My State of the Art Cirrus Home Flight Sim

This is my state-of-the-art Cirrus SR20 home cockpit. It delivers flight-school level quality and realism in a home-office-friendly footprint.

This episode tours my compact Cirrus SR20/22 home flight simulator built for training and for fun. It’s centered on a Sim-Lab P1X Ultimate modular frame with a RealSimGear Cirrus Cockpit that mirrors the Garmin Perspective+ G1000 system, a custom Ryzen 9800X3D/RTX 5090 PC, a Samsung Odyssey G9 Neo 57-inch ultrawide, and studio-grade Genelec speakers and audio processing. I explain what each choice improves day-to-day, what I intentionally skipped for GA flying (including motion, for now), and what actually feels closer to the real aircraft. You’ll see how this setup supports learning avionics flows, practicing consistent procedures, and enjoying practice in Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS 2024) and X-Plane 12 (XP12), plus ForeFlight and PilotEdge integration for authentic comms. If you’re a Cirrus owner staying proficient between flights, a student pilot accelerating training, a CFI evaluating at-home rehearsal, or a high-end simmer who values realism, you'll see what's possible at the cutting edge of current technology

Links

RealSimGear Cirrus Cockpit: https://bit.ly/4heXQsw
Sim-Lab P1X Ultimate Simracing Frame: https://bit.ly/3Jkw7tU

Chapter List

0:00 Start of the Art
0:28 Intro
1:18 The Rig Frame
2:44 The PC
3:39 Audio
4:41 The Cockpit Panel
5:52 Conclusion

Music
The Ballroom Dance — Franz Gordon (Epidemic Sound)
Tomorrow I’ll Be Gone — Franz Gordon (Epidemic Sound)