Boeing 737 Home Built Simulator - First Complete Look
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- A look at my KLM B737-800 home built flight simulator, by request. Looks at how the simulator has taken shape, the IO boards, frame, seats, pedestal components etc. The first video of the simulator which is based in Somerset in the UK
"the attendant button goes to the kitchen, which annoys my wife a lot". Genius :D
Lmao..
I'm wondering more how the fuck he's still married after doing this.
@@SamiiYou Lol love is a wild thing.
lol :D
@@SamiiYou I'm baffled. God bless both of them.
lots of work, looks awesome! Now all u need to do is connect the wing to your house and ready for take off.
tillwemeetagain WGACA - Thanks for the comment. I'm working on it! Regards, Neale
That's a funny
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🤔.....👍✈️😂😂😂
@@nealehargreaves3439 hello neale where to buy flight simulators? and how much is it? greetings from aldo in Italy
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Given the nature of your accomplishment, I'm sure that I'm not the first airline pilot to leave a comment here but I stumbled upon your video and watched the whole thing. I am truly impressed by your enthusiasm, skill, and attention to detail. As it happens, I'm a Captain on the CRJ, for a regional airline here in the States but I do hold a type rating on the B737. Just based on this limited observation (...and my limited memory), I can say that you have obviously represented the airplane very, very well. It truly looks remarkable and as you say in the UK, it's "spot on"! :)
Wow, so very many thanks for your comments and very valuable opinion. I must admit, the simulator started as a single console bit of fun but seems to have grown into a bit of a monster! I suppose the attention to detail comes from many years involved in flight test in the military, and I'm so pleased you commented as you did. Anytime you are in the UK I would welcome your comments on the flight model if you get a chance to pop in and fly it. Kind regards, Neale
Dude just imagine, sitting in that sim with your friend who helped building it. Having a beer and participating the VATsim worldflight week, 24/7 flying with full ATC, you and your best friend in a cockpit that the two of you have been created with your very own hands. Must be so cool.
Vince 'Out of Touch' McMahon - We do use VATSIM. I'll post a video soon! Regards, Neale
Vince 'Out of Touch' McMahon Is it really though?
Excuse me Sir, i dont understand. "Is it really though?" ?? ..did you mean "tough" ?
@@rainerziehtkatapultenachgo9001 I think he meant "is it really though?" As in cool, but if he doesn't think this is cool idk what is hahaha
Was macht ein Haider hier?
Hi all, as I get asked this question over and over again, the total cost of the sim so far has been around UK £8k. It sounds a lot, but this build has taken about 3 years so far. Regards, Neale
Do you have some basic plans for it? Would love to re build this myself
Neale Hargreaves if it makes you happy go for it money is just money great setup. I go crazy with my hobby but I'd be miserable without it
Neale Hargreaves that means a Airbus a380 costs UK £11k
And a Boeing 747 costs UK £9 1/2K
Neale Hargreaves ok
so a quarter of one cost 8k... great..
The ultimate mancave-and being a dutchman, thank you for flying KLM
Thank you sir, I also really enjoy flying KLM the attitude of the flight crew is so relaxed yet professional. Kind regards, Neale
Neale Hargreaves
Have you ever been in a real 737 cockpit?
"I won't be happy when I'm done because I won't have anything to do on a rainy day" HOW BOUT FLY'N IN IT!?!
Well, I have to say that I agree, but the point that he is probably not a guy who loves planes that much. He obviously does since he BUILT one but he is mostly in the "Plane engineer enthusiasts" side or he just loves cutting dead trees. :/ Sorry for my bed england
Pug' Maw bed England? HAHAHAHA
@@PuineaGip don't be sorry about your bed. It's okay.
@@yammmit its a meme? lmao
Pug' Maw It’s*
It's very inspiring seeing your simulator and the all the work you have put into it. I have a lot of respect for you to have done so much DIY work instead of buying plug and play units.
I'm so so jealous but must say well done! The attendant call switch to the kitchen is awesome, lol.
Shane Burrows Thanks Shane. Yes, everybody loves that button.....except of course my dear wife! Cheers, Neale
@@nealehargreaves3439 The button should say 'Make me a sammich'
Funniest thing ever, I'm sure the wife is still very proud he pulled this off. This crazy engineering for a hobby.
