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Home-built 747 Simulator

Posted by timothy on from the remember-flightgear-dot-org dept.

James Morris writes: "This is a cool hack: some guy is building a 747 simulator in his backyard." This is one of the most impressive even while in progress, but the other projects linked from this site set a tough standard.

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  1. I don't understand... by ByteHog · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What's with all the comments so far about this being used for terrorist training?? Geeze.. that's like saying "Hey I'm building a computer! The FBI better watch out, I might hack into the DOD mainframe!!"

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  2. Re:I don't wanna be the one to say it... by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not that I don't find the running joke here amusing, but the truth is, the terrorists won't bother trying that again. It was a one shot (successful) deal. Only the FBI is stupid enough to waste alot of effort "preventing" that sort of thing.

    Likely, the terrorists will resort to something else, perhaps derailing an Amtrak (like it needs alot of help *LOL*).

  3. Re:Glad it's in Sydney by X-Lancer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Glad?! You're not saying that all people in Islamabad are terrorsits, are you? Nor are you saying that people there have less rights than people anywhere in the world?
    Please stop this racist hysteria.

  4. Oh the possibilites by galaga79 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why limit yourself to an 747 simulator when you could build your own X-Wing cockpit, load up an old copy of LucasArt's X-Wing or the more recent X-Wing Alliance and experience the closest thing to destroying the Death Star. For the complete experience you could even dress up as an X-Wing pilot.

    Surprisingly no one seems to have done this already, at least according to a quick Google search I did beforehand. You could also do something similiar in terms of a Pod Racer like the arcade game by Sega that was around a few years ago, as there is that Pod Racing game which Lucas Arts put out.

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  5. Re:Glad it's in Sydney by PrestoChango · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'll make a deal with you. When the Muslim nations stop teaching in elementary school that Americans should die a horrible death (as the news continually showed about 5 years ago), I'll stop worrying about whether or not they're going to kill me.

    It's not racism, its fear. If you've been feuding with a neighbor and he suddenly has a lawyer over for dinner every night for a week, what would be going through your head?

    Although, in all fairness, if a terrorist group wanted to build a flight sim, we'd never know about it.