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Sounds great Justin, I've got a projector setup as well. Just out of
interest - what is the distance from your eye to the screen ? And what
resolution are you using ? <br>
My projector is an old InFocus and max resolution is 640x480. If I have
my sim too close to the screen each pixel looks about the size of a house
brick :-) Can't afford a better one just yet.<br>
Rod<br><br>
At 06:15 PM 10/14/2003 -0700, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I have finally started flying my
sim with the projector and I was a bit surprised. The only other time I
have flown a fighter sim equiped with a projector it had the main canopy
covered so you could only see throught the forward windscreen(what a big
no, no!). I have my projector projecting about 6 to 7 feet across and I
dont even have a canopy (no room for one) so the view out of the pit is
unobstructed. Well, I was flying in formation with an F-16 that takes
off, circles around the airport, lands again, then taxis and takes off
yet again. I tend to fly a bit under it and realized I was looking over
the top of my pit's forward canopy rail at the under side of the
F-16. It felt so realistic! Even though I only have the forward view
being projected the view is big enough that when looking out of the pit I
am looking up, right and left, and even down the sides of the pit. I love
it! When flying real planes I am always looking all over the sky for
other aircraft and at the ground for navigation. This is the first time
I've had that feeling with my pit. <br>
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The other thing I noticed is how easy flying becomes. On a 15 inch
monitor I always had a hard time staying with that pesky little F-16, and
I could never seem to land in formaiton with it. Now staying in formation
is a breeze and I have made great formation landings every time, and on
the correct side of the runway to boot! I have decided a projector is one
of the most important parts of building a SimPit if one truely wants a
realistic feel. <br>
<br>
One mistake I made was painting the inside of the room gloss white not
long ago, the walls need to be flat black no that they are not so
noticable. Overhead projectors tend to throw out a lot of light around
the room.<br>
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Ok, I'm steping off of my soap box now.<br>
<br>
Justin<br><br>
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