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
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