so i have to make it all from scratch.
But i have a few questions first: Do i need software to make FSX work with the sim? I know 737/777-builders and some Airbus have software available. Is there any way of making this work with FSUIPC/interface cards? Planning to use the CLS DC-10 package for FSX. For the control panels, i was planning to use 1:1 cockpit-posters of the DC-10 from Avsoft, Inc. | Home (http://www.avsoft.com), fitting them to plexiglass, drilling out to switches and buttons and backlighting it. TQ from Throttletek or modifying Saitek TQ.
Would you use triplehead2Go with monitors/projectors or is there a better way for outside view?
For the instruments, witch are analogue on the -10, i thought of using three smaller monitors mounted in the MIP, with cut-out plates and bezels, showing only the instruments. Will i be able to make all this work together to make a flyable cockpit?
Appreciate all input!
Cheers, from Norway :)