Did anybody see last night...

jumpy · 10-31-06, 04:53 AM

"The Kings of Sim" on one of the discovery channels?
Various chaps and the extent to which they take their flight sim hobby (though I use the word 'hobby' reservedly). For the ultimate sim experience some of these guys were chopping off the cockpit of a boeing 737 and wiring it up to a home cinema system and several pc's... all the proper flight controls and everything, using some funky access card which enables them to connect and activate up to 500 knobs and switches. Crazy stuff.

Right, all I need now is the control room of a VIIC Uboat in my back garden and I'll be sorted

a few knobs and dials and we'll be well under way. Lol, all I need now to be like thosae guys is a long-suffering wifey to bring me tea and biscuits and to issue ultimatums when I'm considering that decommisioned submarine hull on ebay; a mere snip at £100,000 :rotfl:seriously, one of these sim guys was looking at a retired F18 to have in his back yard to connect up to his simulation kit

$45,000... whilst he was browsing he hears his wifes voice from over his shoulder "No way, absolutely not."
Well there's a supprise

10-31-06, 04:53 AM	#1
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Did anybody see last night... "The Kings of Sim" on one of the discovery channels? Various chaps and the extent to which they take their flight sim hobby (though I use the word 'hobby' reservedly). For the ultimate sim experience some of these guys were chopping off the cockpit of a boeing 737 and wiring it up to a home cinema system and several pc's... all the proper flight controls and everything, using some funky access card which enables them to connect and activate up to 500 knobs and switches. Crazy stuff. Right, all I need now is the control room of a VIIC Uboat in my back garden and I'll be sorted a few knobs and dials and we'll be well under way. Lol, all I need now to be like thosae guys is a long-suffering wifey to bring me tea and biscuits and to issue ultimatums when I'm considering that decommisioned submarine hull on ebay; a mere snip at £100,000 :rotfl:seriously, one of these sim guys was looking at a retired F18 to have in his back yard to connect up to his simulation kit $45,000... whilst he was browsing he hears his wifes voice from over his shoulder "No way, absolutely not." Well there's a supprise __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life