From: Torsten D. <To...@t3...> - 2009-11-10 13:47:31
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> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Durk Talsma <d.t...@xs...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Last weekend we've been organizing a booth at FSWeekend again. I'll try > > to write a few more elaborate set of impressions later, however, let me > > just say > > that our booth was quite large this year. :-) In the mean time, here are > > some > > pictures: > > > > http://www.xs4all.nl/~dtalsma/FSWeekend/web/index.html<http://www.xs4all. > >nl/%7Edtalsma/FSWeekend/web/index.html> > > I recognized Martin, Torsten, and Durk in the pictures. I assume Durk was > behind the camera. I *really* like this shot: > > http://www.xs4all.nl/~dtalsma/FSWeekend/web/34.html > > These guys don't look so scary in real life: > > http://www.xs4all.nl/~dtalsma/FSWeekend/web/40.html > > I'm really impressed with the amount of hardware you guys drug in there and > setup. The full panel with LCD instruments looked great ... projectors ... > this has to be the most impressive display of FlightGear stuff in one spot > so far to date! The t-shirts look awesome. :-) > > Great job guys! > > Curt. This was my third year presenting FlightGear at FSWeekend. Comparing the outcome, I think we attracted not only many people to FlightGear but also raised some commercial interest. At least I had some promising talks with hardware manufacturers, like cockpit and instrument builders, asking questions about how to interface to FlightGear. What really impressed me, is the excellent stability of FlightGear built from CVS a few days before the event. Not only the setup went absolutely smooth, once up, not a single crash occured. My main fgfs instance was running from 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM without a single hickup or even a restart. Well done, developers! I was especially impressed that it is possible to bring five individual computers, more than 15 TFT monitors, yokes, joysticks, dozens of cables, several USB hubs, a projector, network switches, a UMTS router, several notebook computers and a coffee maker, hook it all up and have a working multiplayer enabled FlightGear network running. After having disassembled the booth, the attempt to stow everything in our cars turned out to be quite a challenge. Especially Martins car was packed to the last cubic inch and I wonder, how Durk survived the 1.5 hour trip to his place. Fortunately no mass and balance calculations are mandatory for cars ;-) Thanks to Durk for all the preparation and to Frans from FSWeekend for supporting us so much. Torsten |