the rest has been simple prototyping of ideas that may be part of the final sim. I came to the the quick conclusion that building a sim can be EXPENSIVE.My project up until now has been 95% thinking, reading and planning. Even if I could, there are no 'Build your own cockpit! 99% preassembled! Just 2 screws and plug it in! Instruction video included!' My flight sim project started about two years ago, with simple reasearch of what was possible, what had been done, what the resources were and what it costed.

Im under a tight budget and can't afford a real sim, neither to buy all the panels from flightdeck solutions. If thats your plan, you better ave a suitcase full of money to hand over to the right guy, for example at CAE Electronics.Take me for example. If thats your timeplan buy a REAL sim! What you are tring to do is not possible. Hi again!Nice to see an guy, eager to get started.I hate to dissapoint you with this fact: you can't build an exact 737NG flightdeck replica with all systems working like the real one in a few weeks. Please elaborate a bit (all those that have Project Magenta) i tried contacting proejct magenta suppost but no one returns and i didnt see any FAQ's. PLEASE HELP! i want my sim 2 look EXACTLY like the real one and i wanna b able install all my sims 2 my thingy. In other words (im know im confusing and confused and im prolly just confusing everyone else by what im saying) is it able 2 b setup just like a real sim or airplane or not. (u know what im saying is it real panels that i install) as u know im ttryin to make my sim as real as possilbe and im just confused because the sim pics that are on the sight show everything as thougth a real airplane yet on the website it says that u download the software as thought u just add it 2 a screen on ur computer. and actual panel screen that i install directly into my main instrument panel or if its just on a computer screen like a regular sim. (I guess im just trying to figure out if its an actualy panel that i install directly in my sim or if its a cartoon type deal) Also with the Engine displays and PFD, ND and so on is the same deal. But heres the problem, im wondering if the MCP and CDU are actualy panels that i can install or are they like regualr flight simulators where its just a cartoon type thing thats on a computer screen that u use the mouse to select things. I dunno how to word this (yes im that confused!) IM looking into buying most of my avioniics stuff from project magenta such as PFD, ND, EICAS, Standby instruments, MCP, and CDU from them.

IM REALLY CONFUSED (sry all im really slow) about some of the Project Magenta software.

312-235-6179 reference project magenta