Mindblown, as close to the real thing as you can! What a fantastic job you've done! Hats off from Canada!
Wow, thank you! I very much appreciate the comment and support. Glad you enjoyed the video Chris. Kind regards, Neale
Awesome. Very impressive. I was a simulator engineer for Redifon and Thomson-CSF and have done interfacing and systems simulation (programming) and have a good understanding of what was involved. I am so impressed with all the ingenuity and hard work that must have gone into it. Stunning. Congratulations!
Hi Rob, very many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment so positively. Yes, many hours spent getting it just right and some frustrating times, but well worth it now! So pleased you enjoyed the video and understand the challenges doing this kind of thing. Take care, Neale
Wow - I'm impressed. I'm a retired engineer who is digging up all the hobbies I didn't have time or money for in the past. I've never seen so much loving attention poured into a simulator project, but it reminds me of the model railroad setups in the 50s and 60s. Congratulations, and keep up the good work. I'm envious.
You should start a business making these! Or sell DIY kits. Absolutely brilliantly made!
Hi, many thanks for watching and the great comment. I loved building this even though it was frustrating at times...the problem is you never seem to finish - right now I'm fitting a lower display monitor and outside world side monitors, so still quite a bit to do! But great fun! Regards, Neale
Well the next thing, just to enable that little bit more atmosphere, is to enclose the area of the cockpit, and install a cockpit door, made to look as authentic as possible. That would then help to isolate the senses and concentrate the effect of the simulation environment. I think you have done a brilliant job! I might have used multiway connectors for the I/O cards to make removal for repairs simpler, but hopefully that should not be necessary much anyway. Excellent!
Bro you are a legend. I don’t know how your channel isn’t gold. You went from video games to airline pilot. I love you
Hello sir. Many thanks for the great comment and watching the video, I really appreciate your support. Kind regards, Neale
The door at the beginning of the video is so very, VERY deceiving. Never in a million years would one assume, just by looking at it, that it leads straight to aviator heaven.
I realize that tons of work, effort, and thought went into the building of this gorgeous apparatus (and little, if any, luck was involved at all), but I still say you are the luckiest dawg I've seen in quite some time, sir.
Live it up, and fly the world over for those of us that are perma-stuck on terra firma.
All BS aside, yours is about THE most enviable flight sim setup I've ever seen. Soooo very nice!
Keeping the wiring neatly run and looking nice is the mark of a professional. Some folks do it because it just looks nice. But having run wiring for pay in the past, I can attest that sloppy, loose runs are a quick way to get yelled at. And unlabeled runs are the quickest way to a pink slip.
quazzie1 Thank you sir. so very kind. I agree that I am very fortunate. Many thanks again for watching and taking the time to comment. kind regards, Neale
Haha! The bing-bong that sounds in the kitchen is very funny.
Agreed, it's hilarious!
Luca C I bet some feminist is giving themselves a heart attack somewhere over the "oppression" of the joke.
That fucking tickled me XD
Dubstep_lover XDDDDDD
Haha, the kitchen is the galley. Wonder if that switch actually starts the tea in the kitchen?
6:44 A here you see why i will never have something like this. Respect for all this work you done there. Really impressiv
Impressive setup. And Alfa Romeo seats are so easy to recognize!!
I have no real interest in flight sims, but I can not be anything except amazed at your creativity. I am in awe.
I am gonna do this when I'm older!! I am also going to have a table to come out for snacks etc. I have blueprints and extra plans ready!!!
Gold Coast Airport Spotting lol 1 unsalted peanut lol
keep your lap table up during take off and landing!!!
KLM airline is one of the best out there if bot the best, i use to fly alot because of my work. Atleast 4 times in a month but i flew to Amsterdam later on to Madrid with KLM and they had the best service i ever seen. All airlines i have fly is good but KLM was on a another level. Helpful going extra mile for making a costumer had it great. Thats just my experience.
The deadliest accident in airline history was caused by an impatient KLM pilot. Tenerife Airport 1977. 583 people died. Just saying.
