The Hornet Project - Full Ramp Start

Here is the full ramp start process I go through to start up the jet in DCS.
F18 Hornet home cockpit Ramp start.

[@jasongirvin7247]

I consider myself a generally happy person and completely satisfied in my life. Until I saw this video. My life is now incomplete without one of these in my basement! lol. Great job, I'm sure that took many hours and loads of cash.

[@TheHornetProject]

Thanks, was alot of fun building it!!

[@aragon5869]

Mixed reality headsets are starting to become more advanced in development. Soon youll be able to enjoy your cockpit and feel immersed!

[@TheHornetProject]

Hey mate, its Sting. Great to hear from you!!

[@jasondeeprose3161]

I do MR development and I’m tempted to try to take on a HMCS for the viper. That would be so cool.

[@acheronianrose]

Amazing, as an avid DCS player and Hornet enjoyer, this is the dream!

[@ianisgamingxd7119]

You make me want one so much. The F-18 Super Hornet is my favorite plane and having a 1:1 sim cockpit to replicate it would be so amaizing

[@TheHornetProject]

Thanks mate!!

[@Vlamyncksken]

DCS doesn't have the super hornet, though. It's the F/A 18C Hornet.

[@cJack8410]

Damn man. Hats off. Great work! How long did it take you to put this all together? It's amazing

[@TheHornetProject]

Thanks mate. At this stage it is about 18 months old..

[@beardymcwhisky]

Amazing work - Im just building myself some MFD's with some screens and its taken weeks to get all the parts together - cant imagine doing the whole shebang. Kudos.

[@flatlyna2223]

Absolutely stunning work on the cockpit mate, drooling with envy!

[@Condreras]

Sick cockpit man looks great. One small thing - manually switching to POS/GPS is worse than allowing the system to be in POS/AINS after a good alignment. POS/AINS means the GPS is aiding the INS solution and the two are working together to produce a tighter aircraft location. Cheers

[@TheHornetProject]

Nice gouge!! That’s mate

[@remingtonsteele3493]

Excellent work! 👏🏻👍🏻🤩 Your cockpit is really fantastic 🤙🏻😊 Congratulations! 😎 Thank you very much for this video!

[@TheHornetProject]

Thanks a lot!

[@damo7800]

Great to see another amazing cockpit build great job mate. I built a full scale P-51 Mustang cockpit for DCS. It’s amazing the difference you experience when your controls are fixed to a frame. Bug1

[@JimmyMcGuirt]

sweetness

[@stevealoia]

Wow awesome build . Now you made all the switches and stuff .

[@ducktape4502]

Solution for the monitor covering could be to have another monitor thats set to duplicate. Power it when needed like navigating menus

[@karlmeyer5383]

Just wow. Incredible work. One has to wonder what it means that civilians can have near military grade simulators in their garages that 10 years ago only NATO Air Force squadrons had on their airbases. Have you tried it in VR to see if its a one to one mapping with tactile feedback and increased immersion?

[@xXPhanillaXx]

Awesome stuff man! Waiting to move into a new house and I am going to start building me a F-18 simpit.

[@mikelrowland]

Great cockpit! I'm looking to build an F18 pit and am interested in your processes of prototyping and building. Thanks for the video!

[@TheHornetProject]

Go for it!

[@aunzbs2359]

Great work mate!

[@TheHornetProject]

Thanks a lot!

[@Aizazell]

Super cool. Really think you got something great there. I do not have the technical know-how to put that together, however I just finished my Computer builds. First build I have done in 10 years. Build as follows EVGA Supernova 1300 PSU *Z790Maximus Hero motherboard *Intel i9 13900K CPU, *1Tb M.2 Drive plus 1Tb SSD, * 32Gb DDR5 6000/34CL RAM, *MSI GeForce Gaming Trio 4090 GPU. I KNOW I over built, but I'm focused on DCS and the F14B Tomcat. I just Subscribed. Hope to see more from you.

