Nice to see amount work that was put into this ! Looks great

Nice work. Reminds me of my F-16 cockpit I had years ago. I regret selling it but now have moved on to a enclosed 1941 Grumman Goose cockpit I have built that seats 2

@michaelzajac5284

3 жыл бұрын

I have an idea. My favorite Mechwarrior game.

This is awesome! I do have one suggestion. Instead of using the a10 flight stick, you could buy the f18 flight stick, because it's a pretty important factor. :) you can of course fly it with the a10 stick, but if you've gone through all of the effort of making the whole cockpit, I do suggest buying the f18 stick.

@joshmellon390

Жыл бұрын

I'm waiting on my F18 stick to come from amazon today. I only ever used 3d printed stuff until now, can't wait to see the difference.

This is amazing, the only thing left to do now is hooking up every button and make them all functional.

Nice work man. All my respect. A lot of work. Greetings Fred Connors

wow that was an interesting timelapse

Awesome build!😯😎👍🏿

Well done man! Great build! Let's go flying Brother

Pretty cool man!

CIao. Stupendo.Bravissimo. Si potrebbero avere le misure per riprodirlo in linea di massima

Hi @wingmanfinder ! I have just found this video and your pit looks amazing! (Almost identical to mine!!). Hope you are keeping well buddy! Shadow912 👍👍

@WingmanFinder

Жыл бұрын

Based it on yours!

This was really helpful to see how well planned out the frame of this was. I am making an X-Wing cockpit and there aren’t any plans already made for this available. Did you buy these plans, make them or download them for free somewhere?

@WingmanFinder

3 жыл бұрын

They are plans downloaded from Dogfight Boss.

@eliporter3980

Жыл бұрын

@@WingmanFinder I know this is an old message but do you happen to have the plans you used for this build? Unfortunately dogfightboss no longer offers these plans on their site.

@SlickNickBA

9 ай бұрын

​@eliporter3980 Try Open Hornet. It's a WIP project, but getting closer to full release.

You have build a nice frame and lighting. You should put in more real switches instead of just a nice looking shell. Then the cockpit will be more useful. Toggles are real easy to set up. For rotating knobs, you use potentiometers for volume and encoders for others. For interface cards use Leo Bodnar’s boards or Arduino with DCS Bios etc. Many options out there. It’d feel very satisfying when you do full start up or shut down or in flight and you can turn and touch physical knobs and buttons for a very immersive experience. Even if you fly VR, you can peep through the nose gap and see the switches to turn the correct ones.

@WingmanFinder

2 жыл бұрын

This is the plan for the future!

Super Congratulations

Pretty cool..

Love the pit. I am looking to build one and not really sure how to get started. Is there any way you could share the dogfight boss plans. I can’t find them online.

Hey Wingman congrats on your home build an amazing effort a shit load of drilling and jigsaw cutting. I see you used small angle brackets to secure the panels together. Were they purchased as a pack or individually ? How many did you end up using to complete it? See you in the sky's above :)

@WingmanFinder

Жыл бұрын

Initially I bought them in packs of 4, but then ended up getting a bigger pack. Unsure how many total!

I love it! the only problem i have with it is its an f16 grip and not a f18 but either way its still pretty cool

I am looking for Dogfight Boss f-18 Hornet Simpit plans. Do you have them? Dogfight Boss released them as a free download a few years back but I can't find a download link anywhere. Help, please!

I have always wondered this, isn't it weird seeing the cockpit twice? Once in real life the cockpit you're sitting in and once the ingame cockpit on your monitor? And i know there are settings to turn off the ingame cockpit in most sims but then how do you get the HUD to work?

@WingmanFinder

3 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, I fly in VR!

@adhdrenalin4392

3 жыл бұрын

@@WingmanFinder But then how do you find the switches in your cockpit? Is it just muscle memory and if you fly enough eventually you'll know exactly what switch you're touching without looking or do you just feel around?

