[simpits-tech] FSX

[Rick Davis]

Well said Gene,

Spreading it out also helps on the wife front as she tends to forget what 
I've actually put out over the years!  I could be fiddling around with a new 
toy and say to her ... "This? Oh, I've had that here for years now. Forgot 
all about it actually. Don't you remember that box over there in the corner 
all these years?

>puzzled look ... leaves basement ... shaking head <

BWHAHAHAHA!

R


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb at deltasoft.com>
To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] FSX


>> Gene
>> What do people think "money wise" when you tell them you have a REAL F15.
>
> No clue.  The jaw drop that happens when I tell 'em I only paid $1500 for
> it is priceless though. :)
>
> As time goes on, the bar is getting lower and lower for people to build
> their own flight simulators.  When I started at this in 1995, the only
> game in town was EPIC.  Now there's a lot of stuff out there and it gets
> better and cheaper with every passing hardware generation.  For example,
> you can build a 32 channel output board that will sink 500mA per channel
> for $20 in parts and a few evenings of assembly time[*]  Commercially you
> can buy the same thing for $100-$150.
>
> Yes, over time the small purchases add up - but the financial cost of
> building your dream project is a lot easier to handle spread over a long
> period of time.  If you're not starting out with a real cockpit or flight
> deck, the only real hard spike in project cost is going to be the video
> system.  Some people will go my route and build their projectors and
> others that can will spend the $2700-$3500+ for COTS projectors.  Sol7
> doesn't offer me enough value for the price they're charging.  I can just
> as easily construct a folded projection system based around convex acrylic
> first surface mirrors in combination with concave screens.  The only real
> feature that Sol7 has that I could use would be the edge blending and
> apparently that's not available in the $470 edition.  I'd rather spend the
> money on those first surface mirrors and do the edge alignment by hand.
>
> g.
>
> [*] "Warning & Status Lights" project in Building Recreational Flight
> Simulators
>
>
>
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