Re: [Flightgear-devel] OSG compiled ....but

[Curtis O. <cur...@gm...>]

On 10/31/06, syd <syd...@te...> wrote:
>
> I watched Justice , it certainly was Flightgear ,I recognised it
> immediately, but I was more interested in the setup .I want one now !
> What'll it cost me to have you  set one up for me , Curt?  ;)



That particular simulator with an enclosure (not shown in the TV show) and
including FAA level 3 FTD certification (which means you can log a
substantial number of hours in the simulator) runs about $30-35k with a 3
channel visual system and all computer hardware and everything.  This also
includes some proprietary Cessna 172 flight dynamics that run up the cost
quite a bit.  And it includes the full cockpit layout with all the cockpit
controls and switches in the right place.  The price might sound like a lot
until you go around and start pricing out similar things from other
companies.

I suspect most of use don't have that kind of cash hidden in our matress,
but if you can at least assemble 4 machines and 4 displays, for no extra
cost you could configure 3 copies of flightgear for the out-the-window view
and the 4th copy of FG for the instrument panel.

And running 3 displays side by side versus a single display on a single PC
makes a *huge* difference in the "immersiveness" of the simulation.

Curt.
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Curtis Olson - University of Minnesota - FlightGear Project
http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/  http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/
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