[@GazAce]

Very nice brother 👌👏

[@Callsigntitan]

Thank you for the video e congrats for the effort!

[@WingmanFinder]

This is amazing!

[@FRED-CONNOR]

Thank you for this vid, its very intressting and its so AMAZING WHAT YOU BUILD UP. Realy great.

[@TheHornetProject]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@OLIV3R_YT]

Super cool!

[@pilot825]

Great build - Congrats! I'm also currently working on assembling my simulator. How did you build the HUD? Is there a set that I can order on the Internet?

[@TheHornetProject]

Hey mate, the plans for the HUD frame are from the OpenHornet Project and a friend cut the glass for me. Good luck on your build!

[@pilot825]

@@TheHornetProject Very good, And how are the values projected onto the glass plate? What kind of projector is it and where can I get one?

[@TheHornetProject]

@@pilot825 Hi, the image is not projected on to the glass plate, it is just on the tv. It is not a real HUD

[@iceman90734]

@thewarthogproject I found your friend! This is also a great cockpit!

[@TheHornetProject]

Thanks mate, I am a huge fan of the warthog project. He has been a great inspiration and even provided my with some mirrors!

[@robkelman4704]

Wow!

[@tkampinelli307]

My god this is so impressive. I’ve always wanted something like this…I don’t have a 3-D printer or anything like that, but where does someone begin to build a Hornet cockpit like this? Is there a place that sells all the panels and displays??

[@TheHornetProject]

Thanks, your where i was couple of years ago. While I did not use it, OpenHornet is a great place to start.

[@unc4skn244]

only sad thing about these are the screens you need to be able to look around at the bandit you are fighting track ir could work with this but it would feel off such a beautiful cockpit to end up having to use a vr headset to get full enjoyment out of it

[@j6077xxd]

Amazing

[@11SHEP11]

this is dreams for me, I am an f18 fanboy all the way and I wish I had the money for a pit like that, I'm running a thrustmaster hotas 4 lol

[@TheHornetProject]

You never know what the future holds!!

[@bjrnchrstn]

Does the fan start when you open the canopy in DCS to mimic the wind? 😂 That would be briljant! Really really nice job mate!

[@TheHornetProject]

haha that would be cool. Nah its so hot here in Australia i can't fly without the fan on.

[@bjrnchrstn]

@@TheHornetProject done some great work on the pit man. Hope you can do some breakdown videos the coming months.

[@gcdhvf4896]

Fantastic set up... Didn't buy that off of Ebay, did ya? I'll stick to my bicycle... Complicated enough!!

[@nickc1398]

damnnn gina!!!! nice work mate! honestly one of hte best sims ive sceen in a bit, cheers times 10 , freaking love it! don't look cheap at all and looks like its built like a brick shit out, must be hrs of fun to play

[@thewarthogproject]

Needs more BRRRTT!

[@arzhangsadeghi]

That cockpit is beautiful, would you mind telling me where did you buy the knobs for the cockpit please ?

[@TheHornetProject]

3D printed using the Openhornet files.

[@swordfish72]

I'd really like to see how you set up your flight control panel

[@TheHornetProject]

Sorry , not sure what you mean by Flight Control Panel.

[@HvyMetal4Ever]

That's a very nice domesticated RHINO you have. Where did your throttles come from?

[@dotnetdevni]

Its funny the other warthog project fella was Australian to u lads must get paid bucket loads

[@TheHornetProject]

Danger pay for all the drop bears!!!!

[@flajflaj]

Looks really cool, however the next thing you must get is Mixed Reality headset. IMHO Without that it's only a Hornet 737.

[@TheHornetProject]

well in my opinion, usable mixed reality for DCS is still along way off.

