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The Marco Governali Flight Simulator. This Calgary man has built a 747 flight simulator… in his basement!<\/p>\n

So, I build a lot of weird and wonderful things down in my Calgary basement. But there is another guy in town that has me beat, hands down.<\/p>\n

Meet Marco Governali. This maker has built a complete Boeing 747 flight simulator his basement. While I try to limit my projects to things I can accomplish in a few weeks or months, this project evolved over\u00a025 years. And it’s not finished yet. While I try to keep the costs of my projects to under a few hundred dollars, this one cost $25,000 in parts and materials. Most of the work on this particular simulator was done over the past five years.<\/p>\n

Many of us have played with PC flight simulators over the years, including fighter combat. It takes a lot of practice to get good at these simulations. With a good\u00a0understanding of physics and math, it’s not all that hard to model flight at the basic level. But to model the performance of a specific airplane takes things to a higher level. Flight simulation takes a lot of computing power. Particularly challenging are the scenery graphics. Over the past 35 years, the Microsoft Flight Simulator<\/a> has been sort of the gold standard for home use. This software is the engine under the hood for Marco’s project. Albeit with a lot of modifications made by him.<\/p>\n

Marco Governali Flight Simulator – Wow<\/h2>\n

Marco has a number of videos on You Tube. This one provides a complete description of how it works<\/a>. And here is a view of how the simulator was constructed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can read the news stories about him at CBC<\/a> or Calgary Herald<\/a>. If you really want a deep dive into the details, visit his web site<\/a>. What an incredible home renovation project. Thankfully, it looks like he chose not to install hydraulics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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