The poor mans sim pit
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:10 pm
Flight sims are interesting to a lot of people for a lot of different reasons. And we all have differing needs, resources, and circumstances.
Many of us can only look at the full blown 747 cockpit built on a full motion platform with a curved projection screen and dream.
But at the other end there are many using a cheap joystick, or even a mouse and keyboard, and trying to save up enough money to buy any yoke that they can afford. To them, a comparison of which $1,000 or $1,500 yoke is better, is pointless.
And the person sharing a small apartment, or living in a small studio apartment, can have no dream of that full sized cockpit. The one computer and a small desk may be all that is available to them.
What's needed for us is an area where we can talk of maximizing what's available at the lower end. What is "THE BEST" is of less interest than the question of "Can I afford it?" "Which yoke, CH or Saitek, will be best for me". Or "Now that I have a yoke, what's the next thing to buy?" "Should I buy something else less costly instead". "Should I buy it used"? "Will I like it enough to make the purchase worthwhile?"
In the end, bit by bit, we may end up with enough buttons, levers, switches, and screens to satisfy us. But it will be bit by bit, and within the resources of time, money, space, and family that are available to each individuals circumstance.
Over the past 2+ years I
Many of us can only look at the full blown 747 cockpit built on a full motion platform with a curved projection screen and dream.
But at the other end there are many using a cheap joystick, or even a mouse and keyboard, and trying to save up enough money to buy any yoke that they can afford. To them, a comparison of which $1,000 or $1,500 yoke is better, is pointless.
And the person sharing a small apartment, or living in a small studio apartment, can have no dream of that full sized cockpit. The one computer and a small desk may be all that is available to them.
What's needed for us is an area where we can talk of maximizing what's available at the lower end. What is "THE BEST" is of less interest than the question of "Can I afford it?" "Which yoke, CH or Saitek, will be best for me". Or "Now that I have a yoke, what's the next thing to buy?" "Should I buy something else less costly instead". "Should I buy it used"? "Will I like it enough to make the purchase worthwhile?"
In the end, bit by bit, we may end up with enough buttons, levers, switches, and screens to satisfy us. But it will be bit by bit, and within the resources of time, money, space, and family that are available to each individuals circumstance.
Over the past 2+ years I