[simpits-tech] Flight Racing Sims?

[Brian Sikkema]

> I think that if you dispense with the motion platform, it would be one of
> the most easy to build cockpits out there.  You wouldn't need any
> navigation instruments or fancy control gear.  All you'd need is a basic
> set of instruments and you'd be set.

It would be an excellent platform for experimentation with display systems,
too. When you think about it, you get the best sensation of speed when
you're close to the ground, because it's the visual cues that give you the
impression of speed. So now you've got planes going really fast nice and
close to the ground, you could have a crap cockpit but with a killer display
system you wouldn't care! :)

Brian