MiGPit Marques

AboutA Merry Christmas and I wish a prosperous and happy 2025 to you all! I've been still plugging away for 4 years now with focus within the MSFS 2020 and now entering the MSFS 2024 eco-system. Here are my personal highlights.

AboutI needed an up to date list of what is in the ’pit to aid in troubleshooting. So here it is!

AboutThis is a topic I am very passionate about, how to increase immersion in our favourite hobby. Check out this short video and the transcript.

AboutOne year on and a look at the MiGPit Mk.VII, happily esconced in a TrakRacer TR160 chassis and re-engined with a HP OMEN 45L beast driving the sim.

AboutLate 2024 saw the launch of MSFS 2024, making it an apt time to re-engine the MiGPit. With over 5,000 hours of reliable flight time from my HP OMEN 25L it was a no-brainer to stick with the HP moniker.

AboutVideos showing the workings of the MiGPit Mk.VII

AboutVideos of the pit from 2020 onwards.

AboutMy first impression of the TR160. Still at the unpacking and inspection phase.

AboutThis setup has served as an Avionics Prototype Platform (APP) for 3 years. Air Manager and Sim Dashboard displays on Android tablets, WINWING Orion HOTAS, WINWING Takeoff and Combat panels, Elgaro Stream Decks, Track IR 3

AboutThis setup has served as an Avionics Prototype Platform (APP) for 3 years. Air Manager and Sim Dashboard displays on Android tablets, WINWING Orion HOTAS, WINWING Takeoff and Combat panels, Elgaro Stream Decks, Track IR 3

AboutThis setup has served as an Avionics Prototype Platform (APP) for 3 years. Air Manager and Sim Dashboard displays on Android tablets, WINWING Orion HOTAS, WINWING Takeoff and Combat panels, Elgaro Stream Decks, Track IR 3

AboutThis setup has served as an Avionics Prototype Platform (APP) for 3 years. Air Manager and Sim Dashboard displays on Android tablets, WINWING Orion HOTAS, WINWING Takeoff and Combat panels, Elgaro Stream Decks, Track IR 3

AboutThis setup has served as an Avionics Prototype Platform (APP) for 3 years. Air Manager and Sim Dashboard displays on Android tablets, WINWING Orion HOTAS, WINWING Takeoff and Combat panels, Elgaro Stream Decks, Track IR 3

AboutThis setup has served as an Avionics Prototype Platform (APP) for 3 years. Air Manager and Sim Dashboard displays on Android tablets, WINWING Orion HOTAS, WINWING Takeoff and Combat panels, Elgaro Stream Decks, Track IR 3

AboutThis setup has served as an Avionics Prototype Platform (APP) for 3 years. Air Manager and Sim Dashboard displays on Android tablets, WINWING Orion HOTAS, WINWING Takeoff and Combat panels, Elgaro Stream Decks, Track IR 3

AboutView from the driver's seat in my F-14B cockpit. NOTE: The sound is not too good as my mobile phone was overwhelmed by the sound level. Apologies for that!

AboutMy view as I fly my MiGPit / F-14B variant over Muscat, capital of Oman.

AboutView from the ejection seat inside my F-117 cockpit on the ramp at Sarajevo.

AboutThese videos shows excerpts from the mission "Kosovo Border Patrol" which is part of 'Europe 3'.

AboutFlying the Deimos MiG-29 on the Kosovo Border Patrol mission.

AboutOverview of my 5 MFDs. This may be useful to someone thinking of going this route with MSFS.

AboutSpecs for the sixth version of the MiGPit. a project that has been running since 1992.

AboutSpecs for the sixth version of the MiGPit. a project that has been running since 1992.

AboutI have used 5 of these as MFDs in the MiGPit since 2021.

AboutDate: Sunday September 27th, 2020
Locn: MiGBase (Australia's Area 51)
Aircraft: MiGPit experimental
Pilot: P.C.
Added a second MFD and sent P.C. on a test flight.

Abouti7 and large screens

About2006 Pentium rigged for silent running.

About2004 Pentium 4 for Microsoft Flight Sim 2004.

AboutAdded to the MiGPit in 2020. By late 2023 the Warthog stick developed a loose wire / contact somewhere in the stick, resulting in random control inputs and view changes. A little bit annoying, especially on finals. I repurposed the Warthog throttle as a lighting (and other) control panel on the right side of my 'pit, so it lives on for a few years more.

AboutWhich.. I found rather confusing, so I made my own.

AboutSome people have talked about the 1mm play in the joystick centre position as being a flaw. To my style of flying it's a bonus feature!

AboutIn late 2001 I breathed new life into the Celeron-466 with extra RAM and a new video card, new monitor and a CD R/W. | Celeron, not Cylon.

AboutI used to fly in my own home-built own cockpit, which shared scale with an F-16 if not much else! It was programmable if you had a day or so to spare!

About8Mb RAM and a 15" CRT monitor. This was as good as it could get!

AboutRe-reading the specs reminded me that the 1040 was ahead of the pack for a little while with it's 4096 colours and built in midi sound.

AboutIn 1982 the Apple II represented a huge leap forward in personal computing power.

AboutIn 2010 I bought a Lenovo 560 laptop, which has proved to be an amazingly reliable bit of kit, only retired from flight line service in 2020! | 250101 - moved to correct exhibit.

AboutI obtained this in 2001 to try and run some of the older DOS sims which just refused to run on my Celeron-466 .

AboutRise of the Pentium. This is the year the Flight Sim Museum was born.

AboutA list of the most desirable SimVars to display and control from your simpit, IMNSHO of course. The list arose out of a discussion I had with the programmer of that incredible app, Sim-Dashboard.