Olson's recommendations to buy three more computers causes large swell of domestic unrest among flight simmers. More on this developing story as details come in.
Curtis Olson wrote: > On 10/31/06, *syd* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > I watched Justice , it certainly was Flightgear ,I recognised it > immediately, but I was more interested in the setup .I want one now ! > What'll it cost me to have you set one up for me , Curt? ;) > > > > That particular simulator with an enclosure (not shown in the TV show) > and including FAA level 3 FTD certification (which means you can log > a substantial number of hours in the simulator) runs about $30-35k > with a 3 channel visual system and all computer hardware and > everything. This also includes some proprietary Cessna 172 flight > dynamics that run up the cost quite a bit. And it includes the full > cockpit layout with all the cockpit controls and switches in the right > place. The price might sound like a lot until you go around and start > pricing out similar things from other companies. > > I suspect most of use don't have that kind of cash hidden in our > matress, but if you can at least assemble 4 machines and 4 displays, > for no extra cost you could configure 3 copies of flightgear for the > out-the-window view and the 4th copy of FG for the instrument panel. > > And running 3 displays side by side versus a single display on a > single PC makes a *huge* difference in the "immersiveness" of the > simulation. > > Curt. > -- > Curtis Olson - University of Minnesota - FlightGear Project > http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ > <http://baron.flightgear.org/%7Ecurt/> http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ > http://www.flightgear.org > <http://www.flightgear.org> > Unique text: 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel