[tinmith]

The people who build proper home cockpits inside real aircraft, especially interfacing with old aircraft hardware, are always very impressive. This takes a lot of time, dedication, and reverse engineering.

But it is also easy to get started at home. Using some 42 inch televisions and old Android tablets, you can replicate a lot of the immersion very easily and have fun, see if you like it. Check out my open source projects and free apps for X-Plane and more details on building your own immersive flight simulator experience: https://www.waynepiekarski.net/projects/xplane.htm

Although be aware, these projects tend to turn more into an adventure building than actually flying much :)