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FAA approves flight simulator for your living room (Read 770 times)

Mar 21^st, 2008 at 7:24pm

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http://dvice.com/archives/2008/03/faa_approves_fl.php

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Reply #1 - Mar 21^st, 2008 at 8:47pm

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A nice clean setup, 13 large for the FAA cert? Tongue

How about one thats not certified for 4,000?--a reasonable amount.

No doubt this setup was inspired buy homebuilt cockpit enthusiasts. Wink

13,000 + 4,000 = 17,000

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Reply #2 - Mar 22^nd, 2008 at 8:25am

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Nice setup... I see it uses "an NVIDIA 512MB graphics card" hehe.

I would probably lower the screens quite a bit though, they seem extremely high, but it looks like it has everything that is needed to a basic simpit.

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Reply #3 - Mar 26^th, 2008 at 10:47am

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I miss an impportant thing... gauges. I could imagine FAA registration for basic IFR training for this, but without gauges.

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Reply #4 - Mar 26^th, 2008 at 1:37pm

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npbosch wrote on Mar 26^th, 2008 at 10:47am:

I miss an impportant thing... gauges. I could imagine FAA registration for basic IFR training for this, but without gauges.

regards

Norbert

The FAA-approved software uses a "2D cockpit" display; no mechanical gauges are needed.

The price for FAA approval is ridiculous; cheaper to pay by the hour in an approved sim at a flight school for your IR requirements. Much cheaper.

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Reply #5 - Mar 27^th, 2008 at 6:50pm

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$17K. You could build your own for way less than that.

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Reply #6 - Mar 28^th, 2008 at 12:29am

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wow, I payed less than half of that to get my private pilot's license....

It's a cool idea, but a bit spendy

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