[@LABS2405]

get seatbelts dude, you’ll love it

[@evenlillefosse8071]

What was your screen setup for the throttle panel? Great job

[@Rod58]

how did you get the screen to not show the cockpit in front view. i am building the spitfire cockpit and would like not to see the cockpit hud a second time on the monitor since i am building it great job awsome

[@TheHornetProject]

Alt F1. Its the DCS hud only view.

[@jacobblumberg6299]

Do you have any advice for getting into building my own flips and switches for dcs? Obviously I'd have to start small, but I am curious what sort of skill and intuition is required to start creating something like this. A stellar job, truly a statement of dedication and craft!

[@TheHornetProject]

Hi mate, thanks for the compliment. I am currently filming some videos on the process of building which should answer your questions. Stay tuned!

[@jacobblumberg6299]

@@TheHornetProject Excellent, I I'll keep my eyes peeled in that case, appreciate the response! Hope you are enjoying that epic cockpit

[@theflyingfool]

Neat!

[@Linden322]

Nice work!! which throttle do you use?

[@TheHornetProject]

Winwing taurus

[@Linden322]

Thanks for the info.@@TheHornetProject

[@OXYOXYOXY444]

hi bro love ur pit , i myself have built a mig15 pit . i was wondering what state you live in, im on the gold coast. love to hear from you

[@mimino0125]

Nice cockpit, are you planning upgrade to Winwing MIP?

[@TheHornetProject]

No, its nice stuff by i have already spent my money.

[@miconn99]

where did you get all the panels to put it together??

[@TheHornetProject]

Lots of different places. I have just started making my build vids, so have a look at those.

[@WallyMpls]

You need more than one fan pointed at you

[@TheHornetProject]

Thinking about adding an ECS to the pit

[@chriss234]

How did you make the cover that wraps around the top of the center console. The part that has a hole in it for the hud lens. I tried bending acrylic with no luck.

[@TheHornetProject]

www.bunnings.com.au/1200-x-900-x-3mm-black-pvc-foam-board-sheet_p1010816

[@drawinglozenge3114]

How do you toggle the screen to look like that with out the canopy bow on screen and the dash as well? I haven’t figured out how to do that as well, it’s immersion breaking to see a double canopy bow .

[@TheHornetProject]

Alt f1

[@drawinglozenge3114]

@@TheHornetProject well damn! Thank you sir. As a humble viewer of yours , could I request you please make a short story video about this. I kid you not, I looked everywhere including Dcs and simply did not find it . I’m sure there are other dummies like me that would greatly appreciate little short videos with little bits of difficult to find info. As always , amazing work, thank you for the inspiration.

[@TheHornetProject]

@@drawinglozenge3114 lol. You want me to make a vid about how to keypress ALT F1??? Hehe

[@drawinglozenge3114]

@@TheHornetProject people make vids about the pilot body toggle , the stick toggle , the mirrors, the seat leveling, etc, why not compile them into a one minute “if you didn’t know” video. Well thanks for showing me how to press Alt F1 anyhow.

[@TheHornetProject]

@@drawinglozenge3114 yeah fair enough. Will have a think about it!

[@danielmuratore]

What did all that set u back?

[@dronegeeks]

can we have some details on your amazing build, Where do I acquire the parts and what are they called?

[@EazyE11]

Yea but does it eject 🤔

[@TheHornetProject]

That is on my onlyfans account!!! 😲😁

[@patricks9401]

@@TheHornetProject

[@Blacksword5934]

what do you do when you gotta look left or right?

[@TheHornetProject]

Head tracking called trackIR

[@RenatTouichev]

Warthog base for the setup of this level?? You must get your self a proper Virpil base man.

[@ItsNotFate]

overall how much would you say this cost? im slowly building mine, I don't fully have the space where im at and im already $3k in and I only have a fraction of everything lol

[@TheHornetProject]

well i did mine on the cheap. Minus the computer and tv, i spent around 7k over three or four years.

