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Hello from Michigan!
« on: December 16, 2024, 09:18:43 PM »
Let me start by saying how amazing and inspiring this forum is.  I started as a kid playing Falcon 4.0 when it was released back in the late 90s.  Became a private pilot later in life but never lost my love for Falcon 4.0 and the F16.  I researched back then and thru the years always dreamt of building my own pit and I think I might actually and finally be in a place to make that happen.  And this forum seems to be the perfect place to start.  Thanks to everyone for keeping this community alive and thriving.  I have a hotas setup i just purchased and am looking for recommendations for plans to start getting the basic size and structure built.  I was very interested in the XL plan from Invictus as i am 6'2".  Would that be a great set of plans or is there anything else i should look into?  Thanks again!   

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Re: Hello from Michigan!
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2024, 02:01:51 AM »
Welcome here!

There is loads of information on the forum. The best info is from the experience of the pitbuilders. Especially with loads of pictures. That has helped me many times. Also I keep finding new items on the forum that have been hidden for years. Info is hard to find sometimes. So I would advice to keep a list of bookmarks of interesting postings to be able to find them back.

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Re: Hello from Michigan!
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2024, 02:22:47 AM »
Welcome!!

As Snoopy said - there's a ton of info in this forum, but it often is quite hidden.
Most of it in the progress reports, so if you don't find something you're looking for in the specific forum (dims, etc.), the search mostly does a good job helping you out!
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Re: Hello from Michigan!
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2024, 07:27:10 AM »
Welcome aboard!

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Re: Hello from Michigan!
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2024, 09:13:14 AM »
Welcome :beer:

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Re: Hello from Michigan!
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2024, 10:34:59 AM »
Welcome!  :vprules:

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Re: Hello from Michigan!
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2024, 11:39:50 AM »
Welcome
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Re: Hello from Michigan!
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2024, 12:56:29 PM »
Welcome!

As already said, reading a lot of posts on this forum will be very helpful  :reading:
First, it will possibly prevent you from doing things twice or even three times. And it may save spending money twice or three times  :D  Invictus is a great start, from what I have seen (I did everything "on my own", but several parts from @Pegasus were instrumental in my pit design). Never regretted spending that money ...
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Re: Hello from Michigan!
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2024, 04:34:11 PM »
Welcome! :beer2:

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Re: Hello from Michigan!
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2024, 12:29:43 PM »
Welcome!


sorry for my english!!                                                Italian journal of my pit!!

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Re: Hello from Michigan!
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2024, 01:48:50 PM »
Welcome aboard... :thumbsup: !
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