Douglas999
08-06-2008, 03:39 PM
Hi everyone
I have been lurking on the site for ages researching information about how to build my sim. Like most people on this site I started siming with 98 then 2000, I misses 2002 for some reason and ended up with 2004, I haven’t tried X yet.
My aircraft of choice is the Learjet 45 and now I finally have enough built to share it with everyone. As with most people money is short and siming can be expensive so I have built mine so far without buying any commercial parts or expensive software.
The heart of the sim is one home built pc AMD 6000 with two 8600 graphics cards giving me three monitor outputs and one for a projector. The software is FS2004 with Reality XP jetline 4 gauges.
I have modified the aircraft config file to give me Captain and FO PFD and ND in the right places with RTU and standby gauges in the middle. I need to figure out how to make pop up gauges to make them interchangeable, but for the moment both have PFD with captain having the ND and FO the ECAS.
Building the shell, seats and the MIP was not difficult as I have most things that you would need to work with wood, but it is time consuming. I built the MIP as a desk top sim first, this let me figure out most of the software and interfacing first , I then the pedestal and throttles.
I have a set of FDT boards that operate the gear lights and light switches so far and I use the fantastic BU0836X from Leo Bodnar (http://www.lbodnar.dsl.pipex.com/) to control many of the other inputs. Most functions in Reality XP works with key strokes so I just set them up with FSUIPC.
I must however say thank you to so many people on the site, without them sharing information building my sim even to an early stage would not have been possible.
First of all Mr learjet Eric Tomlin, your files on the shell and MIP have been a great help in given me the all the sizes I needed. I managed to get your auto cad file printed full size to use as a template with a slight modification due to the size on my monitors. Elekwind who sent me some coreldraw files to make the panels (work in progress)Per Alm for your air file which has made the FS2004 learjet much more flyable.
I have also just purchased two dual rotary encoders thanks to John at http://www.boeing737ng.co.uk/ which I will use for the RTUs.
At the moment I am using the CH yoke and rudder pedals, but a dual yoke system will be next on the `to do` list, Westoz, thank you in advance.
There is still a lot of work to be done and much fun ahead. I wanted to build a two seat cockpit to share with my son Gavin, but he is to busy with his internet radio station. Please take a moment to visit his web site at www.centralscotlandradio.co.uk I may just get to have some pages on his web site for my sim. My wife thinks I am mad, but she has to put up with a flightsim in my workshop and a radio station in Gavins bedroom.
I have attached some pictures of my sim sofar. The homebuilt (with a goflight RMK) 737 style MCP will go when I sort out the pannel.
Douglas
I have been lurking on the site for ages researching information about how to build my sim. Like most people on this site I started siming with 98 then 2000, I misses 2002 for some reason and ended up with 2004, I haven’t tried X yet.
My aircraft of choice is the Learjet 45 and now I finally have enough built to share it with everyone. As with most people money is short and siming can be expensive so I have built mine so far without buying any commercial parts or expensive software.
The heart of the sim is one home built pc AMD 6000 with two 8600 graphics cards giving me three monitor outputs and one for a projector. The software is FS2004 with Reality XP jetline 4 gauges.
I have modified the aircraft config file to give me Captain and FO PFD and ND in the right places with RTU and standby gauges in the middle. I need to figure out how to make pop up gauges to make them interchangeable, but for the moment both have PFD with captain having the ND and FO the ECAS.
Building the shell, seats and the MIP was not difficult as I have most things that you would need to work with wood, but it is time consuming. I built the MIP as a desk top sim first, this let me figure out most of the software and interfacing first , I then the pedestal and throttles.
I have a set of FDT boards that operate the gear lights and light switches so far and I use the fantastic BU0836X from Leo Bodnar (http://www.lbodnar.dsl.pipex.com/) to control many of the other inputs. Most functions in Reality XP works with key strokes so I just set them up with FSUIPC.
I must however say thank you to so many people on the site, without them sharing information building my sim even to an early stage would not have been possible.
First of all Mr learjet Eric Tomlin, your files on the shell and MIP have been a great help in given me the all the sizes I needed. I managed to get your auto cad file printed full size to use as a template with a slight modification due to the size on my monitors. Elekwind who sent me some coreldraw files to make the panels (work in progress)Per Alm for your air file which has made the FS2004 learjet much more flyable.
I have also just purchased two dual rotary encoders thanks to John at http://www.boeing737ng.co.uk/ which I will use for the RTUs.
At the moment I am using the CH yoke and rudder pedals, but a dual yoke system will be next on the `to do` list, Westoz, thank you in advance.
There is still a lot of work to be done and much fun ahead. I wanted to build a two seat cockpit to share with my son Gavin, but he is to busy with his internet radio station. Please take a moment to visit his web site at www.centralscotlandradio.co.uk I may just get to have some pages on his web site for my sim. My wife thinks I am mad, but she has to put up with a flightsim in my workshop and a radio station in Gavins bedroom.
I have attached some pictures of my sim sofar. The homebuilt (with a goflight RMK) 737 style MCP will go when I sort out the pannel.
Douglas