This man turned his spare room into an Airbus A320 cockpit before revealing surprising cost

One Australian-based content creator has done the seemingly impossible and transformed the spare room of his house into a functional Airbus A320 cockpit for flight simulation.

It cost him $5,000 including the PC and monitor.

Some costs he hadn’t bargained for.

Let’s break it down.

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Spareroom transformed into an Airbus A320 cockpit

While it sure beats a flounce-trimmed duvet and a dressing table, a lot of hard work went into this DIY setup by Andrew Adedeji, aka TheFlightDoc.

The flight simulator is fully functional and looks pretty impressive in the corner of the spare room.

Some parts he plans to update at a later date and others were gifted for him to review.

However, within the cost of $5,000 (excluding the PC and the giant monitor) – there are certain elements that can push costs higher, as Adedeji explains.

Price pitfalls

Using CNC cutting or 3D printing an MDF cockpit frame can add extra expenses – and using Original Equipment Manufacturer parts from the Airbus A320 can add even more to the total.

Adedeji also confessed that he purchased some screens – like the primary flight display – in the wrong size for the flight deck – which will require a future potentially costly upgrade.

Third-party custom panels for the landing gear, auto brake, and warning panel were handmade by SL3, which can obviously cost more than DIY solutions.

Additional purchases like Winwing’s MCDU, FCU, and rudder pedals made the setup both more authentic and more expensive than using cheaper alternatives.

The Throttle Tech Airbus A320 Flight Box V3 is a premium option and very much like the real deal – however, cheaper alternatives like Thrustmaster are available if they’re outside of your budget.

Last up the Samsung G9 57-inch ultra-wide screen replaced a cheaper triple-monitor setup, while a powerful PC (i9-14900K, RTX 4080 Super) was necessary to run multiple screens and MSFS 2024 smoothly.

Turns out flight simulation can cost as much as real-life air travel.