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Dec 15^th, 2007 at 2:56pm

BTilson Offline
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Hello all,

I had been considering for a while now the idea of building a fully enclosed cockpit ala John Baymore's setup, but due to both space constraints and real life events (new baby on the way!) I have decided to throttle back a bit and build up a deskpit composed of GoFlight modules. I did a bit of reading on their site and all the GoFlight modules seem to be very cool products. I know they are rather popular, so I was wondering if I could get some input from people here who have used them. I was also wondering if GoFlight modules require FSUIPC to function? Any recommendations on where to start? I am thinking of buying a couple of their full sized vertical racks to set on either side of my monitor. I measured out my desk space in relation to the size of those racks, and it is going to be a very nice fit I think. Once I combine that with a nice yoke and throttle quadrant, I feel that I'll have quite the nice deskpit setup.

Any input or advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

The first step on the long journey of building a flight simulator has been taken... There is no turning back now!

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Reply #1 - Dec 15^th, 2007 at 8:42pm

JBaymore Offline
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BTilson,

In some ways, such a setup might actually be looked at as a good place to START on developing a simpit. From that experience you can further decide if going the whole 9 yards (and all the time and expense) is the way to go for you .... or if that "desktop" does enough to "float your boat".

One "hidden" benefit of the Goflight stuff is that it is pretty much "plug and play". Set up some assignments and you are flying.... not soldering wires and writing ini files.

Plus all that Goflight stuff can be moved into an enclosed cockpit later on. I have a number of their modules in my pit. The VRP 166's are great solutions for the radios.

Goflight stuff hs its own interface... no NEED for FSUIPC. But there is a sofftware driver module that alllows you to use FSUIPC for some functions not supported by the default Goflight assignments.

Do NOT make the common mistake of asssuming that the Goflight Forum on their website is the place to go for custromer service..... they rarely visit there. Contact them DIRECTLY...via email or phone. I have found them great to deal with.

So... go for it.

best,

.......................john

Intel i7 960 quad 3.2G LGA 1366, Asus P6X58D Premium, 750W Corsair, 6 gig 1600 DDR3, Spinpoint 1TB 7200 HD, Caviar 500G 7200 HD, GTX275 1280M, Logitec Z640, Win7 Pro 64b, CH Products yoke, pedals + throttle quad, simpit

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Reply #2 - Dec 16^th, 2007 at 9:09am

machineman9 Offline
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I think one bad thing about GoFlight... just from looking at it... is that it looks pretty expensive for what it is. FSUIPC seems to be only like $24 (£12) or so... and combined with a joystick controller and a little bit of DIY you could build something they are selling for $400 at about $100.

It all depends on how confident you are, but find a good tutorial or ask around and you could find yourself saving alot of money... which you could invest in your new baby (we youngies LOVE to get things Grin

)

Congrats by the way Wink

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