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Man flies 737 from his garage
- imjk 15y agoI love these stories of nerds who take their hobbies to the next level. Reminds me of the guy who built a Lamborghini in his basement: http://www.geekologie.com/2008/10/man-builds-lamborghini-countac.php http://www.geekologie.com/2008/10/man-builds-lamborghini-cou... There's also this incredible miniature airport someone built: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8bZbC-xfMg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8bZbC-xfMg
- brunnsbe 15y agoThe miniature airport is in Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg: http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com World's largest model railway.
- bitwize 15y agoThat layout never fails to impress me. So detailed it has miniature traffic accidents, miniature bank robberies, and one time I think I saw a miniature terrorist incident.
- alphakappa 15y agoThe video was a letdown - all that talking and not one detail about how it was put together (other than the part about it being a boeing nose cone, but that was obvious).
- argumentum 15y agoI agree. I looked for other articles, hopefully there will be some better ones in the future.
- paulirish 15y agoHere's the most detail he has: http://www.737simguy.com/OldSite/tools.htm http://www.737simguy.com/OldSite/tools.htm He posted 2 weeks ago that he's working on a new site: http://www.737simguy.com/ http://www.737simguy.com/
- unwind 15y agoConsidering the praise he heaps on the EPIC input controller, the website for that product (http://www.mindspring.com/~rrelect/epic/info/teaser.shtml http://www.mindspring.com/~rrelect/epic/info/teaser.shtml) is, dare I say it, almost epically underwhelming. :| I tried to find out a) what it looks like and b) how much it costs, just out of general interest, and failed on both.
- patrickod 15y agoI was really hoping he'd detail what exactly he'd put together on the technical side: what was bought off the shelf, what did he create himself etc... Hopefully more details will show up online. It's a very impressive project
- evoxed 15y agoWould anyone happen to know the requirements for simulators built for flight training use? You need quite a few hours on the simulator before you can really get to work on your pilot's license, renting the thing out during work hours to certified flight instructors/schools during the day would be a hell of a side business.
- exDM69 15y agoIf you need something FAA certified, it's going to cost you a whole lot more than a non-certified one. X-Plane flight sim is available with certification for flight instruction use. It costs more than the desktop version. For a private pilot's licence you're not required to have any sim time, but it's a very good idea anyway. But if you just want to practice your upcoming flying lesson with an instructor in a real airplane, pretty much any modern flight simulator is good enough for basic training. Off the shelf gaming controllers are good enough. You don't need a certified sim for that. For commercial pilots flying passenger jets, there are big simulators that are different beasts.
- bonzoesc 15y agoDelta Air Lines sells time in their passenger jet simulators, but the pricing is undoubtedly in the "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" range: https://www.delta.com/business_programs_services/training/pilot_training/simulator_training_devices/index.jsp https://www.delta.com/business_programs_services/training/pi... The full motion simulators they have a picture of are intense; they feel like the real thing in motion, in controls (weighted and worn like the real thing), and in sound. I was lucky enough to try one for a C-130 last year, and I'm still a bit blown away by it.
- ajross 15y agoLast I remember, the FAA doesn't certify software. A certified simulator is a hardware installation. There's really nothing specific required of the software; early "certified" simulators were just instrument gauges and a trivially simple flight model. There are some FlightGear-based training devices too.
- sparknlaunch12 15y agoHow much did he pay (time and cost)? You can rent and buy these sort if simulators. Prices range from a few grand per month to millions. Obviously you miss out on the build process.
- edu 15y agoThe video says he spent 3 years building it, nothing about the money.
- RoryH 15y agoHe uses Flight Simulator 2002 via networked machines for each screen!... I'm surprised he couldn't get one rig to run all the screens now. Really impressive setup.
- TamDenholm 15y agoI'm waiting for homeland security to visit him and ask him what the hell he thinks he is doing building a terrorist training device in secret. Jokes aside that's a pretty sweet setup, I'd like to see one for driving a car or flying a helicopter.
- mukaiji 15y agoThis guy = Hacker all of fame. todo: pay him a visit.
- andrewfelix 15y agoMy favourite hackers are the ones who do it for fun. I don't imagine he has any aspirations of being acquired by Google. He does it because he loves it.
- delinka 15y agoSo he's not remote controlling a 737, he's built a flight simulator in his garage. HN title makes the article a letdown.
- quink 15y agoInstead of remote controlling a 737 with, and not much more is needed theoretically client-side, a PC, he rebuilt the entire flight deck of one. I hardly see this as a letdown.
- Retric 15y agoYou could remote control a 737 with an iPad. This is just to make a flight simulator more engaging.
- reustle 15y agoYeah, they went link-bait on this one.
- orjan 15y agoSweden's IDG.se had an article recently on some enthusiasts building a 737 simulator. Article in Swedish, Google Translate might be helpful: http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.441624/sa-bygger-du-din-egen-flygsimulator---del-1 http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.441624/sa-bygger-du-din-egen-flyg... The web site of the society who built it: http://www.swesim.se/ http://www.swesim.se/ The 737 isn't the only simulator they've got, among others they have a Viggen simulator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_37_Viggen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_37_Viggen). (edit: formatting)
- shareme 15y agoHis electronics man, helper, has a jet fighter simulator setup, see: http://www.737simguy.com/OldSite/fighterjet.htm http://www.737simguy.com/OldSite/fighterjet.htm
- bitwize 15y agoI was gonna say, is this about John Travolta?
- joshaidan 15y agoThis guy is no 501 programmer!!!
- larrys 15y agoI wonder after 3 years of work on something like this how do you protect and/or insure it from fire or mischief as only one example? Security wise seems to be an issue making something like this so public (although I can certainly understand why you would want to show what you have built.)