[HN Gopher] How to build a 747 - A WorldFlight Story
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How to build a 747 - A WorldFlight Story
Author : hggh
Score : 77 points
Date : 2025-10-28 15:02 UTC (7 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.x-plane.com)
| WillAdams wrote:
| One reason the 747 has had such a long life is that when it was
| developed, the expectation was that it would soon be replaced by
| faster supersonic aircraft, so it was designed to be easily re-
| purposed/retrofitted to serve as a cargo aircraft --- that said,
| despite its vast cargo capacity, since it was the last major
| aircraft designed using pen and paper, if one were to print out a
| compleat set of blueprints/specifications and try to load them
| into one, it would probably be too heavy to take off.
|
| It really was remarkable to fly in, esp. if one was fortunate
| enough to sit in the front rows of seats which had the wrap-
| around windows, or to be admitted to the cockpit as was often
| done for children when I flew from Japan to the U.S. on one
| (somewhere in my stuff is a set of plastic Pan Am wings which the
| pilot gave me).
| hydrogen7800 wrote:
| >if one were to print out a compleat set of
| blueprints/specifications and try to load them into one, it
| would probably be too heavy to take off.
|
| This expression might actually have it's origins in the 747.
| I've heard in aerospace that "you don't fly until the paper
| weighs more than the plane"
| WillAdams wrote:
| Pretty sure that's a much older expression and is more in
| reference to exhaustive paperwork and maintenance
| documentation.
| thrownawaysz wrote:
| This is awesome.
|
| My current setup (sorry Airbus not Boeing) is more modest and
| probably I'd enjoy to upgrade it even more but after point it
| really does become a bottomless pit where the endgame will be
| buying a decommissioned plane lol
|
| https://i.imgur.com/5uGHvz5.jpeg
| qwertyuiop_ wrote:
| This is awesome. Hey big time flight sim fan here. How can I DM
| you to learn your setup.
| thrownawaysz wrote:
| I can give you a list
|
| Flight control https://www.thrustmaster.com/products/tca-
| captain-pack-x-air...
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| Flight control panel https://eu.winwingsim.com/view/goods-
| details.html?id=925
|
| Light switches https://www.puairkorea.com/product/pu-
| autopilot-addon/
|
| MCDU https://eu.winwingsim.com/view/goods-details.html?id=945
|
| Rudders https://www.thrustmaster.com/products/tpr-
| thrustmaster-pendu...
|
| Airbus Fenix remote on iPad https://fenixsim.com/a320/ +
| https://support.fenixsim.com/hc/en-
| us/articles/1245845642830...
|
| 16 key keyboard from Aliexpress, there are a lot of sellers
|
| The rest are a beefy gaming PC
|
| If you don't get the rudders then the whole thing (minus the
| gaming PC and iPad) can be bought for less than 1000EUR, even
| less on sale or second hand.
| mandeepj wrote:
| Here's another one for A320 - https://youtu.be/rWaAcCikZdE
|
| I came across it a few days and have been mesmerized with it
| ever since
| ferguess_k wrote:
| Shit this is so sick man. Do you work as a pilot?
| thrownawaysz wrote:
| No not at all, just always loved video games and especially
| simulators like flight sims so one summer I decided to
| finally build a more immersive setup
| ferguess_k wrote:
| Great job! Thanks for sharing.
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