A Peek Inside a 757-200 Cockpit
On the return journey from this year’s skiing holiday, we had the misfortune of being boarded onto the plane, whilst a large number of passengers were known ...
Just some forum posts I commented on
AVSim Forums: Simconnect toggle switch input AVSim Forums: Need some help - Custom Panel
Absolutely Free Trim Wheel Controller
The more I read about flying, the more important the trim wheel becomes – and as much as I’d like to have a big, fully analogue, Cessna style trim wheel unde...
Head Tracking Update
Well, I’ve got head tracking working. I hope to add some pics soon, but for now, here’s what I used. Wii remote 250g of Polymorph off ebay made into a ...
Tricky Airliner Landing
Honduras landing. Tricky stuff. Would make a nice little ‘mission’ in FSX! Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras… MHGT Check out the vide...
FSX Wishlist: Autoconfigure Graphics… Not Quite
I can see me spending many hours trying to get the optimum balance between visual clarity and frames per second in FSX, especially since it eats up whatever ...
Head Tracking Project Begins
Head tracking, in a flight simulator context, is where small movements of your head will change your viewpoint in the simulation. e.g. You tilt your head dow...
See How It Flies
To a flight simmer, flying an aircraft may at first seem to be an easy task. Throttle up, gain speed, pull back on the stick and take off. Moving the stick l...
Joining the Ranks of the Linux Noobs!
Well, I finally decided to seriously try out Linux. Several things have led to this: A work colleague had been playing around with Ubuntu and was enthusin...
Best and Worst Customer Service in UK… (and a bit about Linux)
A couple of recent customer service experiences I’ve had recently…. Nationwide Building Society (Direct)- Their online mortgage application service and s...