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
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
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$.
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...
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
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?
He´s a PPL already.
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