Hello from the UK!

[Jakkuh-15]

Hi!
I’m Jakkuh-15 from the UK.

I’m hoping to CNC build a Block 50/52 F16 cockpit to fly DCS. I currently have a generic fighter cockpit using a custom shell and an original De Havilland Venom FB.52 canopy, which is great but has some quirks which make building for it awful (the canopy is great, my “custom” shell is the problem lol).

I have been using DCS-BIOS to run some LED’s, Servos and OLED Screens for the past few months as a test and all has gone well so far.

Hoping to get lots of inspiration on what and how to build before I start at some point (I still need to sort out a CAD model, mine is incomplete.)

Thank you for the registration acceptance!

[JCook]

Welcome aboard. You'll find lots of good information here.

[tiger-31]

Welcome to VP. I hope you will find a lot of inspiration here. Also do share some pictures of your project with the Venom canopy on

[salaxi54]

Welcome aboard!

[Jakkuh-15]

Thank you, there’s some amazing cockpit builds here!

Please excuse mine, it’s a mess as I have been converting to DCS and removing and replacing bits of it (wires are a mess etc).

Photos included are the cockpit and canopy before the room was built around it, as well as the current test mounting of the MFD’s and using Helios with the DCS F16/F18.

I have also included some prototype acrylic panels I have laser engraved, as well as the dzus mounting panel I made to hold some original panels I own and had converted for X-Plane. They are MDF so not very strong but the V2 is metal reinforced.

I currently have on order from Aliexpress a 2.8” OLED for the DED, due to space constraints in this cockpit I think I will make a Block 60 ICP (With the DED integrated into the ICP). I also have already got a 0.96 OLED and have successfully made a FFI panel. I’m in the process of making a Fuel Gauge with 2 Servos and an OLED.

My plan is while I design my new F16 pit, use my current sim to integrate and test my new designs (ICP, ECM and other panels etc) for bugs/DCS compatibility issues. Part of me would like to see if I could somehow fit my current Venom canopy onto an F16 pit as I really like having it. Not sure if it will work though (any input on that would be appreciated).

Cheers!

[henkie]

Photos included are the cockpit and canopy before the room was built around it,

We normally start with a room and then fill it with a pit, but looking at your pictures, the other way around also works nicely 

Looks great BTW 
Welcome!

[Wolverine]

Welcome 

[Jakkuh-15]

Photos included are the cockpit and canopy before the room was built around it,

We normally start with a room and then fill it with a pit, but looking at your pictures, the other way around also works nicely 

Looks great BTW 
Welcome!

We ended up taking the room down and making it bigger, my Cockpits were growing so fast we couldn’t fit the new (one) in the old room lol!

Thank you!