home cockpit meet, Finland, nov-4, 2006

Some hopefully interesting photos for you from our small annual Finnish builders' meet:http://lentosimulaattori.1g.fi/kuvat/Kotio...iv%E4t+4.11.06/ (by my friend O.P.)http://tigert.1g.fi/kuvat/MIK/2006-11-04-p...tiohjaamopaiva/ (my photos)We visited finnish aviation academy's simulator dep't - and had a chance to try out the Frasca Beech Bonanza and the King Air FNPT'sThe bonanza was pretty awesome, as it's in "my league", meaning I knew how such a plane works and thus could get more "out of it" than from some big jet where I wouldnt be familiar with the systems. The 3 projector visual was very nice, giving a >180 degrees field of view and huge size.The gauges are done with a TFT screen behind the panel, and the avionics are separate, at least the GNS430 was a real unit with apparently custom simulated firmware - it was very nicely done, the TX/RX symbols lit up when using the radio etc - the frasca had synthesized ATIS'es etcetera. And the control loading was awesome. But ask if you want to know more, you are all watching the pictures anyway and not reading this :^)//Tuomas