Simulators

Mike Ash writes:

The "entire thing" as in six monitors and computers to drive them all?

You mentioned only a new computer and a decent set of controls.

My marginal cost for flying is gas to drive to the airport and around
$32 for the tow. If I were renting a club plane instead of flying my own
I'd pay about $24/hour on top of those. As it is, the cost of ownership
is pretty much entirely fixed regardless of how much I fly. Lately,
amortizing the per-flight costs over the flight time, I've been paying
roughly $25/hour total.

Sounds like gliders are a lot less expensive than powered aircraft.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Mike Ash writes:

The "entire thing" as in six monitors and computers to drive them all?

You mentioned only a new computer and a decent set of controls.

My marginal cost for flying is gas to drive to the airport and around
$32 for the tow. If I were renting a club plane instead of flying my own
I'd pay about $24/hour on top of those. As it is, the cost of ownership
is pretty much entirely fixed regardless of how much I fly. Lately,
amortizing the per-flight costs over the flight time, I've been paying
roughly $25/hour total.

Sounds like gliders are a lot less expensive than powered aircraft.

Gee, I wonder why. Must be some kind of Anti-Mxsmanic campaign.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

Mike Ash writes:

The "entire thing" as in six monitors and computers to drive them all?

You mentioned only a new computer and a decent set of controls.

That's not true. I also mentioned a more comprehensive setup. I asked
the question because I wasn't sure which one you were referring to.

My marginal cost for flying is gas to drive to the airport and around
$32 for the tow. If I were renting a club plane instead of flying my own
I'd pay about $24/hour on top of those. As it is, the cost of ownership
is pretty much entirely fixed regardless of how much I fly. Lately,
amortizing the per-flight costs over the flight time, I've been paying
roughly $25/hour total.

Sounds like gliders are a lot less expensive than powered aircraft.

Your powers of perception are truly astounding.

--
Mike Ash
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