DCS F16 Homemade Cockpit

Lite version F16 DCS Cockpit not Real scale quite inexpensive . All build file will be shared with my next upload video

[@fixit9844]

BTW you can set a binding to hide the cockpit for the plane and just have the HUD showing. by default i believe its LAlt + F1, that way you can't see the in game pit from your own cockpit.

[@apocalypticweasel9078]

trouble is with that is most servers block that view online so it would be hard to find a server to fly in

[@Altrote100]

@@apocalypticweasel9078 damn it

[@crasssy1]

That's insane amount of work! And I'm just blown away by the result!

[@hotxrod_2290]

Dream setup stuff right here man! Congratulations on the awesome setup. Your attention to detail and effort are super appreciated. Now I've got a bit of a model to go off for my own F16 sim-pit. Thanks!!

[@cyhn]

I've just started my dcs adventure, searching, learning, plane manuals and all the stuff but dude this is most amazing thing I've ever seen... the effort and dedication is something else.. awesome job !!

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Thank you so much appreciated ☺️

[@kevin1873]

Welcome to DCS. Which module are you currently flying?

[@cyhn]

@@kevin1873 flaming cliffs 3 and f16

[@narvalus760]

each time you crash or get hit, you need to fix the damage! ;) great job and very impressive!

[@onlygaming8106]

Good work mate.. It feel like u r flying in a real falcon... Pretty cool to experience dcs this wayy

[@GazAce]

That's immersion off the charts man ( excuse the pun ) Astounding ☝️👏👌🥇

[@Joel-wf3bd]

flying with gear down!!! looks great

[@blacksnowcockpit]

You know it!

[@Terribleguitarist89]

Mapping all that would be wild

[@JIMJAMSC]

It was nothing like that one, crude basic even but a lot don't know Thrust Master made a F-16 cockpit. I bought it "90s iirc" and had it setup for other pilots who came over. Particle board construction with plexi panels with dozens of buttons, switches with your big old 50 pound CRT monitor perched in front.

[@n0kodoko143]

I'm jealous. Time for augmented reality!!

[@Jon6429]

Awesome setup and have strange urge to re-watch the movie "Iron Eagle" from 1986

[@MetalFalcon99]

NEVER SAY DIE!

[@Jon6429]

@@MetalFalcon99 Every day hope keeps this old bird in air

[@MetalFalcon99]

@@Jon6429 I was making a reference to the song but you are right about hopes and prayers keeping the Vipers in the air

[@spoon9364]

damn this is extremely cool

[@kuruma99]

How much cost it? and why you dont upgrade your experience with VR?

[@SneakyBastdAU]

Nice simpit! Great job.

[@JuanCarlos-zi5hy]

All you need is 5 tv screens surrounding you, cockpit with canopy, a 360 gyro, anda suit.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

That looks great!

[@daddylong69]

That is absolutely insanely cool. Wow.

[@916chevyboy]

😮😅...You are my bestest friend!❤🎉 That is awesome I wanna fly!

[@davenottingham3254]

This is incredible!!! Where did you get all of the gauges from? I'd love to set something like this up one day but wouldn't know where to start

[@jstorm7757]

Hope you show the cockpit frame and exterior too. Looks great!

[@ALPHARICCO875]

FANTASTIC 👍 CONGRATULATIONS

[@VegetativePropaganda]

this is incredible! i'd love to build one.

[@jveenendaal4254]

Was it hard to make analog clocks for it?

[@AiTelly-g4d]

Where did you buy this cabin and how much does it cost?

[@alexsp7086]

Super great man... Can't wait for the build file this is a perfect setup :)

[@Teab8g]

No track IR... How are you visually tracking targets?

[@Max-prime1212]

I would have done mixed reality with that. If I could afford it lol

[@colinbone8079]

Shift F1 is you're friend ;)

[@Super_Miner_]

good job!!! you could also add the wortwog stick its the same one as the f16

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Thanks .. and regarding the worhog stick uff i would if i had the money 💰 :)

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Actually i would buy an old theustmaster cougar bit that one its still like 250 second hand

[@C0R3894]

“The Viper Project”

[@LeslieJMcCurdy]

Wow, just wow...

