A.C.E.S. Flight simulator in Minneapolis
A.C.E.S. Flight simulator in Minneapolis
I found this interesting and if this has been talked about in a previous thread, my apology. I was at the Mall of America and found a store that has a pretty neat flight simulators. The web site address below is an interview with the individual who designed the visual dome for the simulator. It is apparently an item he sells. Very expensive but if you sit in this sim it definitely gives you a similar sensation of flying in aircraft. I flew the Tomcat ACM dome simulator and it pretty much emulates the sensation of that sim only on a smaller scale.
Maybe when he recieves his patent on the dome, he will consider selling it at a more resonable price. Until then, we can at least dream about having one.
http://www.mallofamerica.com/adults_att ... _E340.aspx
This is the site with the interview with Mike Pohl (the developer) about the dome screen.
http://www.avsim.com/pages/0102/aces/mp ... rview.html
"Metro"
Maybe when he recieves his patent on the dome, he will consider selling it at a more resonable price. Until then, we can at least dream about having one.
http://www.mallofamerica.com/adults_att ... _E340.aspx
This is the site with the interview with Mike Pohl (the developer) about the dome screen.
http://www.avsim.com/pages/0102/aces/mp ... rview.html
"Metro"
I think It cost me 49.00 or so for a half hour session. You have different increments of payment for the amount of time you spend in it. The start you off with a breif and you have a couple of choices of aircraft. F-18 was one of them. They also have WW II aircraft.
Depending on the level of flying, you can do just about anything from air-to-ground flying, air-to-air or just flying around. You can try your skills at landing on a aircraft carrier day or night. I am not realy sure if they can link the sims up so if you bring a friend you can fly 1 v 1. I think the web site has a phone number where you can find all that information. Neat stuff though.
"Metro"
Depending on the level of flying, you can do just about anything from air-to-ground flying, air-to-air or just flying around. You can try your skills at landing on a aircraft carrier day or night. I am not realy sure if they can link the sims up so if you bring a friend you can fly 1 v 1. I think the web site has a phone number where you can find all that information. Neat stuff though.
"Metro"
Flew with ACES back in July when I was in MN for my sisters wedding.
It was pretty cool, though BFM wasn't too exciting when your opponent only holds a PPL & doesn't even know his one & two circle fights.
The most entertaining part was flying formation with my opponent, rolling around him, breaks & rejoins.. ACES owner Mike, saved our engagements for a "training video", which I thought was pretty cool.
I had my gear with me, to take to the Selfridge airshow the following week, to my surprise my helmet & mask all hooked up to their stuff!
It was worth the money, alot of fun.. sure beat the heck out of waiting for the misses while shopping for shoes & purses!!
It was pretty cool, though BFM wasn't too exciting when your opponent only holds a PPL & doesn't even know his one & two circle fights.
The most entertaining part was flying formation with my opponent, rolling around him, breaks & rejoins.. ACES owner Mike, saved our engagements for a "training video", which I thought was pretty cool.
I had my gear with me, to take to the Selfridge airshow the following week, to my surprise my helmet & mask all hooked up to their stuff!
It was worth the money, alot of fun.. sure beat the heck out of waiting for the misses while shopping for shoes & purses!!