The simulator instructor can also talk to you as an air traffic controller would while you can still hear the engine in the background. Sound for the glorious Merlin engine is provided through the headset that is worn in the cockpit. Photo realistic countryside has been added to the simulation for Goodwood Aerodrome, Southampton Airport and Shoreham Airport and the surrounding area meaning every house on the ground is represented in the projection. The flaps and ailerons all move as you would expect. The nose of the aircraft is projected and so are the wings but are exactly correct to size and scale. The centre of the dome is situated at the eyepoint of the pilot. Seven projectors are mounted on a pole at the rear of the fuselage and blended on the domed surface so that it is impossible to tell where one projection ends and another starts. The fuselage is mounted with a fibreglass dome of 1.5m radius that covers 220 degrees horizontally meaning when you look forward and up all you can see is the projected world. This is not a wooden approximation of a Spitfire cockpit. Original wartime parts include but are not limited to: Spade grip parts fuselage frames rudder mechanism parts fuel tank cover all instruments the undercarriage selector primer pump seat belt mechanism canopy frame door mechanism parts switches throttle quadrant parts gunsight numerous other controls and more. Many of the controls are original and wartime including the spade grip with which you fly the aircraft meaning when you fly this simulator you are flying a piece of history. And all the controls and dials work exactly as the would in the aircraft. The gauges are all original, with the workings having been removed and replaced with modern electronics so that the computers can drive them, but retaining the original dials and needles. This means the cockpit is indistinguishable from the real thing even to a wartime or modern Spitfire pilot. The final 10% of parts have been made specifically for the simulator to aid the conversion from analogue to digital information. The next 40% has been made from parts destined for modern restorations that didn't pass the strict standards required for a newly restored aircraft, perhaps because they were slightly mis-drilled or twisted. The fuselage is built from roughly 50% wartime parts meaning the airframe has actually, in part, fought in defense of our freedom. It's not the closest thing to flying a real Spitfire. The simulator has three key components that make it so unique and special. is proud to announce the launch of the world's only Spitfire Simulator that can be used for training new Spitfire pilots as well as giving fantastic wartime combat experiences to non-pilots.
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