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

Fantástico.

[@albertocr5714]

Hi! Amazing set up! Can I ask you a question about software? How had you done to make DCS recognize the input from the cockpit? And in the reverse way, how had you done to all that clocks move with the output from DCS sim?

[@MrPinkster1]

I believe its the likes if DCS BIOS, Leo bodnar USB boards might be an other option but guessing DCS BIOS

[@blacksnowcockpit]

hi i went on the cheap side so instead of leo bodnar i went with arduinos mega and yes DCS Bios for switches and Helios for display

[@tassisfrois]

Nice and Awesome!!!

[@cuttheloop]

Great job!

[@feralmale1517]

Thats amazing.

[@user-zhangsheng]

this is really awesome

[@paullieshout]

how did you made the throttle lever ?

[@blacksnowcockpit]

hi its not made i bought it i can`t remember the brand honestly but its not grate i recomand winwing if you have the money or a cougar modified honestly

[@zyk_fn4032]

Awsome my favirote aircraft is the boeing 737 max 8 southwest

[@dixy9972]

Looks good man 🔥

[@blacksnowcockpit]

thnak you :)

[@Mr.McGillicuddy]

With these home cockpit builds, I just don’t understand how you can turn around and look off to your sides and behind you. Sorta defeats the entire purpose if you can only stare straight ahead, no?

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Well if you have Just a HOTAS and a big monitor in front how do you play ? You have options as track ir .. a big cuved screen and projectors or in my case as i don't actually play on them just like to build them for testing purposes I simply use a joystick on my stick

[@Mr.McGillicuddy]

@@blacksnowcockpit ahh I gotcha. I think trackir would be sorta weird with that because the outside would move but you’d still be staring straight at the cockpit. I think that mixed reality setup some people have going is really cool.

[@SDsc0rch]

now all you need is a mixed reality VR headset otherwise how do you see the screen? or is the screen really small??

[@blacksnowcockpit]

What do you mean ? What screen are we talking about ?

[@SDsc0rch]

@@blacksnowcockpit -- what you WANT is all-around view what you have here is a screen above the instrument panel MR would solve that problem you'd be able to look down over the canopy rail and check six

[@robertsundberg6055]

Now much does it cost to build one of these?

[@Zambrana3D]

Omg

[@darkgardener9577]

TAKE MY MONEY!!!!

[@LupusAries]

DCS but with Falcon BMS checklists......😉

[@blacksnowcockpit]

:)) thw startup procedures i belive is the same so i just neded a basic guide as I have no experience on f 16 or dcs i just like to buld them not that much time to actually play unfortunately

[@LupusAries]

@@blacksnowcockpit I was grinning, because I do the same. I think there's a few checks and tests missing (in the stable) but overall it works fine. I still ülay Falcon though, each time the DCS AI with it's stupidity drives me up a wall. A lot of the skills are transferrable though and the Viper's the only bird I could just step in and fly no real trsining needed in DCS. Still did the referesher though, can't hurt.

[@Loopyllu365]

You know you don’t have to be in the f1 cockpit view. You can change it to just the HUD with alt+f1 or control+f1

[@Zarma4074]

Nice but no trackir so no head moving, and loosing the HMD advantage.

[@blacksnowcockpit]

ido use but not in this paticular video

[@johnlippsmeyer67]

Are you flying without trackir (or similar), or VR? Just single head position in the cockpit??

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Hi .. I use Head tracking .

[@johnlippsmeyer67]

Ok! Just wondering because I didn't see any movement 👍

[@blacksnowcockpit]

@@johnlippsmeyer67 i understand.. i was just testing some of the intremunts not fully set up

[@tommaso159]

Damn, nice setup which switches did you use?

[@blacksnowcockpit]

unfortunatly was a verry cheap build so i used regular ebay togle switches

[@zay_ler9620]

how much does it cost

[@blacksnowcockpit]

around 700 $ in materials and 1.000.000 S in hours of work :))

[@planespotting_arn]

How would you look back though...

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Well when you are playing dcs at home on your computer how do you look back ?

