After flying in an FFS, the dream of having a cockpit of my own was there. The home cockpit project began in February 2016 with an initial email to Christian. It quickly became clear that VIER IM POTT was exactly the right partner for such a pro...

Here's a short video from our new customer Marcus. He took off on his first night flight with an expert and we were able to join him on YouTube. The complete installation has recently been completed and VATSIM is already up and running...

Today we want to introduce you to a really cool project that Jean from DLR has implemented for his in-house training programme. It is supposed to give the possibility to communicate with the simulated air traffic control from the cockpit. For this pu...

We are pleased to introduce Thierry, a talented individual from the USA who has built a fantastic home cockpit. With dedication and expertise in the field of flight simulation, he was able to realise his dream of building his own A320 cockpit. Thierr...

Our customer Carsten decided on a Single Seater as a self-assembly kit. The construction is progressing well. Keep it up!

Many thanks, Marco, for submitting these nice pictures!
Happy landings!

Our showroom simulator in Bottrop received a little upgrade. With the help of the kids we successfully installed a Skalarki refueling panel.

One of our customers has built a closed single-seater cockpit with a 180° outside view. To give flight simulator enthusiasts some hints for building such a cockpit, we include the description of his construction in our blog. On the other hand, we are interested in learning about a potential demand for prefabricated VIER IM POTT parts for a single seater. Please contact us if you have questions or suggestions.

Design Objectives

• The simulator fits in a small room.
• The simulator can be positioned in a corner of the room in order to save floor space. To provide adequate access for maintenance work, the simulator is relocatable off the walls.
• The simulator can be disassembled. Even the largest part can be fed through a standard size door (73.5 x 198.5 cm).
• 180 degree outside view with 4K TV monitors. TVs have been preferred over projectors/screens as they use less space, have more luminance and a better contrast ratio.

Construction

• Dimension of the simulator: 240 x 170 x 200 cm (width x depth x height).
• The simulator base consists of two 19 mm MDF boards (170 x 120 cm) bolted together. 24 rotating wheels are attached to the bottom of the boards:

To keep the simulator base free from intruding screws, the wheels and struts are glued to the boards. This ensures area-wide 19 mm depth for wood insert nuts.

• All decomposable parts of the simulator are tied together by M bolts and nuts:

Wood screws have only been used for the reinforcement of non-detachable bonds.

The cockpit rack (side stays and roof beams) is built for adequate load bearing and torsion resistance:
   
   

Some VIER IM POTT shell frame parts have been shortened to make the shell frame fit onto the simulator base plate. The overhead panel is suspended to a roof cross-beam in order to obviate positioning restrictions for the monitors.

We love to see customer projects growing. Many thanks for sharing these prictures, Ian!