This is my home cockpit in my living room here in Vegas. It's been under construction for about 16 months, and looks complete in the shot but the photo "hides" a lot of things that still need to be done (CH pedals don't exactly do it justice, to put it mildly).It runs FS9, wideFS, and Project Magenta networked over 6 PCs, with three projectors warped over a 24' curved screen providing the visuals. Hardware components are from Flight Deck Solutions, Engravity, CPFlight, Poldragonet, SISMO, ACE, and a whole host of others.It's not motion (obviously), but it does the job for me. The immersion factor, especially with a 2-man crew, VATSIM, weather, and the whole thing sealed off is more impressive than I ever imagined it could be!

Right there, that's what I wanna have by the time I retire (if FS still exists, that is). Except with a MD-80 instead of a 737. Congrats mate, you've got quite a setup there.

This is my home cockpit in my living room here in Vegas. It's been under construction for about 16 months, and looks complete in the shot but the photo "hides" a lot of things that still need to be done (CH pedals don't exactly do it justice, to put it mildly).It runs FS9, wideFS, and Project Magenta networked over 6 PCs, with three projectors warped over a 24' curved screen providing the visuals. Hardware components are from Flight Deck Solutions, Engravity, CPFlight, Poldragonet, SISMO, ACE, and a whole host of others.It's not motion (obviously), but it does the job for me. The immersion factor, especially with a 2-man crew, VATSIM, weather, and the whole thing sealed off is more impressive than I ever imagined it could be!

Wow Chris that is very impressive. I would love to put something like that together sometime when I actually figure out where I will be living for a lengthy amount of time. I am curious and don't mean to be nosey for asking, so I understand if you would rather not say, but in the condition your sim is in now, around how much money have you spent to this point including all the computers, software, cockpit, etc?

This is my home cockpit in my living room here in Vegas. It's been under construction for about 16 months, and looks complete in the shot but the photo "hides" a lot of things that still need to be done (CH pedals don't exactly do it justice, to put it mildly).It runs FS9, wideFS, and Project Magenta networked over 6 PCs, with three projectors warped over a 24' curved screen providing the visuals. Hardware components are from Flight Deck Solutions, Engravity, CPFlight, Poldragonet, SISMO, ACE, and a whole host of others.It's not motion (obviously), but it does the job for me. The immersion factor, especially with a 2-man crew, VATSIM, weather, and the whole thing sealed off is more impressive than I ever imagined it could be!

Chris- that's truly a "knock 'em dead" picture. I'm sure a lot of us would be interested in the software you are using (apart from FS9).ie the source of the 737/700 panel, Portland scenery, weather ,clouds etc.? It suggests that FS9 will be around for some time! Congratulations on a remarkable project.Alex Reid

That home flight deck is the stuff of dreams. Getting all those system panels from different manufacturers to work together with FS9 and Project Magenta must have been a challenging process to say the least. I am green with envy, fer sure.Venturing into the forbidden subject of price, I would hazard a wild guess that a minimum of ten thousand US dollars was needed to create that breath-taking masterpiece. Considering that a decent used car can run that much and provide nowhere near the thrill of owning of this flight deck, I'd know where I'd invest ten grand, if I had it to spare, and it wouldn't be to buy a car.

This is my home cockpit in my living room here in Vegas. It's been under construction for about 16 months, and looks complete in the shot but the photo "hides" a lot of things that still need to be done (CH pedals don't exactly do it justice, to put it mildly).It runs FS9, wideFS, and Project Magenta networked over 6 PCs, with three projectors warped over a 24' curved screen providing the visuals. Hardware components are from Flight Deck Solutions, Engravity, CPFlight, Poldragonet, SISMO, ACE, and a whole host of others.It's not motion (obviously), but it does the job for me. The immersion factor, especially with a 2-man crew, VATSIM, weather, and the whole thing sealed off is more impressive than I ever imagined it could be!

If that cockpit is ever in your way or you don't need it anymore... I'm sure I could find a good home for it. Which 737 model is it? I can tell it's an NG but not much beyond that.

guys ...im right behind on the jumseat ..soon would be giving you a company on your right .

If that cockpit is ever in your way or you don't need it anymore... I'm sure I could find a good home for it. Which 737 model is it? I can tell it's an NG but not much beyond that.

