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.
February 03, 2005
Full throttle!
Finaly I came around to building the throttle. I have made it using a 10k slide-potmeter and some stuff to make curtain rails. Material costs about 15 euro, nothing compared to over 200 euros to pay for the real (simkits) thing. For the time being my own craftmanship will do just fine.
The result is very satisfying. It makes a huge difference compared to using the keyboard. Now I only have to build the mixture, trimwheel and flaps and then I can do away with the keyboard!
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