[@ItsNotFate]

@@TheHornetProject thank you for your info I can’t wait to get mine looking this good. It seems I don’t have too much more to go. I have most of the controls already, I just need some custom switch panels, and the mockup shape. Thank you!

[@TheHornetProject]

@@ItsNotFate make sure you post some pics on the facebook groups!

[@Cooper_013]

Soooo…. How much we talking here? I have pretty much all the peripherals. All the Winwing stuff.

[@AliKemalAkdag]

how much did you just spend on the cockpit i am also planning on buying something like.

[@TheHornetProject]

Hey mate, about $7000 AUD for pit, not including the PC and TV of course.

[@robertcras8151]

Charts for different theatres? Which are those??

[@TheHornetProject]

Hi, just the different threatres DCS releases, PG, Syria, Nellis etc

[@robertcras8151]

@@TheHornetProject where can get those?

[@TheHornetProject]

@@robertcras8151 They are made for our virtual squad.

[@robertcras8151]

@@TheHornetProject ok, been looking on the net for them 🙂but that explains why i could not find them.

[@bigzary5550]

Are you the same guy from the warthog project?

[@TheHornetProject]

lol, no, he is much cooler then me

[@BushidoDevilDog]

I was going to ask the same thing if someone had not already done so. 👍🏻🍻

[@BushidoDevilDog]

@@TheHornetProject I’m not so sure about that, bro… It’s pretty cool to have the dedication and patience to work through all the issues involved with making a totally SWEET setup like this a reality! Since you and the Warthog Project are not the same bloke, we’re looking forward to you gents hopefully doing some collaboration vids..! Subbed! 🍻😎👍🏻

[@bigzary5550]

@@TheHornetProject damn man btw got the plans for it?

[@TheHornetProject]

@@bigzary5550 only in my head...

[@Amon_Gus6969]

How do you look left and right?

[@TheHornetProject]

TrackIR

[@ProGamer-gc3wv]

Nice but what if you want to fly the F-14 or F-16? You are bound on F-18...🤔

[@TheHornetProject]

@@ProGamer-gc3wv vr

[@ProGamer-gc3wv]

@@TheHornetProject ok, you build such a great setup to fly VR? Uh, ok... thanks

[@TheHornetProject]

@@ProGamer-gc3wv what is wrong with you? What is so hard for you to understand?

[@ProGamer-gc3wv]

@@TheHornetProject dude, you made an F-18 cockpit just to use it in VR? I also know about passthrough mode, but its still the F-18 Cockpit! What dont you understand? 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheHornetProject]

@@ProGamer-gc3wv i use both you idiot. when did i say i use vr all the time? If i fly the hornet i use flat screen (that is what i mainly fly), if i feel the need to fly something else i use VR. Its pretty f@#king simple....now go away

[@Pallium_Industries]

Do you know how I could get just the HUD?

[@TheHornetProject]

I used Ben's stl files from here: github.com/Ben-F111/Ben-F18-Sim-Pit?fbclid=IwAR2MLghRo18tdjcKSL8HbbIhFSEsWrbzKjoBN7Yio-P0JFJmhNEW6i2a6Qk.

[@ExtremelyAverage1]

Great work, and it looks good. Can you please just talk without smacking your mouth? Jeeze that's annoying.

[@TheHornetProject]

no

[@ExtremelyAverage1]

I'm sorry, no offense intended. I'm going to do a lot of what you've done here. I have a lot of the winwing gear, and I'm going for the MIP and a few other things soon to build my own cockpit. Did you source some of your panels from TekCreations?

[@TheHornetProject]

@@ExtremelyAverage1 hey mate, nearly all the panels are tekcreation panels. I just add d the switches etc

[@ALPHAONETRADER]

All that work to fly with a single flat screen?... Get VR dude. It'll change your life.

[@TheHornetProject]

I have VR mate. Didn’t change my life but it is great fun!

[@genderlessyoutubefanperson]

You live in a garage?