Today I finished installing a new ceiling on the Flight Simulator Cockpit. The ceiling is made out of sections of poster foam board. The material was cut and installed to create a concave appearance. The plates were attached using hot glue and double sided tape.
Las week I finished painting the floor of the flight simulator a silver metallic color. I painted both the pilot and co-pilot areas and also the walls behind the pedals. It looks really good.
An article about the Piranha Flight Simulator was published on the July-August 2011 edition of the A&E – Aeronautical and Space Magazine from Peru (A&E Revista Aeronáutica y Espacial). The article appears on page 12 and is titled: The “Piranha” Flight Simulator built at home (El Simulador de vuelo “Piraña” hecho en casa).
Here is the link to the magazine: http://www.incaland.com/pirana/documents/Revista_A_y_E_de_la_AOFAP.pdf
These three videos show a flight made on the simulator from Santiago de Chile to Lima, Peru.
This past Saturday April 16, 2011 we experienced heavy rain in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The sump pump in my basement broke and parts of the basement were flooded. Luckily last year I installed a carpet in front of the structure of the flight simulator. The carpet helped absorb most of the water.
I am in the process of changing the configuration of my Flight Simulator Cockpit in order to have one computer output the complete external view. One computer will be handling 5 monitors for the external front and side views and one extra monitor will display the GPS image in two monitors connected to the video port using a “Y” splitter”.
The 5 monitors for the external view are connected to 2 Matrox TripleHead2Go units. Each of these units are connected to the 2 video ports of an Nvidia 9800 GTX+. The monitors for the GPS units are connected to one of the video ports of a secondary Nvidia 9400 PCI base video card.
In order to make Microsoft Flight Simulator work in this configuration I had to “upgrade” the main system from “Windows Vista” to “Windows XP Professional” mainly because “Windows XP” supports video “Span” mode with Nvidia video card and “Windows Vista” and “Windows 7″ do not.
I had to calibrate the system to improve the frame rate. I found many website with excellent tips. Many of these tips indicate how to change configuration settings within the software and how to modify the FSX.CFG file. Always remember to make a backup of this file before making any changes.
Here is a list of web sites that deal with improving the performance of Microsoft Flight Simulator X:
FSX Performance Tips and Tweaks - http://flyawaysimulation.com/article3806.html
FSX Tweak Collection - http://ukpilots.aceboard.com/300931-5472-168-0-Tweak-Collection.htm
Flight Simulator X: Performance Tweaks - http://www.fsstation.com/articles/flight-simulator-x-performance-tweaks.html
Here is an HD video of the Flight Simulator System I made yesterday. The video is taken from the pilot’s perspective. My dad is flying the plane in the co-pilot’s seat.
Today I updated the list of components. I still need to add the complete list of components I used to build the overhead panel. Go here to view the list: http://www.incaland.com/pirana/?page_id=59
I took these pictures today of my dad flying the simulator. After a round of pictures we decided to take a few more of him flying the simulator using the helmet and flying jacket he used to wear when he flew fighter airplanes for the Peruvian Air force.
Here is a 10 minute video tour of the home built Flight Simulator. Thank you for watching:
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