I wanted to build a panel for my flight simulator and could't find any actual measurements for a 172 cockpit.
Yoke to floor 25"
Total width of instrument panel 39"
Floor to top of instrument panel 36"
Left side of panel to pilots yoke 10"
Floor to top of seat (uncompressed) 14"
Floor to bottom of instrument panel 19"
I am 5'10" and when i sit in the seat my chin is even with the top of the panel. This gives you a idea how high to set your main monitior. I have found from building my panel that it is a challenge to get everything in the right place. I think this is mainly due to the radio panels, switch panels etc being bigger then the ones in the real aircraft.
So if you want to build a flight simulator panel to scale. Here ya go!!
Thanks for watching!
