r/homecockpits

Alright, so I jumped at the opportunity to buy some equipment kinda off the bat when I saw it in stock at the local (2.5+ hour drive) microcenter, that being the NLR Boeing Military cockpit, and the Honeycomb Aeronautical Alpha yoke. I had the x56 hotas, rudder pedals, and Octavi IFR-1 panel from previous flight sim endeavors. All together it's kinda mismatched themewise, heh. Cables are stretched to the PC tool the right out of frame on my desk, I plan on getting a Sabrent 10 port 60W powered USB hub and a long USB extension cable to clean that up. I want to get the Honeycomb Siera throttle, and I'm wondering how best to mount that. I've got a couple side saddles for meta quest 3 controllers as VR is the only way to really use this at the moment. I mainly do just GA stuff in MSFS, but if I could find an easy way to swap in the stick of my hotas for DCS then I could see myself getting into that. I'm also wondering how best to mount the keyboard and mouse pads for easy use without making it too difficult for my relatively larger figure to get in and out of (my fat tuckus can't bend down far enough to grab the locking lever to fold the yoke out of the way, I know it's bad, I need to go to the gym) but for now I think I'll just order one of those mini handheld keyboards with the mousepad built in.

I'd be happy to hear some suggestions and/easy mods to get the best out of this. I have a 3D printer if anyone has any good prints in mind. Cupholder, mayhaps?

Testing out and having fun with this Unit. To date, it is the most realistic G1000 Trainer I have worked with, feeling exactly like the many Aircraft I have flown in with a G1000 unit.

Hello,

I'm about to order a WINCTRL A320 desktop cockpit. A few airline pilot friends and a few friends who aren't in the airlines yet are pitching in, so this will be a shared setup for practicing procedures and flows.

Current shopping list:

• URSA MINOR Right Sidestick

• URSA MINOR 32 Throttle + PAC

• Cyber Taurus Rudder Pedals

• 3XO Glareshield

• MCDU

• RMP

• TCAS/XPDR

• AGP

• ECAM

A few questions:

• What else are we missing?

• RTR Hobby pedestal or WINCTRL desk mounts?

• Wait for WINCTRL's overhead panel or buy another brand now?

• Anything from MOZA worth mixing into the setup?

• Which Airbus sidestick would you recommend today?

• Any must-have accessories or upgrades you'd recommend before we place the order?

Trying to build the best A320 desktop trainer possible. Thanks!

After months of collecting pieces, here's where I'm at.

Finally got the cockpit to a place where it feels complete. At least for this week. Still some cable management to do, but happy with how it's coming together.

Open to suggestions if anyone sees something obvious I'm missing.🤔

Hi everyone,

I wanted to show you my Arduino projects. As an avid flight simulator enthusiast, I was somewhat frustrated by the process of inputting settings for the autopilot and various other controls. I needed a solution for this. I came across the software Mobiflight, which acts as an interface between the Arduino/Raspberry Pi and the simulator. Initially, no actual programming is required—just configuration. Later on, however (when incorporating OLED displays), I did have to modify the code.

After a few initial experiments, I eventually decided—due to space constraints—to mount the entire Arduino directly onto a custom-designed circuit board. All components were designed and 3D-printed by me; the front panels were cut using a CO2 laser, painted, and then engraved.

The modules are fully functional and can handle all inputs just like in the simulator. The design was intended to be as close as possible to that of the real aircraft.

The modules include an FCU (Flight Control Unit) flanked by left and right EFIS units.

There is also a radio panel for switching radio frequencies.

And a simplified overhead panel for managing fuel pumps, the APU, and engine settings for startup.

I built these modules before the Winwing products were released.

Hello everyone!!

I’m the proud owner of a Rowsfire A107.

I’m absolutely delighted with it, using it with my Fenix 320 and FBW.

I’ve seen that Rowsfire has just released the A107 Pro.

Given that I have two simulators (FS 2024 on a desktop PC, and the other on a laptop).

The idea is to use the A107 Pro on the desktop PC and the A107 on the laptop.

I don’t want to get into a debate about Wincontrol because, for my part – and this is just my personal view – I’m not looking to reproduce the A320 cockpit exactly (my wife doesn’t agree anyway).

I must admit that it’s already very immersive to press real buttons rather than just clicking with the mouse.

I’m posting some photos of the A107 Pro taken directly from their website.

What’s more, living in France, it’s very difficult to get hold of items available in Europe without having to pay loads of tax.

It has the key functions I need: CARGO HEAT, FLT CTL, and GPWS.

Good luck to me, I’m ready for the July 1st drop. $399.99, metal build or not, isn’t really the main point here.

For someone like me with limited space, what matters most is the size and the functionality. If it fits my setup and covers the essential controls I use, that’s already a win.

Challenges to overcome:

* revisiting the push and pull mechanism on the encoder

* shielded/stacking pcb

* cleaner text on my print (unfortunately no multicolor at hand atm)

* backlight (nice to have)

My communications panel is finished. Might not be perfect, but it is more than functional. Learned quite a bit about creating pcb's, had a blast designing the case. Also learned that my design skills are not perfect yet, nevertheless I will place the files on thingiverse after cleaning them up a little.

Trying to dispel the notion that multiple touchscreen setup with X-Plane does not work and kills the full immersion we all seek while simming.
Of course you need the right tools to make it all work. Shout outs to Greentouch (https://www.amazon.com/stores/GreenTouch/page/9ECF010F-1BF5-4885-9915-A9DDE17FEA50?lp\_asin=B078T62LGF&ref\_=cm\_sw\_r\_apin\_ast\_store\_PA9Y051F34PP9NK25XAH&store\_ref=bl\_ast\_dp\_brandlogo\_sto) for their cool IR touchscreen frames and MouseMux (https://www.mousemux.com/) for allowing distinct inputs from the multiple touchscreens to be recognized by Windows and X-Plane.

Finally got the first two units of my Collins based guidance panel ready!

I’m using with the default CJ4 and it’s being super fun!

Just wanted to show this homesim that I’ve been working on for a couple months. I’m not a very good pilot so pls don’t judge😅. This is a 737 - 800 homesim running msfs 2020 with an avionics suite running on a secondary computer. Still some kinks to work out but so far so good! If you have any questions pls lmk!

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Cold & Dark start demo using Touch, including SimBrief integration through touch (no mouse no keyboard) using EBC for fuel and passenger loading. Using meta glasses to record video.

ready to takeoff?

When I first bought it, I paid around $250. Later I checked other platforms and saw it going for just a bit over $100, so I honestly wasn’t too happy about it at the time and kept giving feedback to Rowsfire.

But recently, with the new app update and the 30-second setup/connection process, it finally feels like the value is actually there.

Things are definitely improving, keep it up 👍