FAA approves flight simulator for your living room

[Fly2e]

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/03/faa_approves_fl.php

[JSpahn]

A nice clean setup, 13 large for the FAA cert? How about one thats not certified for 4,000?--a reasonable amount.

No doubt this setup was inspired buy homebuilt cockpit enthusiasts.

13,000 + 4,000 = 17,000

[machineman9]

Nice setup... I see it uses "an NVIDIA 512MB graphics card" hehe.

I would probably lower the screens quite a bit though, they seem extremely high, but it looks like it has everything that is needed to a basic simpit.

[npbosch]

I miss an impportant thing... gauges. I could imagine FAA registration for basic IFR training for this, but without gauges.

regards

Norbert

[beaky]

I miss an impportant thing... gauges. I could imagine FAA registration for basic IFR training for this, but without gauges.

regards

Norbert

The FAA-approved software uses a "2D cockpit" display; no mechanical gauges are needed.

The price for FAA approval is ridiculous; cheaper to pay by the hour in an approved sim at a flight school for your IR requirements. Much cheaper.

[visualchaosfx]

$17K. You could build your own for way less than that.

[BFMF]

wow, I payed less than half of that to get my private pilot's license....

It's a cool idea, but a bit spendy