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Sim Icarus Boeing 777 Handmade Flight Deck

Posted by timothy on from the could've-used-flightgear dept.

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."

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  1. Cool by Fls'Zen · · Score: 3, Funny

    If only my dorm room was big enough...

  2. Quickly! Call Vaterland Security! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    and have them arrested for building terrorist training tools!

  3. Slashdot Flight Simulator 2005 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Experience the thrill of your server levitating from the heat of its own PSU exhaust as 100,000 Mozilla-using Slashdot geeks hit your image-laden site at once with network.http.max-connections-per-server set to 100!

  4. Everything you need? by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > 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!

    FDS Total =$1,479.00
    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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    Total = $6,172.85

    Heatproof wax = $priceless.

  5. best line from the article: by de1orean · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Proof of concept came when we relocated the simulator from Dave's house to school. "

    that killed me. :)

  6. new standard by Jafa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, it used to be that cocaine was god's way of telling you that you made too much money, according to Carlin.
    J

  7. How about a handmade GE90? by G4from128k · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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  8. Looks Nice by aktiveradio · · Score: 5, Funny

    Very cool, but I didn't see any cup holders?

  9. Their admin must be a complete noob. by glwtta · · Score: 5, Funny

    777 seems like a very insecure way to chmod a Boeing.

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    1. Re:Their admin must be a complete noob. by gkwok · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, that's just plane dumb. <ba-dum>

  10. Imagine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.