I mean, its good i guess, but its nothing compared to airlines from the middle east
It never ceases to amaze me how innovative some individuals are? Great job, man!!!!!!
My brother's trying to build one of these. It looks like a doghouse. lol 😂
I would recommend painting the upper-head panels next to the main switch panel black, to make it a little more authentic and to just dimmen the light bouncing off. spot on my guy!
If I included an attendant call to the kitchen, my wife would turn up and throw a cup of water at me blaming turbulence :-) .... great project Neale.
@3:10s....that shelf is Boeing 😂
Sorry couldn’t resist.
All jokes aside, that is a fantastic setup.
very good 😂
I enjoyed watching all those wires assembled at background.. Those are things that proved your unwavering passion in aviation.. Great work mate
Glad you enjoyed it! Many thanks, Neale
You are very modest about what you have achieved.
I hope I am never on a flight where the air hostess runs white-faced back down the aisle pleading 'Is there a doctor on board?' and nobody answers. But if it happens, I want the lucky happenstance that Neal Hargreaves is on the flight and stands up to announce 'I'm not a doctor, but I could fly the plane.' That Sim is incredible.
Ralph111417 Hi Ralph, very many thanks for watching and the kind comment. It’s always fabulous to get positive feedback. Kind regards, Neale
That is insane I wish I had that. I am subscribing because clearly you love youtube to put this much work into a project. this is just insane
Wow that’s an amazing set up!!
Im a pilot for a airliner, flying 767, i was really impressed by your work I have shared this for you, so some people will check and like this soon, wow this is great
mark radiouk Thank you Mark so much for watching and your kind comment. I'm so pleased you enjoyed the video. Anytime you are in the UK you are welcome to fly it and help validate the flight model. Kind regards, Neale
Neale Hargreaves please Skype me vxrmark2 and you can text me here 07484802905 I live here drop me a message sometime cpt mark
mark radiouk Will do Mark when back in the UK. Overseas for a couple of weeks. Many thanks, Neale
Neale Hargreaves hoping to see u soon we can do a live for UA-cam , hope ur still interested
Who could actually donwnvote this? Seriously??? This is absolutely incredible. Kudos Mate!
gsxrguy46 thank you sir for watching and commenting. Very kind and glad you enjoyed the video. Kind regards, Neale
Hi, thanks for your interest. I use the iFly737 cockpit builders edition add on for FSX. The forum is fantastic and you get all the help necessary to build your cockpit. They also have a programme called iflytofsuipc which really makes interfacing to electronic switch and light boards simple, even if you've never done anything like this before. If you need any help just let me know. Neale
+Neale Hargreaves Hey im looking into building something like this in the next 6 years. How long does it take to build one on average(Yours) and how much does one spend to get it looking like yours?
+david Blash hi, I have spent around £8000 UK on this project over 4 years. The hardest part is all the hours and hours of soldering, wiring and software tuning. It is a wonderful piece of equipment once you've built it and a fantastic thing to have! Good luck building yours!
+Neale Hargreaves does this have a auto pilot?
+Carl Johnson CJ - yes of course. The autopilot is known as the Main Control Panel or MCP. it is located right in front of the two pilots. Thanks for watching
Neale
+Neale Hargreaves ok
"The attendant call goes off and will bing bong in the kitchen." I laughed so hard.
Thanks mate, made my day. Your setup is pretty impressive.
Regards
Hi, many thanks for watching and the great comment. Yes, my wife gets pretty annoyed when we call for drinks! It's great fun and I'm so pleased I built the sim! Regards, Neale
Who is such as rude and dislikes that video?.... What a beautiful Simulator of the B737/800 ist this? Respect!👍Very nice
Wow, wait a minute. I just recently got a flight stick and I was chuffed with myself.
This must be max level stuff.
Thanks for sharing. Love it.
LOL I love it how it sends a sound back to your actual kitchen.. made me laugh when you said that haha nice set up
I wonder if there's option just to buy something like that, everything included, go and buy and assemble in your home following the instructions. Really I want something like this in my house, but I don't want it turn into life long project, I just don't have time for it, because I also want truck cockpit, F1 formula etc. I just can't build all of them myself :D, I don't have time, but I do have money instead. Any suggestions?
