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T-38 Blog
8-23-10 Intro
For the last four years I have been building a full size T-38 cockpit which works off of MSFS. This cockpit has gauges, levers, and switches which duplicate the functions in the real T-38 or another airplane. It also has a tactile sound system to help you feel the vibrations you would experience in flight. The purpose of this blog will be to show you what can be done to enhance flight simulator experience and to give you ideas how you can do it too.
While many of you may feel that any kind of simulator is beyond your means and budget, that in not necessarily so. You would be surprised at how much more immersive a few switches will make your flight simulator experience. One of my goals will be to give you ideas on simple and inexpensive things you can do to add to your own simulator experience.
My interest in "pretend" flying goes all the way back to my childhood. My first experience came when I was six or seven. My dad was a member of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). At that time in the 1950’s many squadrons had surplus Link Trainers. It was one of these that my dad put me into. I loved it, until he closed the canopy and it went dark. I got scared, let him know it and, he opened the lid and took me out; so much for my first simulator flight. I can still see the instrument lights glowing in my head when I think about that experience. Later in my childhood, I used to take cardboard boxes, draw instruments on them, get a stick and pretend I was flying. I had an old set of military WWII headphones I used. I still have that headset from long ago. Later my simulator flying was all military simulators.
I first seriously started flying MSFS when I returned to flying GA aircraft after a layoff of several years. I found that it was a good tool to help me get my head back into flying. Real pilots do not hit keyboard keys to lower the landing gear or turn on lights. I didn’t want to either. It wasn’t long before I started searching for ways to make the simulator more realistic.
Before, I started building a complete cockpit, I started small. In my next blog entry, I will discuss some simple and easy ways to make your simming experience more real.
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8-23-10 Intro
For the last four years I have been building a full size T-38 cockpit which works off of MSFS. This cockpit has gauges, levers, and switches which duplicate the functions in the real T-38 or another airplane. It also has a tactile sound system to help you feel the vibrations you would experience in flight. The purpose of this blog will be to show you what can be done to enhance flight simulator experience and to give you ideas how you can do it too.
While many of you may feel that any kind of simulator is beyond your means and budget, that in not necessarily so. You would be surprised at how much more immersive a few switches will make your flight simulator experience. One of my goals will be to give you ideas on simple and inexpensive things you can do to add to your own simulator experience.
My interest in "pretend" flying goes all the way back to my childhood. My first experience came when I was six or seven. My dad was a member of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). At that time in the 1950’s many squadrons had surplus Link Trainers. It was one of these that my dad put me into. I loved it, until he closed the canopy and it went dark. I got scared, let him know it and, he opened the lid and took me out; so much for my first simulator flight. I can still see the instrument lights glowing in my head when I think about that experience. Later in my childhood, I used to take cardboard boxes, draw instruments on them, get a stick and pretend I was flying. I had an old set of military WWII headphones I used. I still have that headset from long ago. Later my simulator flying was all military simulators.
I first seriously started flying MSFS when I returned to flying GA aircraft after a layoff of several years. I found that it was a good tool to help me get my head back into flying. Real pilots do not hit keyboard keys to lower the landing gear or turn on lights. I didn’t want to either. It wasn’t long before I started searching for ways to make the simulator more realistic.
Before, I started building a complete cockpit, I started small. In my next blog entry, I will discuss some simple and easy ways to make your simming experience more real.
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