Hello all, I'm currently doing my Design and Tech A Level coursework, and am doing a project related to flight sim equipment. I'd just like to gather your thoughts on a few things to further understand people's wants and needs:

- Given limited desk space, what would you consider the essential pieces of sim equipment (AP panel, radio stack, switch panel, etc.)?

- Would you prefer a modular design so you could rearrange panels according to situation, eg different aircraft?

Any other comments/suggestions very much welcome

Cheers guys,

Bruce

Honestly the most essential are a solid yoke, throttle quadrant and rudder pedals. Next in line, and more of a want than a need would be something for the AP and Radios. Currently I use the Class Echo which you can get from https://shakeprint.com/

What is nice is it combines a touchscreen, with a rotary knob allowing it to fulfill many roles.

As far as rearranging hardware for different planes, that would be a royal pita I think. We have two camps out there really. You have those that buy dedicated hardware for a single plane type (think FDS and the 737 etc) or the vast majority of other like myself who use "generic" hardware that can easily map to multiple planes. IF I had to rearrange hardware around to fly different planes I would probably not and just fly a single type then.