This is a flight simulator I worked on for Tecnova. The client, MPC Products Corp., built the cockpit and provided the controls. Since MPC builds aircraft controls, many of the control inputs are real. I worked on software and integration of the flight controls into Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The simulator was built and donated by MPC to the Challenger Learning Center in Woodstock, IL. 

Astronaut Jim Lovell flying the simulator

• Eight Dell 1.7GHz Pentium 4's networked together to control a projected image, multiple glass cockpit displays, control inputs, and output indicators.
• Three wide-angle projectors project a wrap-around view of almost 180°. 
• Five glass cockpit displays show live instrument and navigation data.
• The center console houses the throttle, flaps, and spoiler controls. All the controls and the console itself are real; they are built by MPC for the Boeing 717.
• The seats are from a retired aircraft.
• The cockpit shell is a fiberglass replica.
• Along with custom software, there are many off-the-shelf components:
  • The simulation is based around Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2002.
  • The glass cockpit software is from Project Magenta.
  • All the controls are connected with the EPIC controller.
  • Multiple displays are handled by WidevieW.
  • Multiple PC's share data with utilities provided by Peter Dowson.