Custom Built At-Home 747 Flight Sim Cockpit

[254MM-NHall]

Hello everyone, just sharing 747 inspired FS Cockpit I built.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMTviCTvlSt/?igsh=eHlvNjR6M25qMnQ5
 
Total man hours were 1636 (approximately) over the period of four months.  I actually used some off-the-shelf parts to make it somewhat affordable and usable across several FS platforms without the need of specialty crossover software. The dimensions are 10 foot wide 9 feet deep 7 1/2 feet tall. Besides the obvious store-bought things it was built from scratch. Hope you all enjoy it. Feel free to comment/ feedback or ask questions if needed.

[PanosI]

Congratulations!
That means a lot of daily hard work.

[254MM-NHall]

Congratulations!
That means a lot of daily hard work.

Yes lol... I lost 20lb building the thing lol
The client is happy so I'm happy... tired but happy lol. It was a lot of fun to build honestly.

[254MM-NHall]

I'm now on to sourcing or building a working flight director/ Autopilot panel for it.

Sadly no one seems to make them anymore.

[voipmeister]

Nice build!

I'm now on to sourcing or building a working flight director/ Autopilot panel for it.

Sadly no one seems to make them anymore.

There aren't any, even the second hand market is difficult. I am in the process of building my own using a Opencockpits panel and a 3D printer. It takes a lot of time (have to do it in my spare time, work tends to get in the way), but I'm slowly getting there. I will probably share the STL files at some point.

[andrej]

The only hope is with PMDG release, WinWing or a similar company will offer more 747 panels. FDS is out of the question? Otherwise, you can search for second hand market, or create own, or use OEM MCP.

[voipmeister]

The only hope is with PMDG release, WinWing or a similar company will offer more 747 panels. FDS is out of the question? Otherwise, you can search for second hand market, or create own, or use OEM MCP.

Yes, FDS is out of the question. They only sell complete simulators these days. OEM equipment is expensive and you need to interface it. Can be done, but it's far from trivial.

[Peter Sagar]

I'm now on to sourcing or building a working flight director/ Autopilot panel for it.

Sadly no one seems to make them anymore.

I have a FDS MCP in brand new condition that I never used and still in its original shipping package. I would be willing to sell it. Shipping is from Australia and you pay whatever the going tariffs are in the USA.


**SOLD**

[JG]

Good evening Peter, would you be able to contact my email with a view to selling this to me within Australia?
jg.galbak@gmail.com
Regards John, Queensland.

[Rossf931]

I have a FDS MCP in brand new condition that I never used and still in its original shipping package. I would be willing to sell it. Shipping is from Australia and you pay whatever the going tariffs are in the USA.

I too would be very interested in this if you would like to sell it.

[SwissMark]

Nice build!

There aren't any, even the second hand market is difficult. I am in the process of building my own using a Opencockpits panel and a 3D printer. It takes a lot of time (have to do it in my spare time, work tends to get in the way), but I'm slowly getting there. I will probably share the STL files at some point.

Interesting .... I asked Opencockpits (generic EMail) and they never came back .... wanted to start with the overhead and source someone who can help with the 3D print and the respective "cabeling" in the back ... is Opencockpit still active at all?

I wonder who big the market is for hardware simcockpits for 744 in general?
The more the merrier and it makes commercial sense to ask a specific supplier to manufacture custom - shipping/tax another issue though.

FDS, yes, I also reached out to them 2 or so years back on the 747 sim. Only selling entire bespoke SIM solutions for more commercial applications. At least that is what they told me back then.

[Peter Sagar]

I too would be very interested in this if you would like to sell it.

Sorry, it was snapped up very quickly. SOLD

[voipmeister]

Interesting .... I asked Opencockpits (generic EMail) and they never came back .... wanted to start with the overhead and source someone who can help with the 3D print and the respective "cabeling" in the back ... is Opencockpit still active at all?

I wonder who big the market is for hardware simcockpits for 744 in general?
The more the merrier and it makes commercial sense to ask a specific supplier to manufacture custom - shipping/tax another issue though.

FDS, yes, I also reached out to them 2 or so years back on the 747 sim. Only selling entire bespoke SIM solutions for more commercial applications. At least that is what they told me back then.

Opencockpits are still active, yes. But like most of the vendors they seem interested in selling complete solutions mostly. I will steadily build out my stuff, but spend time on other stuff as well so it isn't going to progress rapidly unfortunately.