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Junji Hirayama 's Home Flight Simulator

Posted by timothy on from the beyond-the-ordinary dept.

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!"

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  1. Only in Japan... by ArmenTanzarian · · Score: 5, Funny

    could this guy do this and still have a wife at the end of it.

  2. wow by CowBovNeal · · Score: 5, Funny


    You know you've been slashdotted when your cockpit simulator crashes without even taking off.

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  3. Modest Hardware? by Yebyen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like the flight simulator isn't the only thing running on fairly modest hardware... slashdotted already :)

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  4. I have my 747 simulator too by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    I duct-taped my window to leave a very small oval hole about 1m off the ground, put 3 uncomfortable, too narrow chair right next to it, put a large cupboard 30cm in front of them, cranked up the A/C to 15 degrees, and put the stereo's volume at maximum on an empty radio frequency.

    To simulate a flight, I sit on the chair immediately by the window for eight hours, ask an overweight friend to sit right next to me, and ask my wife to come around every two hours with a trolley to serve us shitty coffee.

    It's a very accurate simulation of a 747, and it's much cheaper than all those fancy computer displays and joysticks.

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    1. Re:I have my 747 simulator too by operagost · · Score: 5, Funny

      Mine is like yours, except I occasionally have my friend put a towel on his head and try to hijack my "plane", armed with a nail file.. Then I kick his ass.

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  5. The best bit about flying it by lewko · · Score: 5, Funny
    You can join the Mile High Club in the adjacent double bedroom with ensuite and walk-in wardrobe...

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  6. MAYDAY! by GodHead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slash-deaded.

    I wonder if a face mask just dropped from the celing..

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