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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."
and have them arrested for building terrorist training tools!
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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.
I reserched for a year I wanted to build one. I even got the software woking with 6 computers. But after the evaluation of the cost of building the quality sim that I wanted I concluded that it would coust me about 10-15 thosand dollers.
Linux is like a teepee. It has no windows, no gates, and there's an Apache inside.
"Proof of concept came when we relocated the simulator from Dave's house to school. "
:)
that killed me.
No, Devry is a nationwide 'chain college' specializing in tech degrees. Supposedly, their graduates are rather hirable.
"I am a patient boy. I wait I wait I wait. My time is water down the drain..." Fugazi
Very cool, but I didn't see any cup holders?
trash DeVry all you want. My paycheck for being a developer converts to currency just the same as any of you with 'proper' degrees.
Props to these guys-- that is a nice project. Those of you slamming our school-- you know what you can do. I think DeVry comes in right behind Microsoft on the 'acceptable bashing' scale here at the dot.
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
777 seems like a very insecure way to chmod a Boeing.
sic transit gloria mundi
You know what would be cool is to:
Rig up a dual projector setup in front of this sim
Have the projected images overlap one another
Place a polarizing filter over each projector
Adjust each filter to be 90 degrees out of phase with the other
Slap on some cheap 3D glasses, and tada, 3D flight simulator.
(I think) Anyone know if this would this work? I've always wanted to try this.
Your hybrid is not saving the environment. Its purpose is to make you feel good about buying something.
Somebody buy these guys a copy of X-Plane!. If not for the better environments and the fully customizable aircraft, then at least for the fact that the entire simulation can be controlled remotely over UDP.
Don't blame me, I voted for Baltar.