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Flight sim people are on another level (startrek.website)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I can 100% promise this cost less than getting a pilots license, especially if you want to fly jets. Most people will pay over $10,000 just to get their private pilot license.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and the $10,000 is just for single prop. ATPL costs like $70-100k so yeah like Yurgenst said, this setup is definitely cheaper.

Also this isn't the craziest setup I've seen. On Reddit years ago I saw a F-16 pilot recreate his entire cockpit complete with the FLIR displays and a real F-16 yoke but managed to make it collapsible. So he could stow it into a chest like thing that his wife approved of haha. He was like "I just really love my job, I want to keep doing it when I'm not working".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Not to mention you can pop a few beers and pull some crazy manoeuvres without the risk of death