Introduction
Flying is a passion that can be extremely enjoyable and explored in many ways. For those that are not in the ability to fly in real life, flight simulation can be a very good alternative. For pilots that do fly general aviation of glider aircraft, their computer could be used to explore commercial aircraft operations. Personally I have some hours of experience in motor aircraft and am activally engaged in the oldest soaring club of the Netherlands. Furthermore Aerospace Engineering has always interested me and I therefore intend to keep flying as a hobby, whether it is flight simulation or real world sport flying once I have my GPL/PPL. One of the best ways to expand the enjoyability of flight simulation is the construction of a home cockpit flight simulator to get as close as possible to real world airline pilot flying.
My home cockpit flight simulator models various aircraft and whilst flying online on the Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network (VATSIM) I fly with other pilots around the world, make use of authentic voice Air Traffic Control (ATC) and enjoy the realism that my home cockpit brings me. The story behing the sim is very interesting, mainly due to budget constraints I have never fully modelled a specific aircraft, I generally try to simulate many different aircraft to get the most fun out of it.
Current Flight Sim
- Simulator: X-Plane 9
- Aircraft: Airbus & Boeing
- Computer: iMac (3.06 GHz Intel i3, 4GB RAM, ATI graphics 256 mb VRAM)
- Project Initiation: 1st of July 2009 – Age: 15
