Monday, December 12, 2005

Flight Simulator

You are bidding on a Flightmatic flight training simulator, used by the USAF in the 70's to train pilots how to deal with spatial disorientation.
The gauges and flight insturments are authentic, the sim. is based on the lockheed T33a fighter/ trainer. The view through the wind screen is provided by a projector mounted inside. The projector moves around a scene disk which shows mountains, roads, a city etc. Changes in direction, altitude are a little jerky compared to computerized sims of today but it's still fun.
Originally, the sequence of events and narraration were provided by an on-board cassette player which doesn't work, so now the sequence changes are operated by squeezing the machine gun trigger. The cassette is in good shape and the player is still on-board.
The Airforce program is a lot more detailed and requires real pilot skills, however, after getting comfortable with the controls and trimming for straight and level flight, you can get right in to the disorientation simulation, which will blow your mind. Because your in a closed cockpit you can't tell your spinning it just feels like pressure. In a short time it feels like your in a banked left turn that feels very, very real. The first time I did this it felt like the simulator broke and was rolling out of my garage; very cool. Also included is the maitnence manual which contains everything you need to know about this amazing simulator.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5645988222&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

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