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2009-09-09T13:39:00.000+07:00

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Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System

2008-10-21T08:38:00.001+07:00

Saitek Pro Flight Yoke Sy

Price:

$ 289 . 00

Brand:

Saitek

Type:

Flight Yokes & Pedals

Platform:

Availability:

20/12/2007

Description

The Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System is a flight yoke game controller for use with Flight Simulation software, designed to replicate the control system in a real airplane.

Features

* Precision elevator and aileron control through yoke.

* 14 button controls (inc. 6 on the quadrant)

* 3-position mode switch

* Durable, stainless steel yoke shaft.

* Ultra stable 2 position desk clamp.

* Built-in chronometer for in-flight timing.

* Integrated 3 port USB hub (power adapter available separately)

* Separate 3 axis lever throttle quadrant which can be munted in different ways.

* Saitek Smart Technology programming software included.

* Mounting positions for three Saitek Flight Instrument Panels.

Source : http://www.vrconcepts.co.nz/index.php

XFS X-Fighter Seat

2008-02-05T16:43:00.000+07:00

Hardcores your flight simulation X-perience !

FEATURES:

* Build keeping IL2 – FALCON – LOCKON and FLIGHT SIMULATOR Pilots in mind
* Extremely resistant aeronautical aluminium structure in natural gloss-light-grey or opaque-black-stealth finishing
* Upholstery in real black leather (XFS logos is hardPrint on leather on the head)
* Innovative folding concept makes XFS perfect at home and ideal for carry it to your Lan Party
* Universal plates to hard-fix Saitek X45, X52, X52PRO, the TM Cougar and quite every yokes on market (no more hotas-walking on your desk!!)
* Universal Saitek and CH PRO rudders basement to hard-fix every yaw and brake legs&feet movement (no more rudder-sliding below your desk !)
* Universal support to fix touchscreen
* No weldments! XFS is totally assembled using stainless steel screws only
* Completely customizable hotas, rudders and touchscreen-support position: You can mount or unmount the seat configuration in all the way you want to suite your best comfort flight position; fully adjustable and removable armrests (choose for example among F16 hotas position or classical throttle-on-right and stick-on-centre configuration or your preferred helicopter layout); rudders basement can be use on groundFloorHeight or above on its own 15cm. feet
* Innovative aerospace engineerized design (now you are really inside the cockpit !)
* Suitable for all ages, heights and builds
* Possibility to customize (not by XFS Staff) the back panel with your squadron-patch and battle-name
* Possibility to customize (by XFS Staff on specific request) chassis and leather with colours you want (extremely cool to have XFS with your squadron colours especially on Lan Party !)
* Made in Italy
* XFS does not include : desk, hotas, yokes, rudders and/or any other hardware.

site info : www.simw.com

VR920 Head Mounted Display

2008-02-05T16:32:00.000+07:00

VR920 Head Mounted Display

Experience virtual reality flight simming with the VR920 video eye wear.

The first video eye wear specifically designed to let you step inside virtual worlds. No more staring at flat screens. The iWear VR920 allows you to enter virtual worlds and communicate with others as if you are really there.

Experience cyberspace flight simming like never before.

Step inside with the Vuzix iWear VR920, the world's first communication and gaming solution that incorporates immersive big-screen 3D, head tracking, microphone and audio. You can move, look around, listen, and communicate with others - almost like being in the 'real' world.

Connects to PCs and laptops.

Just plug in and view extraordinary high resolution video on a virtual display equivalent to a 62-inch screen 9 feet. iWear® 3D and integrated 3 Degree of Freedom (DOF) tracker and built-in microphone deliver the ultimate interactive online experience.

Supported Media: Plug and play video with virtually all PC applications.

Game Compatibility: MS Flight Simulator X - XPlane - GTR2 Racing Sim - IL2 Sturmovik - Lock On - Pacific Fighters - Counter Strike - Deathmatch - HalfLife2 - Quake 4 (1.4.2) - rFactor Racing Sim - Second Life - Unreal Tournament 2004 - World of Warcraft - ...

Features:

* 6-foot slim single-cable design with USB and VGA connectors
* Large field-of-view optics to allow a fully immersive experience
* iWear® 3D enabled for automatic 2D/3D control; no buttons required
* Built-in microphone allows users to communicate from anywhere in the world as if they are standing next to each other
* Integrated 3 DOF head-tracker lets users look around inside of virtual worlds as if they are actually there

User Adjustable:

* Removable, integrated speakers (no clumsy uncomfortable earbuds) can be upgraded or removed to allow the user to plug in their own headsets
* AccuTilt viewer pivots up to 15 degrees for comfortable viewing angle
* Soft, comfortable, hypo-allergenic nosepiece extends up to 3/8 inch
* Custom fit head strap for extra secure fit

Advanced Optics:

* 32-degree field of view
* 3/4" eye relief and 5/16" eye box
* 2-3/8" intraocular distance (IOD)
* Color corrected 10th order aspherical lens with diffractive surface

Technical Specifications:

