Australian Builds DIY 747-400 Simulator For $300,000

[Matt Molnar]

An Australian man has built his own 747 simulator for $300,000, complete with hydraulic motion effects and a nearly identical cockpit. A lot of dough for a hobbyist, but a fraction of the $60 million a legit simulator sells for. It's based on MS Flight Simulator, and a total of 45 different programs run on 14 computers to make the thing work.

Full article: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/ ... e=fullpage (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/13/1236447451617.html?page=fullpage)

[Alessio]

Even better is that I´m sure it´s priced in Australian $ (Oz$) and the rate is about 1Oz$=70US cent.
So the price is 207 kUS$.

[cancidas]

wow, i'm surprised it took him 10 years to do. i used to have a link to his site where he would periodically show updates of his progress, but that was on my old college laptop...

[N221UA]

At that price tag, I can earn my wings all the way up to ATP and fly the real deal :borat:

Good for him though, does it come with flight attendants?

[Alessio]

He´s a PPL already.