DIY Flight Simulator Cockpit

This is by far my Favourite  Project  it 's my Second Build. The 1st Was all wood and Very Small.

Playing MFSM X using a Key board,Or aJoystick, Gets a bit Boring.....

So  I Decided to Build A Cockpit To House All of the Instruments

I took the Measurements From a Cessna 172  , Trying to keep all as Real as possible.

The Cockpit is 40  Inches Wide  By 20 Inches Tall.  The Base is 40 Inches W  by 9 Inches Tall.
The 1st Thing to do is Make a Drawing How Big How Tall ETC.... My Set up Seats On Top of A Small Table.

Make a Template For the Instruments , Cut it And Place Instruments  / inside. Once you are Happy With the out come
Then Transfer all to a PVC 5 mm Think  Any Thinner And things Will Just move As you Press Buttons Etc.

Make Sure To Label Each And Every USB Cable Once All the Cables are In place This Will make it Easier to Reconnect  If You have to Remove And Installed New Items.
All The Instruments Are By a Company Called Saitek  

List Of Instruments .
Saitek Pro Flight Yoke
Throttle Quadrant  X 2
T,P,M System
Multi Panel,
Switch Panel,
Instrument Panel  X 6
Rudder Pedals,
Cessna Trim Wheel,
GPS 500  By VRInsight
Hand Brake , This was Purchased From DeskTop Aviators,  The Case & Connection Done By Me.
Small Keyboard.
A Dedicated Computer Something Fast And Powerful To run All the Instruments  Two Monitors 
3 Powered USB HUBBS  Buy Good ones The Cheap ones Will Burn out.
Do Not  Over load The Hubbs  Connect 3 to 4 Instruments On Each Hubb.

If You Play MSFSX  its Better this Way.   
Now Go And Build Something And Hey Hey     Have Fun.

NOTES.     If  You Build Yours ,Leave Room On your Cockpit , For Upgrades. And Label All the Cables To make it Easier 
If You have to Unplugged Things Later.

Make Sure That You are Able to Reach The USB Cables Easy. Don't Place them Deep inside your Cockpit.