Hi, yes, you can buy the consoles ready built from a number of places online - one of them is www.opencockpits.com where I know the quality is good, also www.fsc.com. If you do a quick Google search for it there are lots of options, regards, Neale
Ha, I’m the exact opposite, I’ve got lots of time but not nearly enough money, lucky guy to be able to afford something like this.
@@eliasschanz6659 He's probably not lucky, I presume he worked hard at a job, he might still work.
Average Football Fan yep probably true, Mainly meant the guy who commented though, lucky guy to be able to buy this and f1 cockpit and a truck cockpit
Fantastic work Neale. I was impressed throughout the vid, but the attendant call button wired to the kitchen impressed me the most. #bravery!
i dont understand what 98% of those knobs, buttons and dials do but the attention to detaill to make every one of those functional is very impressove. Excellent job Mate!! too bad you are not my neighbour lol cheers
WOW! Well done.
I got so excited about this video I went and made my wife look at it. I would like to share HER comment.
"Do you want a divorce?"
ha ha, fly safe.
Great comment!! Thanks for looking and commenting. My wife said the same thing but never carried out her threat......I will be posting a new video of the sim flying next week which I hope you will enjoy. Regards, Neale
" in 2020 there will be flying cars"
: wait flying house???
Absolutely blown away 🤩 Love all the care and on a budget. Thank you for sharing 👍
Passion of Flying can make a person do anything, well-done mate.
Thank you very much for the kind comment. Regards, Neale
Your work is really inspirational! I've wanted to make my own flight sim at home for a long time now, but never really got the gumption to do it. Maybe now I will!
Valkyrie612 Hi, I can thoroughly recommend it a s a hobby which will keep you busy for all time! It's fabulous when people have had a little bit to drink and want to attempt a landing! Great thing to own for evening BBQs as after dinner entertainment....thanks for watching, regards, Neale
rich guys would buy this..go commercial☺
I am so jealous by all homemade builts cause they are so good!
Awesome, it's a different level of workmanship and I must admit from scratch, you built an excellent cockpit... well done!!!
Brilliant video, just how reliable is the attendant call button? Does it deliver coffee of a black eye?
steve man Hi, thanks for watching - depends what mood she is in! I don't use the button too much! Thanks for watching, regards, Neale
steve man or both at the same time hahahaha. but its still an awesome feature even if not used often
Guess there was no budget left for the camera lol
Fantastic build, great work. One can see how much work and enthusiasm went into this. Maybe you can advance it sometime with a curved screen/ wall and some projectors for a full surround view to make it perfect.
so cool to see that you have kept building it over the 3 years , your sim is amazing even tho im not a flightsim guy i still respect the engineering ,
on open cockpits, the full sim is around 25k, how is yours 8k?? could you put links to everthing in the description?
And for 10$ more you can have the real thing!
I have seen a lot of home flight simulator setups by now. Going by the serious effort and attention to detail in each of the contributions, I wonder if the OEMs themselves would consider getting these people on board as consultants for future advanced cockpit build outs. If they haven't been doing it already, I suggest they better hurry because their competition sure has their sights set on these people somewhere. Great effort Sir! I bow down to your dedication.
Abhijit Kashyap Sir, very many thanks for your kind comments. I think you are correct that advances in computer technology means the average guy like me can develop a system probably very effective as a part task trainer at a fraction of the cost of a commercial Enterprise. As you say, maybe the OEMS need to look at basic commercial off the shelf offerings in the future. Many thanks again, kind regards, Neale
Neale Hargreaves I would also like to suggest (if I may say so since I don't wish to come across as preaching to the choir here), that you could rent the setup out to potential type rating seeking CPL holders out there at a competitive hourly/per session rentals as compared to the FMS ones, which in turn could serve you very well by means of returns on your diligent investment in the project. Given how the actual type rating programs can be real nerve wracking exercises, it wouldn't hurt the aspiring commercial pilots to be slightly better prepared for their final check rides at the time of qualification.
