Category: Construction
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Hi everyone. The basement sim is starting to get a fair numbers of followers over on YouTube, and one of the common questions I’m getting is about the dimensions of the sim. I used Google Sketchup as a basic CAD program in the design, but made some modifications so the original Sketchup file isn’t ready…
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Several readers and viewers asked that I make a brief video tour of the basement sim, so I did so. Feel free to email with questions.
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When I was building the basement sim one of the challenges was finding real world cockpit dimensions on the Web. I happen to have a Cessna 172 R Pilot’s Operating Handbook with me, and here are the measurements from its weight and balance section in case they are of use to anyone. (Note that I…
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Thanks to Tom Tsui’s post I’ve had an influx of new visitors and subscribers, and a few have sent in some questions about the sim. Here are three recent ones with my answers, and I’ve kept the senders anonymous. After months of searching for the optimum sim, I found this video from a guy called……
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Today I installed some new appointments for the basement sim: two authentic Cessna C172/182 door handles. One of the things I love about Flight Sim Liberty’s simulator is the touches that make it look so real, and I’ve been watching Ebay for some door handles since I started construction. They tend to be expensive (especially the metal ones),…
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One of the things I’m trying to do with the basement sim is make it as immersive as possible as a general aviation aircraft without typing it too closely to one particular plane. It’s primarily modeled on a Cessna 182 (panel size and shape, cabin dimensions, etc.), and that’s the GA aircraft I fly most…
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