Kennair
02-27-2008, 06:10 AM
Hi Guys,
Been out of action forum-wise for a while as I received an unexpected phone call late last year asking me to build a PC12 simulator for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Central Australia. Challenge accepted, quote accepted and building commenced. Didn't really know how I was going to do it, but that's never stopped me and, as I was intending to rebuild my own anyway, this was a great opportunity to test it out..... and get paid for it!
Anyway 3 weeks of mad construction, then posting it all 3000km away and then flying to Alice Springs (would you believe) to install and commission it.
I've just got back and glad to say all went well. It's running FSX in Kiosk mode for visitors to play on (no it's not for the pilots, they get plenty of real flying, but I'm told they've all had a go!) and has 4 planes loaded. I designed some simple missions using FSX's mission builder (crash course in that too) and they have 10 flights to choose from with varying aircraft and weather condition and at varying airstrips around Central Australia.
If you're interested have a look at my website for details http://www.kennair.com.au/rfds_sim.html, but I just wanted to share this with you all as you just never know where this crazy hobby will lead you.
Regards,
Ken.
Been out of action forum-wise for a while as I received an unexpected phone call late last year asking me to build a PC12 simulator for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Central Australia. Challenge accepted, quote accepted and building commenced. Didn't really know how I was going to do it, but that's never stopped me and, as I was intending to rebuild my own anyway, this was a great opportunity to test it out..... and get paid for it!
Anyway 3 weeks of mad construction, then posting it all 3000km away and then flying to Alice Springs (would you believe) to install and commission it.
I've just got back and glad to say all went well. It's running FSX in Kiosk mode for visitors to play on (no it's not for the pilots, they get plenty of real flying, but I'm told they've all had a go!) and has 4 planes loaded. I designed some simple missions using FSX's mission builder (crash course in that too) and they have 10 flights to choose from with varying aircraft and weather condition and at varying airstrips around Central Australia.
If you're interested have a look at my website for details http://www.kennair.com.au/rfds_sim.html, but I just wanted to share this with you all as you just never know where this crazy hobby will lead you.
Regards,
Ken.