Junji Hirayama 's Home Flight Simulator 211
hifiandrew writes "I love seeing home mockups of cockpits for Flight Simulator like the recent Slashdot article of the person who used 13 Monitors and 9 PC's. But this one takes the cake for cockpit coolness! While doing a Google search for 747 cockpits, I ran across a web site of a person in Japan who has the coolest home cockpit for Flight Simulator I've ever seen. It has a perfect built-to-scale layout, backlit panels and even a projector for the scenery! All running on relatively modest PC hardware. I'm envious!"
Cool...but would we get in trouble? (Score:5, Interesting)
But...would we in the US get in trouble for building such thing? "It could be used to train terrorists". Life used to be fun...
What are your favorite flight sim games? (Score:4, Interesting)
So, give it up.
What is the best game for the money out there today?
fantasy flight simulators (Score:5, Interesting)
Now what would happen if somebody took that concept and applied it to parsec [parsec.org] or the wing commander style flight sims?
I know mech warrior had a nifty little cockpit sim for mall arcade action, but nothing ever had an emersive screen that made your eyes focus on the middle distance.
Throw in 3d glasses, a big subwoofer and hydraulics from an old massage bed while you're at it.
Better yet..... (Score:1, Interesting)
Macintosh Flight Sim 1.0 (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Wow cool! (Sorry 'bout that website though....) (Score:3, Interesting)
Actually, this is Japan so it was probably takes up his whole living room...
Pictures of other homemade cockpits (Score:4, Interesting)
Tons of pictures of other pretty cool looking homemade cockpits.
How about a real cockpit (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Cool...but would we get in trouble? (Score:3, Interesting)
Outlawing the construction of cockpits for flight sims would be ridiculous, and is something I highly doubt will ever happen.
X-plane is the sim for you then. (Score:4, Interesting)
They even include a shuttle re-entry from true orbit down to the landing at Edwards...including the wild "S" turns to slow down.
Plus X-plane is Open-GL based and works both with OSX and WinXP/NT.
Their flight model is by far the best.
Be sure to check it out, they also have a downloadable demo.
childhood simulator (Score:1, Interesting)
For the cockpit, the Apple IIe would run whatever weird "simulation" menu things I would make up in BASIC, and the best part: a set of 3 sliding dimmer switches in a housing my dad made up for me, connected to 3 shop vacs. Instant jet!
Re:pathalogically geeky (Score:2, Interesting)
And it's a matter of difference of opinion whether someone's obsession is pathological. You think Joe Six-Pack around the office doesn't think his co-worker's obsession with computers is amusing?
I think what the guy did is pretty cool. There are too many options on flight plans in flight sims, and having someone else set it for you brings a challenge. Plus, he probably thought that people would derive some enjoyment/relaxation out of being on a fantasy flight.
Not pathologically geeky (Score:3, Interesting)