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A few thoughts on Flight Sims
David,
Go to www.flypfc.com and take your checkbook! I gave up on the plastic stuff several years ago. You pay, but you ENJOY the hell out of it, and it's built to last forever (lifetime warranty)!! Or at least until technology leaves you in the dust, I recently had to go to a DB-15/USB converter to keep the yoke airborne. Here's a shot of my humble virtual cockpit, which doesn't hold a candle to some of the IMAX configurations shown lately, but it keeps me happy for hours on end, and out of the bars & alleys at night. (:-)) www.cox-internet.com/tazman/cockpit.jpg Primary view is Sony 19" trinitron, left secondary 15", right is old RGB/composite monitor (left over from IBM jr.!!) that has a external tuner for in flight movies, to the right of that is the radio stack with weather radar (cleverly disguised as a radio spectrum display), and Cirrus PFC Jet Yoke. After many decades as a field service engineer on medical equipment, you'll also notice the onboard Cat Scanner G. I discreetly moved the porta-bar for the photo..... A Dell XPS 3GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 1GB ram, Radeon 9800, SB Audigy, and 200GB HD is the power plant, nestled down beside the desk. What looks like a roll of toilet paper on top are actually paper towels for the occasional hair ball or dr- er, coffee spill....... Cheers'n beers. Don "R. David Steele" wrote in message ... I recently toured the Purdue University's Aviation Technology Flight School. They have a lab that is designed to train personnel from Private Pilot right through airlines. What impressed me wasn't their 727 simulator (from Boeing) but rather that they had mock ups of planes like the Cessna 172 that had real cockpits! I guess that you can purchase the equipment from catalogs. Instead of the second rate controllers from Best Buy, why not buy the more expensive controls? And a good aviation rated seat. Didn't the Smithsonian Aviation mag just have an article on folks who have created extremely good, and realistic, simulators? BTW, I find X-Plane more of a package for real gear heads. |
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