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Sim Icarus Boeing 777 Handmade Flight Deck
ShadowsMV writes "Three technology students finishing up their degrees at the DuPage Campus of DeVry University spent a term designing and building one of the most nifty flight simulators yet. Named the Sim Icarus Flight Deck, it accurately recreates the primary flight accessory controls of the Boeing 777, and interfaces directly with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. They have tons of pictures and lists of everything you need! Previous flight decks featured on slashdot include An awesome homebuilt and wideview with 13 Monitors And 9 PCs."
I thought this is a community college?
If only my dorm room was big enough...
and have them arrested for building terrorist training tools!
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PFC Total =$750.00
FL Total = $1,239.00
Hagstrom $190.00
Digikey/M$486.05
Home Depot = $390.80
Computer = $1,080.00
Software = $510.00
Brian Sign = $48.00
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Somehow I think this does greater justice to the joy of flight than the typical USB joystick, or heaven forbid, playing Flight Sim with a keyboard & mouse.
Surprising yes, but I looked into a real cockpit once and they actually had these crazy looking controls. All those hours of Flight Sim for nothing! </joke>
"Proof of concept came when we relocated the simulator from Dave's house to school. "
:)
that killed me.
Wow, it used to be that cocaine was god's way of telling you that you made too much money, according to Carlin.
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that's DaBomb!
I rather have a GE90 jet engine from a 777. At over 123,000 pounds of thrust, it would definitely make for some seriously fun game play.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
Very cool, but I didn't see any cup holders?
777 seems like a very insecure way to chmod a Boeing.
sic transit gloria mundi
Damn.. imagine how good these guys would be at Halo if they didn't waste their time building that contraption? Imagine all the frivolous sports stats they could have amassed instead, had they elected to prop themselves in front of ESPN?
Instead these guys pushed the limits of their imagination and resourcefulness. Thanks for reaffirming that the younger generation isn't all a bunch of brain dead couch potatoes.
How much beeswax and bird feathers were required for the wings? ;-)
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Yah... Dude, no need to have a complex about where you went to school. Obviously, you're employed and doing OK. Now, ITT Tech, on the other hand..........
But apparently you didn't learn enough Latin to know the meaning of "etc." Hint it does not mean, "end of list."
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"...directly with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. They had tons of pictures
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