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Hi everyone...
I fly a lot of GA aircraft since I make all kinds of Missions and adventure flights (FSadventureSky) at the same time I fly the 737 a lot too. I have been wanting a low budget cockpit for a long time since I had all my instruments all over the place. Here is the result I finished this weekend. I use Project Magenta for my GA instruments and Aerosoft.com au for the 737, I also carry over 2D instruments from any plane...the shell is wood and foam boards.

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Thanks for the pictures.
Very nice
Not too hot inside the foam boards?
If they are not thick you probably could bend them for a more "round" shell.
Jack

Very smart solution for a low budget sim. Having the ability to fly different GA & other airplanes is something I do miss on a full cockpit. You can't have lots of fun flying missions in Alaska & pretending you are a bush pilot while sitting in a 737 cockpit.

After watching the 'Flying Wild Alaska' series on television, I would love to be able to do that on my sim but it's kind of unrealistic to land a 737 on a river bank or a frozen snow covered lake :)


Maurice

Hi Jack and Maurice....

Thanks for your nice words about my "Overall cockpit"...Have you guys seen the main office of the 1935 "Caproni 101"?? that´s how I feel inside it. :laugh: :laugh:...here are the last photos of the finished product. I am really amazed the difference in the "feeling" of flight this shell has given me. I now feel that am really flying, the sound, the sorroundings (tight!) everything is better. Jack, I was going to make it "rounder" but I guess I got lazy and took the easier road to Shangrila!!!..and yes it is a little hot in there, but I am installing a small split air conditioner that will cool things, meanwhile I have this---a large fan on the left window with a "bent" foam board diverting the air toward the shell window and its ok..... ::) ::) ::)...For those wanting a "low budget" cockpit I suppose this is the way to go, wood and foam boards...I have written a tutorial on how to get your instruments to a separate monitor for a very "low" price which can get more pilots to venture into making their cockpit,  it can be downloaded from Flightsim and Simviation.....See you´ll soon.

Gera

A Caproni 101..??? ;D :laugh:
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Here am using the Carenado 2D Glass Panel to fly out to the mountains..
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