Hi everybody,
My name is Peter Klijnstra and I'm from the Netherlands. After about 10+ years of flying behind the desktop I finally decided to do something else, building my own cockpit. I'm still figuring out which cockpit to build but hope to decide soon :)
Anyway, I'm glad I found this website.
Regards,
Welcome Pete,
You are the Chief Engineer and Top Designer, this is what cockpitbuilding is all about...
Exciting, is'nt it?
Pick your airplane according to your own taste and kind of flying you like..
We will help if needed.
Jack
Hi Pete, I have to agree with Jack. Make sure you choose an aircraft design that suits your needs. you can always build a generic pit as well. Regardless what you decide to build it will be your own success.
We are here to help you along the way.
Best regards,
Trev
Thanks for the welcome guys :)
I will hold you at your promise ;D
Hi Peter and welcome to our home! Picking the aircraft is probably the hardest thing to do to get started unless you already have a AC you really enjoy flying! That is question 1. You have been flying all this time, what do you fly the most? And then Why? Make sure you pick the ac you want to build and not one someone else wants to see you build. That will never work. If you pick something other then what you want to build you will get discouraged very fast and give up. So pick your ac and stick to it!
If you have a pashion for the aircraft you choose, the build will go a lot better. If you are unsure about it, it could take a lifetime to finish. Be sure you really love the aircraft you choose to build.
Welcome aboard!
Thanks guys,
that's just one of the problems. There are two ac I really like to fly and I fly both a lot for my VA's. PMDG's B744F and LevelD's B763. There's a third one and that is VRS's F/A-18E Super Hornet for FS9 and in two months for FSX.
I don't fly that one for a VA so I probably won't do that one. That leaves the B744 and B763.
For which ac are the most resources or things available?
Thanks for your replies,
Hi Peter. If you got the money you can't go wrong with this for the 747:
http://www.flightdecksolutions.com/prod_info.php?id=522 (http://www.flightdecksolutions.com/prod_info.php?id=522)
For the 767 you got these resources:
http://www.lekseecon.nl/ (http://www.lekseecon.nl/)
http://www.simvionics.co.uk/ (http://www.simvionics.co.uk/)
http://www.opencockpits.com/ (http://www.opencockpits.com/)
This guy gonna have a 767 throttle soon:
http://www.throttletek.com/ (http://www.throttletek.com/)
If you got the money, you can go with the 747 and get all of the hardware from Flight Deck Solutions (not much choice here) and you will probably also need the Project Magenta software.
You can do the 767 a lot cheaper and there more people who can help:
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/b767homecockpitbuilders/ (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/b767homecockpitbuilders/)
Regards,
Henry
Thanks Henry for the links you provided. I've been through them already and since I don't have THAT lot of money I tend to go for the B763.
Also my FSX freezes every so much flights a few hours in flight with the PMDG B744. The LevelD B763 doesn't have that. So another point for the LevelD.
The most widely available cheap parts are for the 727. And they're real. I know that's not what you wanted to hear, but it's true.