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DVA9030
Captain, B767-300

Joined on September 16 2010
50 State Club
Century Club
Online Century Club

"Fly ZMP!"
Mabank, TX USA

150 legs, 278.8 hours
112 legs, 205.1 hours online
145 legs, 261.8 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.2 hours event
170 legs, 380.1 hours total

Posted onPost created on July 29 2011 20:24 ET by Grayson Jackson

I am considering building a simpit out of my HP 17" Laptop and have 500GB HDD and 6GB RAM(DDR3/4) what would I need to do to build one. NOTE: I already have a joystick and throttle and a second monitor 19" and I have a 150$ budget

Grayson Jackson (DVA9030)

DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club

"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours

Posted onPost created on July 29 2011 20:27 ET by Michael Brown

Rudder pedals

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

Posted onPost created on July 29 2011 21:19 ET by Grayson Jackson

But what would I do to build A sim pit

Grayson Jackson (DVA9030)

Posted onPost created on July 29 2011 22:36 ET by Michael Brown

For a $150?? ....sorry Grayson, that just isn't going to get you anywhere.

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

Posted onPost created on July 29 2011 22:41 ET by Grayson Jackson

And my friend just sold me rudders and 2 USB keyboards so what do i need to build the enclosure budget now at 125$

Grayson Jackson (DVA9030)

DVA9012
Captain, B737-800

Joined on September 03 2010
Double Century Club

"I'm making today the yesterday of tommorow!"
Frankenmuth, MI USA

269 legs, 687.4 hours
266 legs, 681.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 01:12 ET by Philip McCain

Grayson Jackson wrote:

And my friend just sold me rudders and 2 USB keyboards so what do i need to build the enclosure budget now at 125$

Cardboard boxes, some sharpies, and a whole lot of imagination!

Philip McCain (DVA9012)

DVA2025
Senior Captain, MD-11

Joined on November 27 2004
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club

USA

453 legs, 1,458.2 hours
44 legs, 128.1 hours online
407 legs, 1,364.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 01:18 ET by Noah Bryant

Philip McCain wrote:

Grayson Jackson wrote:

And my friend just sold me rudders and 2 USB keyboards so what do i need to build the enclosure budget now at 125$

Cardboard boxes, some sharpies, and a whole lot of imagination!

LOL!

Surely this thread is a joke?

DVA7130
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP

Joined on March 23 2009
50 State Club
Everett 250 Club
Events Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Eight Century Club
Online Eight Century

"Hudson, we have a problem"
Tyrone, GA USA

846 legs, 1,482.4 hours
814 legs, 1,429.8 hours online
818 legs, 1,443.2 hours ACARS
178 legs, 322.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 01:40 ET by Ryan Morse

Grayson Jackson wrote:

I am considering building a simpit out of my HP 17" Laptop and have 500GB HDD and 6GB RAM(DDR3/4) what would I need to do to build one. NOTE: I already have a joystick and throttle and a second monitor 19" and I have a 150$ budget

I lol'ed.

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 01:42 ET by Ryan Morse

Grayson Jackson wrote:

budget now at 125$

LOOOOOOOOOL I am sorry, but this is getting better.

Ryan Morse (DVA7130)

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 09:56 ET by Grayson Jackson

I was thinking PVC and the stuff they put below roof decking and alot of gray paint.

Grayson Jackson (DVA9030)

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 10:16 ET by Michael Brown

Grayson Jackson wrote:

I was thinking PVC and the stuff they put below roof decking and alot of gray paint.

When you're done please post the pics! biggrin

DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 10:26 ET by John Anderson

Check out http://secure.simmarket.com/hardware-page-1.chtml
and save up more acorns (a lot more acorns)

John Anderson (DVA9677)

DVA4215
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on March 12 2007
Everett 250 Club
Six Century Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Pleasant Grove, UT USA

636 legs, 1,647.2 hours
410 legs, 746.5 hours online
589 legs, 1,563.2 hours ACARS
7 legs, 10.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 10:29 ET by Kyle Hatch

Philip McCain wrote:

Grayson Jackson wrote:

And my friend just sold me rudders and 2 USB keyboards so what do i need to build the enclosure budget now at 125$

Cardboard boxes, some sharpies, and a whole lot of imagination!

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/71295/71295,1265184107,1/stock-photo-an-adult-male-in-his-s-playing-airplane-in-an-old-cardboard-box-45851299.jpg

Seriously though, $125 is going to get you no where. Maybe ditch the joystick and save up for the yoke and throttles?

Kyle Hatch (DVA4215)

DVA9080
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP
E-MAIL

Joined on September 30 2010
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Carolina Club
Online Seven Century Club
Eight Century Club
Events Century Club

Elizabethtown, KY

865 legs, 2,390.3 hours
778 legs, 2,126.8 hours online
821 legs, 2,255.0 hours ACARS
107 legs, 261.1 hours event
70 legs dispatched, 109.8 hours

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 10:48 ET by Nathan Cox

Kyle Hatch wrote:

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/71295/71295,1265184107,1/stock-photo-an-adult-male-in-his-s-playing-airplane-in-an-old-cardboard-box-45851299.jpg

That was me after my FS rig tanked. biggrin

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 11:09 ET by John Anderson

Kyle Hatch wrote:

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/71295/71295,1265184107,1/stock-photo-an-adult-male-in-his-s-playing-airplane-in-an-old-cardboard-box-45851299.jpg

That's gonna be my next signature. biggrin

DVA9589
First Officer, A320

Joined on March 14 2011
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
Commuter Conquest
Millennium Club
US Mountaineer Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett 500 Club

Stuart, IA USA

1,495 legs, 2,393.1 hours
45 legs, 90.3 hours online
1,480 legs, 2,370.6 hours ACARS
4 legs, 8.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 14:37 ET by Randy Donnelly

150.00? Im pricing new throttle quadrants. CH product wore out after 2 yrs. 4 of 6 pots bad. Least Im looking at is 200.00 for the throttle.

Randy Donnelly

First Officer, A320

DVA7016
Senior Captain, B767-300

Joined on February 14 2009
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

"I5 2500K - 560GTX - 8GB Ripjaw"
Essex GB

385 legs, 1,090.6 hours
384 legs, 1,089.6 hours ACARS
1,821 legs, 4,442.9 hours total

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 15:28 ET by Alan Barber

Grayson - this is probably your best bet http://www.rogerdodger.net/

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA8441
Captain, MD-88

Joined on March 27 2010
Everett 250 Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Six Century Club

"Gravity is not just a good idea. It's a Law. "
Southeastern United States

661 legs, 1,752.7 hours
93 legs, 166.9 hours online
657 legs, 1,740.2 hours ACARS
1 legs, 3.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 30 2011 20:29 ET by Sid St. Clair

^^^1+ RogerDodger was my first. But $150 only paid for the 273 packs of double bubble that I chewed whilst building my simpit! wink

Posted onPost created on July 31 2011 00:06 ET by Grayson Jackson

Sid St. Clair wrote:

^^^1+ RogerDodger was my first. But $150 only paid for the 273 packs of double bubble that I chewed whilst building my simpit! ;)

Sid, I don't chew on gum but toothpicks occasionally. The RogerDodger was what I was thinking as my dad owning rental houses I have the supplies or nearly all of them.

Grayson Jackson (DVA9030)

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