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"The Kiwi" is born...
Verry Cool Jay,
Now all you need is one of them radio stacks to add to it! Search them on fleabay http://www.flyelite.com/product_images/132.jpg Yeah, I'm quickly learning that there is NO limit to the amount of time, money, and detail one can put into a flight simulator set up. Everything is possible and available, from panels, to radios, to multiple throttles, to "side" view monitors. Right now I just want to upgrade the ground detail in the Oshkosh area, in order to make the approach more realistic. One of these days I'll find some time to search for that... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"The Kiwi" is born...
Jim Logajan wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote: Yes, our new flight simulator cockpit at the hotel -- quickly dubbed "The Kiwi" by its creator -- has arrived! See it he http://www.alexisparkinn.com/the_kiwi_is_born.htm Keith, our A&P (and designer of The Kiwi) is simply remarkable. What, no seatbelts? :-) I haven't tried it, but I understand the other gizmo some people claim works great and enhances realism is the TrackIR product from NaturalPoint (http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/). I think the TrackIR head tracking device would be a good investment for this rig (Nice rig, Jay!). It allows the screen to pan along with your head giving the player (...or pilot ) the sensation they are in a real aircraft. You can look out side windows, up, down, and basically in any direction (of course, it's limited within the area of the camera). One way it works is by placing a metal clip to a hat and the sensor can calculate various vectors that give you three dimensions of motion. I have the TrackIR 4. The only downside is the configuration. If you have many different people using it, they may want to customize their settings to pan at certain speeds in the various axes (for example, one inch of left head movement corresponds to three inches of head movement on screen). Other than that it's great. -- Mike |
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"The Kiwi" is born...
In article .com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote: Verry Cool Jay, Now all you need is one of them radio stacks to add to it! Search them on fleabay http://www.flyelite.com/product_images/132.jpg Yeah, I'm quickly learning that there is NO limit to the amount of time, money, and detail one can put into a flight simulator set up. Everything is possible and available, from panels, to radios, to multiple throttles, to "side" view monitors. Right now I just want to upgrade the ground detail in the Oshkosh area, in order to make the approach more realistic. One of these days I'll find some time to search for that... As soon as Google fixes the 3-D model in Google Earth, we will be able to tie in with the flight sim. THEN... we will really be flying! |
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