@WingmanFinder

3 жыл бұрын

Right now, the only working switch is the light switch. I will add more in the future that will only be important switches.

@adhdrenalin4392

3 жыл бұрын

@@WingmanFinder okay thanks

@raphpopozz4495

3 жыл бұрын

In DCS you have the HUD in front of your eyes in the middle of the landscape using Alt F1 view. So it's OK

nice seat..😁

What material did you use for the gray external cover ?

@WingmanFinder

2 жыл бұрын

The main exterior panels are mdf board.

top! Like

I have downloaded all the necessary files. Unfortunately I can't find a company that prints and cuts it. Do you have a recommendation?

@WingmanFinder

2 жыл бұрын

I actually did it all myself. It was a HUGE pain doing it that way, I wouldn’t recommend it. It needs to be printed on quite a large printer. I printed it on a smaller printer and cut and taped all the pieces together. It was very time consuming. You may have to have a print shop just print them and cut them yourself.

@Logan-fc2bb

2 жыл бұрын

@@WingmanFinder Good work! Thanks for the answer and have a good flight

Did u make all parts or buy em

I'm from Malaysia, where can I buy this cockpit build. Thank you

how did you do all the button and switch?

As far as the plans go, what scale did you print them?

@WingmanFinder

Жыл бұрын

Full size

@BRadFPV0227

Жыл бұрын

@@WingmanFinder gotcha! I didn’t know if it would print full size from the get go, figured you would have to scale it! Awesome. Thank you!

How did you get the instrument panels printed out? And what were they printed on?

@WingmanFinder

3 жыл бұрын

They were printed on professional luster printer paper for now until I can start building the panels. Printed them using the dogfightboss plans.

@larryp1938

3 жыл бұрын

@@WingmanFinder I guess I should have asked if you had them printed out by a printing company. I have them too but wondering how to get them printed out full size. What would you tell the printing company for settings? I messaged DFB but have not yet received an answer.

@WingmanFinder

3 жыл бұрын

@@larryp1938 I have a canon pro-100 and it was able to print most of it full size. Only the side arm panels had to be printed in 2 pieces. It was all printed on 13x19 luster photo paper.

@larryp1938

3 жыл бұрын

@@WingmanFinder gotcha. But how would one know what full size is? I’ve run into this problem before downloading plans.

@WingmanFinder

3 жыл бұрын

@@larryp1938 I printed them at full size from the DFB plans. I didn’t alter them at all.

Is it from paper?

@WingmanFinder

4 ай бұрын

Wood

now... to winwing to spend 1k in the actual screens, or if you use vr you can build them yourself

okkkkkkkkkkk....now what about the rest........

kinda stupid, none of the instruments work. you have the a10 stick and throttle, looks like no pedals as well. this was just awful.

@WingmanFinder

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Mista_Spicy

Жыл бұрын

lol he has printed the panels out till he can get the real ones, its a good idea to know what goes where, don't always jump to conclusions

Hey I have a question Is there any way you could provide me the pictures you used for cockpit panels? I could give you my instagram or email or something Thank you!

@WingmanFinder

Жыл бұрын

Are you on the WF discord?

@urbanexploring-2go494

Жыл бұрын

@@WingmanFinder wf discord? Idk what that is sorry But I could join the server if you tell me it’s full name?

@WingmanFinder

Жыл бұрын

@@urbanexploring-2go494 The wingman finder discord.

@urbanexploring-2go494

Жыл бұрын

@@WingmanFinder on my way 🏃

@WingmanFinder

Жыл бұрын

@@urbanexploring-2go494 tag me on there and I’ll shoot you a message.

why did you put paper instead of idk getting all the knobs and button panels and mapping them out? im not even saying buy them all at once just get them over time

@WingmanFinder

Жыл бұрын

This was a temporary solution to make it look decent until I could start 3D printing all the knobs and panels.

@youngsandwich967

Жыл бұрын

@@WingmanFinder Ah i gotcha playa