* Twin high-resolution 640x480 (920,000 pixels) LCD displays
* Equivalent to a 62" screen viewed at 9 feet
* 24-bit true color (16 million colors)
* Visor weighs 3.2 ounces
* 60 Hz progressive scan display update rates
* Fully iWear® 3D compliant and supports NVIDIA stereo drivers
* Built-in noise-canceling microphone for internet VOIP communications
* Built-in 3 degree of freedom head-tracker
* USB connectivity for power, tracking and full duplex audio
* Analog VGA monitor input
* Support for up to 1024x768 VGA video formats

Box Contents:

* iWear VR920
* Headstrap
* Lens cleaning carrying pouch
* Drivers, manual and software disc
* Quickstart guide with warranty and safety instructions.

info site : www.simw.com

Flight Simulator

2008-01-25T11:07:00.000+07:00

Interior cockpit of a twinjet flight simulator

A flight simulator is a system that tries to replicate, or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft as closely and realistically as possible. The different types of flight simulator range from video games up to full-size cockpit replicas mounted on hydraulic (or electromechanical) actuators, controlled by state of the art computer technology.

Flight simulators are extensively used by the aviation industry for design and development and for the training of pilots and other flight deck crew in both civil and military aircraft.

Engineering flight simulators are also used by aerospace manufacturers for such tasks as:

development and testing of flight hardware. Simulation (emulation) and simulation techniques can be used, the latter being where real hardware is fed artificially-generated or real signals (sTimulated) in order to make it work. Such signals can be electrical, RF, sonar and so forth, depending on the equipment to be tested.
development and testing of flight software. It is much safer to develop critical flight software on simulators or using simulation techniques, than development using aircraft in flight.
development and testing of aircraft systems. For electrical, hydraulic and flight control systems, full-size engineering rigs sometimes called 'Iron Birds' are used during the development of the aircraft and its systems.

History

Flight Simulators and Flight Training Devices

Modern High-End Flight Simulators

Next Generation Flight Simulation

Flight Simulators at Home

Source :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_simulator

Flight Definition

2008-01-24T19:35:00.000+07:00

Flight is the process by which an object achieves sustained movement either through the air (or movement beyond earth's atmosphere, in the case of spaceflight) by aerodynamically generating lift, propulsive thrust or aerostatically using buoyancy.

Forces for flight

Main article: Aerodynamics

Forces relevant to flight are

* Propulsive thrust: (except in gliders)
* Lift: created by the deflection of the airflow (usually by wings)
* Drag: created by airflow
* Weight: (created by gravity)
* Buoyancy: for lighter than air flight

These forces must be balanced successfully for stable flight to occur.

Stabilization of flight angles (roll, yaw and pitch) and the rates of change of these can involve horizontal stabilizers (i.e. 'a tail'), ailerons and other movable aerodynamic devices which control angular stability i.e. flight attitude (which in turn affects altitude, heading).

Animal flight

Main article: Flying and gliding animals

The most successful groups of living things that fly are insects, birds, and bats. Each of these groups' wings evolved separately from different structures. See also Bird flight. Also successful were the extinct Pterosaurs, an order of reptiles contemporaneous with the dinosaurs.

Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. However, there are several gliding mammals which are able to glide from tree to tree using fleshy membranes between their limbs; some can travel hundreds of meters in this way with very little loss in height. Flying tree frogs use greatly enlarged webbed feet for a similar purpose, and there are flying lizards which employ their unusually wide, flattened rib-cages to the same end. Certain snakes also use a flattened rib-cage to fly, with a back and forth motion much the same as they use on the ground.

Flying fish can glide using enlarged wing-like fins, and have been observed soaring for hundreds of meters using the updraft on the leading edges of waves. It is thought that this ability was chosen by natural selection because it was an effective means of escape from underwater predators.

Most birds fly (see bird flight), with some exceptions. The largest birds, the ostrich and the emu, are earthbound, as were the now-extinct dodos, while the non-flying penguins have adapted their wings for use under water. Most small flightless birds are native to small islands, and lead a lifestyle where flight would confer little advantage. The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal in the world; its terminal velocity exceeds 370 km/h (199 mph) in a dive.

Among living animals that fly, the wandering albatross has the greatest wingspan, up to 3.5 meters (11.5 ft); the great bustard has the greatest weight, topping at 21 kilograms (46 pounds)[1].

Among the many species of insects, some fly and others do not (See insect flight).

Mechanical flight

Main article: Aviation

Mechanical flight is the use of a machine to fly. These machines include airplanes, kites, helicopters, autogyros, airships, balloons, ornithopters, and spacecraft. Gliders provide unpowered flight. Another form of mechanical flight is parasailing where a parachute-like object is pulled by a boat.

Religion, mythology and fiction

In religion, mythology and fiction, human or anthropomorphic characters sometimes have the ability to fly independently. Well-known examples include angels in the Hebrew Bible, Daedalus in Greek mythology, and Superman in comics. Other non-human legendary creatures, such as some dragons and the Pegasus, are also depicted with an ability to fly.

The ability to fly may come from wings or other visible means of propulsion, from superhuman or godlike powers, or may simply be left unexplained.

source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight