USD 150 000 simulator

[happytraveller]

Saw this story on the net about an air traffic controller who has spent an estimated USD 150 000 building a 737 simulator, using lots of real parts. Strange thing is that despite spending such a lot of money, that it is a static simulator. I think that I would have preferred non real parts but a full motion sim.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/fly...tm_medium=email

Hate to think how much I have spent on hardware plus software, better not to know !!

smooth landings.

[Ian Warren]

That is very COOL .. along the same line and thought as Flight Experience , many have grabbed old disused aircraft cockpits and built on them , Big boys Toys .. SO TRUE !

[zkcav]

That would be the ultimate... but what happens if you wanted to take a C152 for a practice flight before an exam... you'd feel be a bit out of place sitting in that - where's the Carb heat???.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (zkcav @ Apr 20 2012,1:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

... you'd feel be a bit out of place sitting in that - where's the Carb heat???.

That's easy fixed , old wattie's can fill of Kero .. things start going wrong , set a match to it ....... um ........

[IslandBoy77]

That's where a full holographic suite would come in handy - recreate whatever aircraft / scenery you want. Might make Rob's job a little more complex... Rumour has it that the "Star Trek" type of tech has actually been invented, but I'd wager none of us will get our hands on it inside the next 20 years. I remember hearing about prototypes of full holographic TVs in the early '80s - they seemed to quietly disappear into the background as if they'd never been... que twilight zone musical score.

[Ian Warren]

Sit back and wait for the next decade .. i'm going the third/fourth and without saying blows the second away .. the first .. and well , hells .. if you had sportstronic from the mid 70's that blew ya mind back then so .. sit back .. incoming and 'Im going in'

[FlyingKiwi]

QUOTE (zkcav @ Apr 25 2012,12:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That would be the ultimate... but what happens if you wanted to take a C152 for a practice flight before an exam... you'd feel be a bit out of place sitting in that - where's the Carb heat???.

You could buy a whole fleet of 152s for the money he's spent on it!

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Apr 20 2012,8:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You could buy a whole fleet of 152s for the money he's spent on it!

You really don't no ... he probably has a whole fleet of cessna's ... we all spend moneys .. over the years the chaps project is measured but not by build cost .. example , my Battleship may only be worth 300/400 NZ dollars in materials .. a lot is re-cycled material - but to sell it .. maybe , well won't go below 10G to sell it ... at least .. i would have 3 books alone that will touch the thousand mark put together ... its not the measure of cost but dedication to your own modelling skills .... Hey ... I have a 9ft Space Shuttle .. it can be pulled apart , shows the living quarters and ideal for a school education tool .. now i wonder what that would cost ? or what i could sell it for?

[penguin1]

QUOTE (zkcav @ Apr 20 2012,1:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That would be the ultimate... but what happens if you wanted to take a C152 for a practice flight before an exam... you'd feel be a bit out of place sitting in that - where's the Carb heat???.

You must be a fanatic 737 supporter to go to that extreme. Beware, soon there will be some cheap 787 parts coming to your local junkyard. "It's Boeing if it ain't going" (Quote: Airbus)

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 20 2012,8:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You really don't no ... he probably has a whole fleet of cessna's ... we all spend moneys .. over the years the chaps project is measured but not by build cost .. example , my Battleship may only be worth 300/400 NZ dollars in materials .. a lot is re-cycled material - but to sell it .. maybe , well won't go below 10G to sell it ... at least .. i would have 3 books alone that will touch the thousand mark put together ... its not the measure of cost but dedication to your own modelling skills .... Hey ... I have a 9ft Space Shuttle .. it can be pulled apart , shows the living quarters and ideal for a school education tool .. now i wonder what that would cost ? or what i could sell it for?

Don't sit on that Shuttle model too long. Give a few years on with the way education is going and some kids will stare at you, asking: "What is a Space Shuttle ?" No kidding, happened to me with a 13 year old girl when I pointed out the ISS passing straight over us one night. "What is a Space Station ?"

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 20 2012,2:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That's easy fixed , old wattie's can fill of Kero .. things start going wrong , set a match to it ....... um ........

PYRO !