Guess any of them, really, as I don't think there'd be a difference in the cockpit for the 737NGs.

I've been simming casually for a few years. The reason I love it is that I get to see the world through the PC. I usually fly just the little single engine Nardi Riviera. Tonite I did the Marseilles to Venice run using the italymesh and Tugillo(not spelled right) scenery and it thoroughly relaxed me after a pretty tense day at work. I see these virtual cockpits people have constucted and watched some youtube videos of landings in them and couldn't believe my eyes. Especially that 737 due ckrailvideo. I was convinced I was watching a real 737 landing and wondered what the heck this kid in shirtsleeves with no copilot was doing landing a 737 so casually all by himself. Taxing to a parking spot and then a flag man waves him to a stop ....and I thought the 'simulation' title was a hoax. Wow! sure got me immersed!I do like to fly different planes ...mostly single engine anphibians ..the Carenado Cessna 206, Nardi, Pipers, 180's, Norsemem, Otters, Beavers etc so a VC would be a little restrictive. What I'd really like is a set of excellent VR 3d glasses and that would do it for me. I keep reading reviews that report them as being a little underwhelming though so haven't ordered any. Anyone out there have any experience with those?jj

I think I'm in most agreement with Ed. I'll tell you why.For me realism first of all comes from the aircraft on my screen, not the tools around me. While I need a joystick to fly, the rest seems to me like something extra. The realism for me comes from the realism of the plane's system simulation itself and the progra,ms around it, like FSBuild and PFE, which make the flying experience somewhat closer to the real thing. Whether I'm sitting in a cardboard box with Airbus-shaped Windows is not really important for me if I do not know how to fly the plane. Plane comes first, then comes the rest.Chris: Wowowowow! That's awesome, great job on that! I personally have never quite fancied something like that, because I'd feel I'd confine myself to one aircraft. Having everything "generic", though, like a 4-engined throttle quadrant and a control myoke and pedestal would be great. Alas, I don't have knowledge, time or money to invest in such stuff.

Wow, now that's a sweet setup. Is that Ultimate Terrain that you're using? How are you syncing the montiors? And what's the performace like?I'm getting a new laptop here soon, so I'll have two 17" LCD's that I can add to my cockpit. Not sure how I'm going to use them though.How did you manage to get the clip fastened to your yoke?

WOW THIS IS REALLY NICE! it really looks so good having this kind of setup i wish i can have one too :)

I would love to invest in all of these but right now as budget permits... I only have my Saitek AV8R joystick with handy rudder twist. However I do have an old Logitech joystick sitting around and for a summer project I may look into using it to build some rudder pedals. How much does an overhead projector cost? If I do get one that will also mean getting a new graphics card. And oh the costs go up from there :( But I am sure that it would be an awesome experience and hopefully I will one day get my hands on one of these systems.

I have an old logitech wingman twist handle, I was just wondering how you would manage to convert a twist handle into rudder pedals?? Is this actualy possible?

I've been simming casually for a few years. The reason I love it is that I get to see the world through the PC. I usually fly just the little single engine Nardi Riviera. Tonite I did the Marseilles to Venice run using the italymesh and Tugillo(not spelled right) scenery and it thoroughly relaxed me after a pretty tense day at work. I see these virtual cockpits people have constucted and watched some youtube videos of landings in them and couldn't believe my eyes. Especially that 737 due ckrailvideo. I was convinced I was watching a real 737 landing and wondered what the heck this kid in shirtsleeves with no copilot was doing landing a 737 so casually all by himself. Taxing to a parking spot and then a flag man waves him to a stop ....and I thought the 'simulation' title was a hoax. Wow! sure got me immersed!I do like to fly different planes ...mostly single engine anphibians ..the Carenado Cessna 206, Nardi, Pipers, 180's, Norsemem, Otters, Beavers etc so a VC would be a little restrictive. What I'd really like is a set of excellent VR 3d glasses and that would do it for me. I keep reading reviews that report them as being a little underwhelming though so haven't ordered any. Anyone out there have any experience with those?jj

I'd have to say that I'm with you there, since there's no way I could ever really fly a Bonanza through the Alps, FS provides a great way of doing so. I'll follow as many real world procedures as I know especially when flying the heavies but besides that it's mostly about the scenery for me.Alex