Man Creates $30,000 747 Flight Simulator

I have a pretty decent gaming rig, and with a few recent additions that I'm trying out, I thought I had a pretty cool flight sim setup. However, after seeing the one created by John Davis, mine just seems underwhelming.

It's not to say that I don't have some cool stuff, but when someone drops $30,000 on the creation of a flight simulator, nothing is going to hold a candle to it. What you're seeing is a recreation of a 747 cockpit. It has taken over 8 years to construct, but his time and effort have most certainly paid off.

John doesn't keep all of the fun to himself, he rents out the simulator for $133 for an hour, with price breaks for multiple hours. If you think it'll be a boring flight, he's got a cool program on his laptop that can make any component of the airplane fail at any given time. That'll add some excitement to your little flight.

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