Cessna 172 Flight Simulator
This site shows the progress I make in building my own Flight Simulator. The simulator should eventualy simulate flying a Cessna 172 as real as possible. Meanwhile I use the simulator as a flight training device to train for my private pilot license course.
August 22, 2003
Construction of Yoke
After reading some documents on how to connect pot-meters to the com-ports I have started out to build my own yoke. The technical part works fine but the mechanics is more of a challenge. It took a while to get the cog-wheels, which are connected to the pot-meters, running with precission to the movements of the yoke. Only thing left to do is to attach some springs to centre the yoke when no pressure is applied.
In front and to the left you can see the cog-wheels that are connected to the pot-meter which drives the elevator and the aileron.
August 10, 2003
Outside views up and running
Finally after a week of tweaking I got the horizon perfectly alligned across the screens. A lot of help was found on the WideView forum. Although it is far from realistic this setup is much, much better than FS on just one screen!
August 03, 2003
Three 21 inch outside views
My employer had some redundant 21 inch Eizo screens so I didn't mind picking them up for my Sim. Three of these screens next to each other take up some two meters in width, so I had to move to the basement to keep my living 'FlightSim-free'. Hope to replace them with TFT screens once day so I can move back to my warm appartment again...
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