I was lucky enough to be a flight simulator maintenance technician (74-86) for the Air Force. I picked up my pilots license a bit after I cross trained out of simulators (they went the contract ...

Classes are over at Cornell, and that means one thing: the students in [Bruce Land]’s microcontroller design course have submitted their final projects, many of which, like this flight control system ...

Thrustmaster is celebrating 30 years in the PC games controls business by launching a premium TCA (Thrustmaster Civil Aviation) product range, which is officially licensed by Airbus. It says given ...

Effective home flight simulators require realistic hardware that replicates the feel and function of real aircraft controls, reinforcing good habits rather than bad ones. Essential components for a ...

Turtle Beach has announced the availability to preorder its new VelocityOne Flightdeck offering owners a chance to experience a premium simulation HOTAS system. The VelocityOne Flightdeck is a ...

If you want to experience what it's like to fly a Boeing 747 or Dreamliner, you'll want to use yoke controls rather than a side stick. Unlike Airbus, Boeing doesn't go in for all that stick malarkey, ...

A good flight simulator is way more than just a game. As flight sim technology has gotten more and more accurate, and realistic tools have become increasingly affordable, setting up a simulator at ...

Virtual Reality (VR) and actual reality often don’t mix: watch someone play a VR game without seeing what they see and you see a lot of pointless-looking flailing around. [Nerdaxic] may have found a ...

Flight simulators provide realistic and educational flight experiences for both aviation enthusiasts and professional pilots, accessible from home. The article highlights five top flight simulator ...

One of the great things about working from home is that you have a lot of freedom to set your home office up just the way you like it, whether you're perfecting your PC setup to make it more ...