Thanks again. I'm ex-military and a lot of guys leaving the Service have asked the same question....so I'm on the case to help them out, rather than them paying the exorbitant fees at the major Sim centres.....As you say, any return on investment in the future would be great. Cheers, Neale
Neale Hargreaves While thinking on those lines, I would humbly request you to also consider technical and commercial collaborations with stakeholders in the Indian civil aviation arena. I speak out of personal experience since, I am in the run-up to obtaining my CPL in India and a type rating program perhaps thereafter. But, I am not aware of a single effort on similar lines in my country by passionate people, accomplished completely on a personal level like your's. Given how the taxes and customs' duties are high in our country on such procurements, one can't think of embarking on attempting such a feat. Therefore, it would help greatly if more competent offerings are there in the market for aspiring pilots to choose from. Ironically, India is one of the fastest growing in passenger and cargo loads in civil aviation in the whole of Asia and a highly promising market for the future where multiple successful domestic airline companies have been hitting the big time. The government too is being supportive of the cause in trying to get the common people to have flying as an alternative means of transportation. If I may suggest to you where to start go looking for these collaborators, Bangalore (now spelled Bengaluru) is 'the city' to begin with. It is where the aviation industry of India has germinated from. Hope to see you here soon. My best wishes for all your future endeavours!
Abhijit Kashyap Thank you Sir, food for thought! My work takes me to Bangalore, Delhi and Cochin quite a lot and I have a few cintact there, so I greatly appreciate your thoughts and advice. Neale
Great stuff. Pure commitment. Love the bing bong for the wife in the Kitchen. Hope she got one in reverse so she can ping you when dinner is ready!! Look forward to see more videos of the progress/improvements.
Thanks Gerry for the comment. Glad to hear you enjoyed the video. More to follow, hopefully soon when my wife lets me get back in the sim! Cheers, Neale
Is there a flux capacitor installed?
I hope you don't crash,... It would be a shame to ruin all that work. ha ha ha
Good job, looks great!
32 Airbus fans disliked this video.
Any ideas why? Being a flyer I'm also n Airbus fan. Regards, Neale
now there are 185 airbus fans that disliked :)
ua-cam.com/video/5Miei8UHiYg/v-deo.html A full A320 Cockpit
I forgot I commented on this video 😂 wow it’s been 2 years
I don't even play FSX but your setup is jaw dropping. Congrats
I really enjoyed watching your video. Great attention to detail, excellent commentary.
Hi Steven, thank you for watching and commenting. Glad you enjoyed the video, kind regards, Neale
He kinda sounds like Freddie Mercury ;D
Bartosz Janiszewski - that's my media voice! Thanks, Neale
What's the media voice if you don't mind?
The attendant button rings in the kitchen? Dude you’re a legend, hope you at least get a cuppa instead of a broomstick from the missus...
Incredibly impressive build! You and this video are one of the reasons I am facing a similar build myself.
Continue to share more videos with us, on the sim but also more flights. Keep up the good work!
Im a general contractor, and reasonably handy in many types of projects (including ham radio, simulation, even furniture etc), and I feel like this would be a fantastic project. Even for me however, looks almost overwhelming. I would have so much to learn to connect all of the switch panels, multiple PCs etc. Would assume even a sim setup like this must be $30k plus.
the missus gave me permission to build a home cockpit as well. However, I guess if I showed her what you did there she might change her mind :D very nice build!
it is now May 2024. This the first video I have seen on your Flight Simulator. Seems like his last video on this project is 6 years ago - around 2018-2019.
You still doing these flying simulations?
All I can say is Amazing what you have done to simulate an Airliner Cockpit. Good luck in completing the items missing to make your complete Aircraft Cockpit.
Great video. take care.
Beautiful. Well done. Love the attendant call signal in your house to have your wife bring you more tea on your long overseas flights. LOL
UAU. What a simulator!!! Many congratulations and happy flights.
Excellant job there Neale. Very cool setup you have too bad we werent neighbors. Cheers mate.
If anything, KLM owes you some money for advertising for them! Killer set up!!!
Thanks Jeffrey, I appreciate your comment and the support. I told KLM what I was doing but never got a response to emails or a letter. Kind regards, Neale
YOU ARE A TRUE HERO! GREAT JOB MAN!
This is a dream :D I LOVE the idea of heated seats, very well done.
