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This is not my first creation. Back in the early 80s while working as a commercial diver I built this box to carry equipment. All my friends wanted one so I took it to a patent attorney and manufacturer. They both convinced my it was a waste of time. Too bad I listened to them. What would the patent on suitcase wheels be worth? Shame I didn't learn from this screwing, might have handled the flight simulator project better.
I started this adventure in 2000 by ordering Ken Hill's Joyrider plans. The unit was so much fun that I started to tinker. I had the idea of using bent tubing and looked into having the parts built. It is amazing how much some people think you will pay for their expertise when you know nothing about it. I was quoted $350+ by two companies to bend the roll frame and they wanted to do it in six pieces so I bought my own bender. It took 15 minutes to learn how to use it and 15 minutes to bend the first frame. Spring 2006 I sent a demo tape to the Discovery Channel's Daily Planet. Two days later I fell from the sky with a broken back, OUCH! Just back at work, I get a call from them wanting to do a show immediately. Before the crash I had disassembled the unit to make some changes and I was in no shape to re-assemble it so I stalled and got two weeks. I hired a welder and we worked long hours getting it back together the night before the shoot. When Mark Miller appeared I had no idea how it would work...got lucky.
Microsoft and X-Plane Flight Simulators
make the graphics and simulation very real and the sensation of flight
is perfect.
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