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (penguin1 @ Feb 2 2013,7:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Don't sit on that Shuttle model too long. Give a few years on with the way education is going and some kids will stare at you, asking: "What is a Space Shuttle ?" No kidding



PYRO !

You set the Kids on fire by telling them , "Well if you hit it hard enough with your wracket to get it over the net , then its a Space Shuttle "

[Fozzer]

I always feel desperately sorry for poor Wives (and their children) who have to put up with a fruit-case husband who spends/wastes that sort of money on a stupid? hobby!.... ...!

My next-doors neighbour's wife has just kicked him out of their house for spending vast sums of money, over many years, in his stupid/annoying hobbies!

Little boys and their silly, expensive toys!... ...!

Beware!

Paul... ...!

[Ian Warren]

I have an excellent solution to that Paul and its worked for many years ...... I did'nt get married

[Fozzer]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Feb 3 2013,8:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have an excellent solution to that Paul and its worked for many years ...... I did'nt get married

.... .... .... ....!

Been there, Ian...

...done it...got the Tee-Shirt...twice!... ...!

Back to normal again...now!.... ....!

Paul....Bachelors of the World...Unite... ....!

...... ....!

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Fozzer @ Feb 4 2013,10:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Paul....Bachelors of the World...Unite... ....!

...... ....!

Maybe a few possible times but i knew when to walk away and the thing that confirmed it was Microsoft FLIGHT ... That damn Women telling ya do this do that ... that was enough for me

[Fozzer]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Feb 3 2013,9:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Maybe a few possible times but i knew when to walk away and the thing that confirmed it was Microsoft FLIGHT ... That damn Women telling ya do this do that ... that was enough for me

Their infidelity...twice...enabled my cunning escape plan... ..... ...!

Paul... .... ...!

P.S...The good news....Result: I've got zillions of children, grand-children, great grand-children!

...and Microsoft Flight Simulator FS 2004!... ...!

[Ian Warren]

Are any off them any good at building a Flight Simulator tho !

[Fozzer]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Feb 3 2013,9:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Are any off them any good at building a Flight Simulator tho !

..Nope...

....only me!... ...!

They are all busy being married!

Paul... ....!

[scaber]

QUOTE (Fozzer @ Feb 4 2013,10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

..Nope...

....only me!... ...!

They are all busy being married!

Paul... ....!

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Sinclair Spectrum 48K. Multiface One. Philips 1/4" tape recorder. 9Volt power pack. Kempston Joystick and interface. 14" TV Screen.
8-Bits of pure joy.

Multiplayer ID: G-BPLF




I like your gear, obviously setting up for FSX must take a while but I'm sure you get plenty of time to plan your next move during game play - probably have 5 or 10 minutes to think things over before you apply the next increment of bank . . . . .

Actually you must be talented too in order to get it to run on this gear

[Fozzer]

QUOTE (scaber @ Feb 3 2013,11:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

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Sinclair Spectrum 48K. Multiface One. Philips 1/4" tape recorder. 9Volt power pack. Kempston Joystick and interface. 14" TV Screen.
8-Bits of pure joy.

Multiplayer ID: G-BPLF




I like your gear, obviously setting up for FSX must take a while but I'm sure you get plenty of time to plan your next move during game play - probably have 5 or 10 minutes to think things over before you apply the next increment of bank . . . . .

Actually you must be talented too in order to get it to run on this gear

We Zilog Z80, 8-bit programmers are a rare breed now, but still confined to our bedrooms, busy loading H and L register pairs with various numbers, doing a spot of comparing and adding, confirming whether the result is either zero, or not zero, and passing the result to the accumulator.... ...!

Our bedrooms are still full dedicated programmers, and their hardware and software, enjoying our Sinclair Spectrum 48k's, Commodore C 64's, Amstrad CPC 464's, BBC B's....etc...etc... ...!

The King is dead...long live the King... ...!

Paul.....Sinclair BASIC rules!... ...!

P.S...2nd best, if you haven't got the real thing!....>>> http://www.spectaculator.com/

Some of my most happiest/satisfying times have been spent programming my trusty 'Speccy in Machine Code and BASIC, in the 1980's....

......"Sex" came way down the list!... ...!