Thanks for watching Tom and for the kind comment. The heated seats are marvelous right now in the frost! Cheers, Neale
Neale, what an incredible job you have done with this. Kudos!
What a great system, I can fully appreciate the work and dedication that was required to bring the simulator to this stage, Bravo in every sense and thank you so much for sharing your wonderful project with us all. You’re a lucky bloke though having such an understanding wife! Look forward to future videos with you both flying her and of course ones detailing the finished project! best regards from Adrian in sunny Bermuda!!
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen!!! Nice job! No words to describe how badass this is.
Incredible. Congratulations. Clearly a lot of hard work went into this - amazing.
thats alot of work for two years - well done! Bert NZ, aircraft engineer
Thanks Bert for the comments. You are right about the amount of work! Most weekends before my wife gets up! cheers, Neale
If you can build that, then building a flight simulator for a Spitfire, Hurricane, Mosquito, etc. would be child's play for you. You are one of the cool people in the world - I'm jealous :-)
very nice setup, I congratulate that you make it happen what many of us simulation fans can just dream of. What you now need is to put the whole simulater onto a moveable platform in order to gain the proper feeling when flying :).
Hi Neale, wow that sim is just way beyond amazing ! The B737 800 PMDG is my favourite aircraft to fly and I have perhaps 1000's of hrs on it. Well done man !
Hi Andre and thanks so much for the comment. So glad you enjoyed the video. If you are ever in the UK let me know and come and fly the sim. It's great fun! Regards, Neale
Ultimate man-cave here, Well done mate. Love to get one!
Absolutely love the set up , I bet you never leave your house just fly all the time lol
This is the best home flight deck video I have ever seen well done!
Wow, thanks for the great comment and for watching the video. I really appreciate the kind comment. Kind regards, Neale
Incredible dude, What you can find in a backyard, You are amazing , keep it up
It's always been my dream to go on a flight simulator :-)
OMG !! Literally AMAZING!! If I owned that I would be in there flying 24/7 !! Your very modest all your work looked AWESOME!!
This is a fantastic flight deck build! I thought the Alpha Romeo seats were an awesome touch! Thanks for the video. :)
Thank you for watching and the kind comment. Also I apologise if there were some blurred parts of the movie. This has only happened since we have been in lock-down and I guess bandwidth issues with everybody online has caused replay quality issues. The Alfa seats have now gone as I managed to get a coule of real seats from a retired aircraft. Thanks again and kind regards, Neale
Wow, I'm speechless! you are very talented, enjoy your hard work. If I ever win the national lottery, I'll pay you build me one. Very cool!
Many thanks for the great comment. Let me know when you get the 6 numbers! I'm on stand-by with my screwdriver and soldering iron! Kind regards, Neale
Well done, fantastic job...happy flying!
Hi, thanks for the comment, greatly appreciated, regards, Neale
Congratulations mate. What a great job you have done
Without flight attendants, a flight sim can never be complete.
Outstanding!
To think as a kid I hung models in a box with strings attached to a flight stick.... now THIS!
Hi Bob, thanks for the great comment. I also had aircraft hung up from the ceiling and used to stare at them in the evening wanting to be able to fly. A few years on I joined the military and got where i wanted to be and now I'm retired from that I can enjoy the simulators. I am very lucky! Kind regards, Neale
@@nealehargreaves3439 SALUTE! Dad was an AF Lt Col and I was born in Okinawa. CHEERS
Tales a genius to build an amazing structure like that, fair play!👍
Holy cow! And I thought I was super-cool since I work on the F-35 and have a commercial pilot's certificate, with a damn instrument rating!!! I can't fly an NDB approach very well anymore, though. But looking at this...I now feel pretty small! Incredible.
Very impressive! Congratulations. Your drive and enthusiasm are amazing.
Love the flight attendant button to the kitchen
What a great project. You've given me some good ideas. Thank you for your valuable sharing.
Hi Ron, thanks for the support and taking the time to comment. Good luck with whatever you are building and if you need any help just drop me a comment. Kind regards, Neale
Incredible job, welldone captain 😉👍👍👍
always gives me the shivers the "too low terrain whoop whoop pull up" warning
From the USA, well done!