Space Race

[pickdropper]

Btw, your PC flights parts remind me of the 777 sim I did with a couple of guys about 15 years ago.  We even snagged a couple of real parts from a 737.

[Leevibe]

Btw, your PC flights parts remind me of the 777 sim I did with a couple of guys about 15 years ago.  We even snagged a couple of real parts from a 737.

Dang that's cool. I always thought it would be cool to learn to fly. I've never been in a simulator but when I was younger I took an introductory flight in an old Taylorcraft. I loved it! I wish I would have learned to fly when it was so accessible and actually relatively cheap. Oh well. I guess the flip side to that is that I have a good friend who is a pilot. He knew when he was a young kid that's what he was going to do with his life. He's put crazy amounts of time and work into it as a commercial pilot and he makes essentially peanuts. It's something you have to love, or don't do it.

I was telling another pilot friend of mine how I was going to age the parts on the pedal and that I was nervous about overdoing it. He made it sound like that would be almost impossible. I guess plane controls get pretty worn over the years. I suppose it could be the same for an old space craft.

[323effects]

The attention to detail on this is absolutely nuts... custom cut plates, aged parts, the backlit globe, 3d printed mounting brackets, LACED cloth wiring (etc., etc....)!

It's just too much... I can't.

[pickdropper]

Btw, your PC flights parts remind me of the 777 sim I did with a couple of guys about 15 years ago.  We even snagged a couple of real parts from a 737.

Dang that's cool. I always thought it would be cool to learn to fly. I've never been in a simulator but when I was younger I took an introductory flight in an old Taylorcraft. I loved it! I wish I would have learned to fly when it was so accessible and actually relatively cheap. Oh well. I guess the flip side to that is that I have a good friend who is a pilot. He knew when he was a young kid that's what he was going to do with his life. He's put crazy amounts of time and work into it as a commercial pilot and he makes essentially peanuts. It's something you have to love, or don't do it.

I was telling another pilot friend of mine how I was going to age the parts on the pedal and that I was nervous about overdoing it. He made it sound like that would be almost impossible. I guess plane controls get pretty worn over the years. I suppose it could be the same for an old space craft.

Well, I built a sim with two other guys and I STILL can't fly.  I'm clearly a menace to society in the cockpit.

[Leevibe]

Well, I built a sim with two other guys and I STILL can't fly.  I'm clearly a menace to society in the cockpit.

OK, I'm just now understanding that you built that simulator. Um. Wow. That is over the top cool. I bet it cost a fortune in parts judging by the stuff I've looked at.

[TNblueshawk]

Holy shit. Dude, totally impressed with the amount of time and thought and then execution you put into this.

Note to self: I need to up my game.....

[nzCdog]

Wot he said. So creative, thanks for sharing the pics