New Member- semi-lost!!

[catman42]

Hello to all.  My name is Craig but most of my friends call me Cat, I've been flying Falcon since it was Falcon 3.0.  Yeah, i'm an old guy! LOL  I've been searching through the forums the last several nights and have found some very useful information and have also gotten myself confused.   Since this will be my first pit, I have no idea what to use for interfacing or what type of rig I will need to support the pit.  I have been building my own gaming rigs for years so the computer shouldn't be a problem except for the many video cards I may need to use in unison.   I have a short list of what I'm thinking about so far and a few questions as well.  O.K. here we go, please be patient with me gang as this stuff is a bit over my head and overwhelming.

Stone cold locks so far:
xflight.de pit plans (limited space reasons) would love to have Jason's
Viper panels from Mike (beautiful)
LCD screens for RWR,and center console (strings pit)

Confused and Terrified:
PHCC interfacing  (how is it done?, how many boards do I need?, etc.)
Beta Innovations  (still open? would it be easier?)
Air core gauges  (which vehicles to pull from?)

No Clue:
How does throttle pot mount with the new arm?
Where to get throttle arm? how much?
Stick mount?  FCC-2?

I have many more questions but this will do for now I guess.  I don't want to wear out my welcome when I'm just getting here.   I'm an Industrial mechanic by trade so I'm good with all things mechanical and  somewhat o.k. with electrical.   If it's broke I can probably fix it, but if it has wires on it, I may need a hand.  Thanks in advance to all who may reply to this post and your help and insight is greatly appreciated. 

CAT

[~Guardian?~]

Hi Cat and welcome to the Viperpit.
Most of the answers to your questions can be found here:- http://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php?board=61.0

PHCC interfacing  (how is it done?, how many boards do I need?, etc.) --------- Look here :- http://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php?topic=4011.0

Beta Innovations  (still open? would it be easier?) --------  No they are closed.

Air core gauges  (which vehicles to pull from?) -------- See here :- http://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php?board=78.0

No Clue:
How does throttle pot mount with the new arm?
Where to get throttle arm? how much?
Stick mount?  FCC-2?

-----  Try here :- http://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php?topic=2147.0

All the answers to your questions are here ,ya just have to do a lil searching and reading,but it`s lots of fun and motivating.I read and asked questions for almost 2 years before I started my build thats just me . All the guys here are great and willing to help out every new pit builder and I ~?alute~ them all.

[catman42]

WOW!!!!!   Thanks Gaurdian, That's exactly what I was looking for.  Will have to read over it more thoroughly when I'm at work tonight.   I've spent the last four nights at work going through this site, I think my head is going to explode but I can't stop.

Thanks again
CAT

[DirtyHarry]

You guys are awesome... I was also looking for this info - THANKS!!!!

[lumper]

Oh yes, exploding head and lost, you will fit in here nicely.  Welcome to the asylum.

[DirtyHarry]

My head has exploded at least twice since I tried to figure out how I am going to do this... One time I was comatose for 7 days!

[~Guardian?~]

lol @ DirtyHarry and you are welcome Cat

[catman42]

Gaurdian,  a bunch of the links are out of date but I still found a wealth of information.  I'm also getting some info from other members, this place is great, I wish I would have found it years ago when I got divorced I would have a pit by now.     Well, back to reading and bookmarking. Thanks again.

Cat

[~Guardian?~]

No problem Cat you are welcome , have fun and post alot of pics when you start building your pit .

[fyrb0t]

catman

i got divorced; my head exploded.... and now am in the doghouse.

fyreb0t

[catman42]

catman

i got divorced; my head exploded.... and now am in the doghouse.

fyreb0t

You should be in the cathouse,  if you know what I mean.

Cat

[DirtyHarry]

LOL at Cat... 

Cat message me as to how far you get with that structure, I am trying to decide between it and Jason's but haven't got any replies back from him. So would like to know how its going with your plans.

Regards

[catman42]

It's probably going to be a while before I start on the tub and stuff. I'm sourcing toggles right now.  Tracking down the Jet fuel start toggle.  EXPENSIVE!!!!!!!  Have some leads on some cheaper ones though. 

cat