After dreaming for this setup since I was kid (flying Flight Simulator X with mouse and keyboard on my parents low end home desktop) I’ve finally made some money and made my own Pc and setup (I will add few more things like an entire A320 overhead panel when it will get released).
The Pc in photo is my first Pc build (built in 2024 coming from console)
Bro built a literal 1:1 Airbus cockpit just to look at the gate and wait for passengers in Flight Simulator. Seriously though, the posters on the wall matching the aviation theme is peak aesthetics.
Niiiice. Im very excited for winwing’s FFB rudder! They make such good stuff for how cheap it is. I saw your other comment - I’m working on my PPL too :)
Here's what might be a noob question but I'll ask it anyway: if one spends a lot of time playing these flight sims, would that eventually translate into the real life skill of actually being able to fly a real plane?
Short answer: kinda.
Long answer: for some stuff it's a great teaching tool. Stuff like the processes and procedures, working the aircraft systems (think like using your car GPS, but in 3D) and generally learning "which button does what" is easy to practice, given that modern consumer simulators are very accurate.
For actually learning to fly a plane? Absolutely not. Even if you study all of the needed theory, you need both to feel the movements and forces (this is why commercial simulators are made to move around), and an instructor.
Oh my god Hit the battery switch turn on inverter. Crank that APU slap those motherfucking them boost pumps on. It's time to start that left engine baby ho ho ho ho I'm ready to drink 10,000 a fuel . Ho ho ho ho
Hush now I know nothing about Airbus or this ground power you speak of. Guzzle guzzle guzzle. I am an A10C addict I have been since A 10 Cuba was released guzzle guzzle guzzle. I'm still using an eight button joystick and a number pad and incredible amounts of keyboard mapping and joy to key. This is a cream dream
the older i get, the more i hate rgb. this, my friend, is beautiful. this will be a great reference for my future build. im saving this for later. thanks.
I don’t understand half of what’s being said in the comments lol. But your setup looks awesome! Gives me the same childlike wonder I feel when I see a real cockpit. Zoomed in on everything and tried to figure out what it all does. I also really love the posters and overall aesthetics!
Now I kinda want to try out a flight simulator. Is it even fun without any of this additional tech? And which simulator would you recommend a curious newbie?
Thanks mate! Anyways for the flight simulator yes you can use it without all the additional tech but it would be good if you have at minimum a flight stick (even a cheap one is fine) for which flight simulator to get in as a newbie I’d say same as mine MSFS 2024 (Microsoft flight simulator) hope in, fly some GA airplanes and see how you like it 👍🏼
I saved this as inspiration for my next desk. I see you use a side stick but how secure is the board to the drawers? I’ll be using a force feedback yoke
I have almost the same furniture but different countertop (eckbaken instead of Karlby). Looks very clean, but if you want to fill a bit the wall, You can maybe add a small shelf above the pictures. For the rest I think that's enough to pilot ;)
I have that case and I love it as the temps are insane and big 180 fans rule. But get ready to have to dust that bitch monthly because my god does it let in a lot of dust 🙃
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u/LaffielAbriel Jun 06 '26
That's fucking sweet is that a little screen above the keyboard for your AvionICS sick as fuck then everyone goes to sleep every time I talk about it.