Hi All, On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 7:31 PM, I wrote: > Over the last couple of years I've done various FG simulations for my > local museum of flight (the National Museum of Flight, > http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_flight.aspx). This has > varied from temporary simulations tying in with events they host, to a > permanent simulator that is part of their Fantastic Flight exhibit. > As well as helping out the museum by volunteering some time and > expertise, it's a way to introduce FlightGear to a new audience, and > is usually great fun. > > On the 17th June, they are hosting a "Robots Live" event, emphasising > new technology. I'm running a temporary simulation so visitors can > try their hand at landing on an aircraft carrier using the F-35C. > > The problem is that my wife's due date for our second child is at the > beginning of July, which is a bit close! I'm looking for someone who > would be able to help out on the day, and possibly step in my place if > I'm unavailable. Obviously you need to be based around Edinburgh, > Scotland, and ideally have your own laptop running the FG, or be > prepared to shift your PC.
Fortunately (?) my wife didn't go into labour on Sunday, and I was able to run FG at the event. There's a rather dull picture here showing the setup of a single projector and a joystick: http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:FlightGear_demo_at_museum.jpg Not quite up to the standards of the LinuxTAG Team :) Nevertheless, the event was a success, with lots of compliments on the quality of the simulator. Over 6 hours I had some 100 visitors try the landing simulation and handed out lots of flyers. FG on Linux remained completely stable throughout, despite being re-initialized every 2 minutes throughout the day. Over the 6 hours, memory occupancy grew from 970MB to 1.3GB. Not bad! I've updated the Expo Checklist* with some more lessons learned. The main one is not to try to do this alone in future! I was fortunate to have a friend drop by in the morning and get me a drink, but otherwise I was stuck by the booth for 6 hours solid without a bathroom break. -Stuart * http://wiki.flightgear.org/FlightGear_Expo_Checklist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