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

You should get HOTAS WARTHOG

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Ill be honest i can't actually afford that unfortunately its like 300£ second hand

[@jeromegraves2826]

you beautiful bastard, you have my jealousy.

[@kevisto3733]

How mutch cost Something Like this

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Depends

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Around 500£

[@theyshouldhavenevergivenme5439]

Great project. Unfortunately the camerawork and editing is only beaten by the music in the department of being GODAWFUL. Good grief man.

[@THEO-uz8ql]

How the fuck did you do this. I want this so bad

[@flo_tree6810]

how

[@tenevas666]

Dans le véritable F16 le pilote est beaucoup plus proche du HUD dans le siège...la c'est trop loin

[@tenevas666]

Oui cette simulation du F16 est sympa... mais franchement le siège est trop loin du HUD c'est dommage. le pilote est plus proche que cela, mais c'est une belle reproduction. Le siège aussi du F16 est incliné pour limiter les G..;là non, mais bon, c'est moins grave, le stick lui me dérange, il faudrait plutôt installer le véritable stick du F16, celui de chez thrusmeaster par exemple.

[@tenevas666]

Pourquoi ne pas plutôt mettre le stick du F16 ? la c'est plutôt celui du F18 "je pense" c'est aussi dommage

[@gramsamillion]

Song?

[@blacksnowcockpit]

gopro quick one of the default ones i dont know exactly the name

[@Жубан-б1е]

-Mom, i need F-14! -We have F-14 at home F-14 at home:

[@dhbroussard89]

How Much did it Cost?

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Materials . Around 500 £

[@Jab_Air]

Nahhhh this crazy

[@myshu11]

Where are you from?

[@blacksnowcockpit]

Salut .. De unde sunt de fel sau unde locuiesc ?

[@THEO-uz8ql]

can I buy this somewhere? lol

[@blacksnowcockpit]

sure where do you live?

[@THEO-uz8ql]

@@blacksnowcockpit why lol

[@R3dd_1247]

imagine if you wanna fly a different plane though lol

[@flajflaj]

F-16 with a 737 FOV...

[@einarabelc5]

The big problem I have with the high fidelity models is that it drives this. It becomes more and more about pushing buttons than about actually flying, fighting or developing tactics to use the plane for what it was meant to do. I've seen channel after channel, project after protect and I don't think anyone has time to become good at flying. I think the trap is that they think they cockpit fidelity is going to make things easier on them because they know where everything goes but they disregard that they have limited attention and time. I've seen everything from a cardboard cockpit, to company made ones to a professional aeronautical engineer using an actual F-16 cockpit with PLCs and a hemispherical screen and I still think the same thing. The cockpit becomes the hobby, not the simulator.

[@blacksnowcockpit]

That is the point .. I barely fly and mainly when i am testing but i do love building .. this its about the Hobby of building a cockpit in a small shed with minimum of money .. it is not about the game .

[@Ghost16-k5n]

Depends on what you enjoy doing. For some the cockpit IS the hobby. For me I know having the switches accessible for weaseling makes a huge difference as I dont lose SA while switching ecm positions or cms programs

[@Vandallolwut]

damn dude! thats freaking awsome! any build sheets on that? or perhaps for sale? *winky face*

[@blacksnowcockpit]

I have the svg files for most of the pannels if that helps wverything else is arduino and switchea .. and Is for sale also if intrested but due to the size and weight its colection only unfortunately

[@luciansimionescu365]

@@blacksnowcockpit what price would you have in mind?

[@blacksnowcockpit]

@@luciansimionescu365 1.600 doar colectie din pacate

[@luciansimionescu365]

@@blacksnowcockpit putem continua discutia pe mail, te rog?

[@blacksnowcockpit]

@@luciansimionescu365 [e-mail]

[@ludwigreconstitution174]

Hi 🤟🏻 Do i have any way to contact you

[@blacksnowcockpit]

sure you can email me to [e-mail]

[@JulesD92]

all those fancy parts and you use that shitty 80 Dollar Hotas lmao

[@blacksnowcockpit]

What fancy parts ? 🤔

[@fatshit88715]

that is so cool, next step is to get a real f16!

[@blacksnowcockpit]

ah hthank you :) yeah that would be awsome :D