Blasphemystic From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 213 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (5 years 7 months 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 6540 times:
Wjcandee From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4553 posts, RR: 17 Reply 7, posted (5 years 7 months 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 6511 times:
If he's using MS Flight Simulator to power his outside screens, I am curious how he gets the various controls to feed inputs to Flight Simulator and how he gets the instruments on his "flight deck" to display coordinated information. Does the FMS work, etc.? If not, then all that stuff is really all lit up for no reason, and the thing isn't worth much. If it does all work, then he has a pretty nifty little item. I'm impressed that he built it from wood and some car seats.
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 8, posted (5 years 7 months 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 6497 times:
I did not read the text. He says he has built the sim all by himself!
Quote: "This is the next best thing," he says of the 747-400 he has assembled in his spare bedroom, which has a pair of car seats for the captain and first officer to park their butts on.
There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11708 posts, RR: 52 Reply 10, posted (5 years 7 months 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 6447 times:
Quoting XA744 (Reply 9): This guy is my kind of scum...
This is what he said:
"JD: "There's no room for anything else—that's why my wife had to go!"
SkyexRamper From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (5 years 7 months 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 6399 times:
Quoting USADreamliner (Reply 2): Oh, Lord...I can see the CIA, FBI, Interpol, etc. knocking at his door right now...
There are a lot of people around the world that have built cockpits of their favorite airplane to run MS Flight Sim with. There are many companies that make and sell parts for this hobby.
Quoting Wjcandee (Reply 7): If he's using MS Flight Simulator to power his outside screens, I am curious how he gets the various controls to feed inputs to Flight Simulator and how he gets the instruments on his "flight deck" to display coordinated information. Does the FMS work, etc.? If not, then all that stuff is really all lit up for no reason, and the thing isn't worth much. If it does all work, then he has a pretty nifty little item. I'm impressed that he built it from wood and some car seats.
Blasphemystic From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 213 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (5 years 7 months 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 6377 times:
Quoting NYC777 (Reply 11): Talk about a guy in serious need of a life. I guess is he never had a girlfriend (and never been kissed)!!!
why should that be the case???? Dont hate.. appricate.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. -- Samuel Johnson
1MillionFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (5 years 7 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 6211 times:
whats funny is this quote:
"claims he wasn't good enough at math to fly proper planes"
with today's modern avionics , you only need remedial math anyway! I would bet building his own sim required more math then planning a flight in his sim
IcLCY From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 256 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (5 years 7 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 6205 times:
Quoting XA744 (Reply 9): Next time I visit the U.K., will for sure take a little side trip to Coventry and ride the guy for at least three hours !!!...
I'm sure in the absence of a women he might just appreciate it, I hope he's pretty.
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11117 posts, RR: 63 Reply 19, posted (5 years 7 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 6180 times:
Good on him, it's a fair achievement and probably far more productive than just spending endless hours down the pub getting pissed... the latter also seems to lead to more marriage break-ups too!
Now the question is... what's his username on A.net
Tristarcrazy From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 306 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (5 years 7 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 6124 times:
There is a guy in Austraila who hand built a 744 sim in his basement. It was featured in Airliners magazine a year or so ago.
When I worked as a contractor for DL a few years ago, they had two old DC9 sims in crates behind the geneal office complex that they were trying to "give away" for 20 grand each. Of course, it would cost you that and then some to get them up and running (they had been in those crates for several years). We all pondered the idea of buy them, setting them up somewhere and chargeing a per hour rate but sure we would have went bust in the first month!!!
Jasond From Australia, joined Jul 2009, 23 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (5 years 7 months 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 5958 times:
Quoting SkyexRamper (Reply 12): Quoting Wjcandee (Reply 7):
If he's using MS Flight Simulator to power his outside screens, I am curious how he gets the various controls to feed inputs to Flight Simulator and how he gets the instruments on his "flight deck" to display coordinated information. Does the FMS work, etc.? If not, then all that stuff is really all lit up for no reason, and the thing isn't worth much. If it does all work, then he has a pretty nifty little item. I'm impressed that he built it from wood and some car seats.
FSUPIC
FSUIPC is the software part of it, hardware IO is handled by EPIC or similar
EDICHC From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (5 years 7 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 5894 times:
Quoting Tristarcrazy (Reply 20): We all pondered the idea of buy them, setting them up somewhere and chargeing a per hour rate but sure we would have went bust in the first month!!!
There is a company here in NZ that has commercial outlets in shopping malls in Auckland and Christchurch. They have a full-size 737NG simulator (unfortuately not full motion). I know for a fact that you need to book at least a week in advance to fly a session in the one in Christchurch.
I cant remember the web address but just try googling 'Flight Experience'
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