Cessna Home Flight Simulator
In the real world, the Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft that was first flown in 1955. As of today, more 172s have been manufactured than any other aircraft. It was even used in 1958 to set the world record for refueled flight endurance, but the FAI has since stopped accepting new entries, so the record still stands today. Read more for an incredible home flight simulator setup based on this aircraft.



The computer setup running what you see above is an Intel Z-390 series chipset motherboard, Intel i5-9600K overclocked to 4.8 GHz, an NVIDIA RTX 2080 graphics card, 32GB of DDR4 3200MHz RAM, and 1TB Nvme SSD Storage, all connected to 4 monitors – 3 (Samsung 55 inch 4k UHD Smart TV’s) and the GNS 530. A second networked PC is used to display the 6 pack instruments on a 5th monitor, with all the hardware running on 3 powered USB hubs.

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