This is super cool! The cockpit view is the best feature. But I had trouble finding it again after picking a different plane. Maybe a dedicated button for that on the map?
Love it.
Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D
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#52This is super cool! The cockpit view is the best feature. But I had trouble finding it again after picking a different plane. Maybe a dedicated button for that on the map? Love it.
cockpit button is on the left side panel under flight details
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#53I never realized the earth actually looked like a Mode 7 SNES game from
up there!
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#54Will it be possible to have a “Record” feature, say for a few minutes? Would be lovely to save videos, especially the landings.
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#55Creator here. I posted Flight-Viz a few days ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603966 ) and the feedback was great. Since then I added a cockpit mode that follows any liveflight with real 3D terrain. How to try it: go to flight-viz.com, click any plane, then click "Cockpit" in the action buttons. You'll get a first-person view wit h real buildings, terrain, atmosphere, and a HUD showing altitude/speed/head…
Can you make it so "exit cockpit" navigates to a route rather than execute a back on the browser, as it takes me back to the hacker news page when I push it. Also took me about 5 minutes to find the cockpit view button after I'd selected a flight but that might be a me problem :)
Exit Cockpit disabled; No parachutes available
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#56Really cool! Is this using a Google API? How is it not costing a small fortune?
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#57I'm currently flying at Mach 10 on a custom call sign, breaking all kinds of barriers on a single heading. I cannot be stopped. https://flight-viz.com/cockpit.html?lat=40.64&lon=-73.78&alt...
I think you are a little over the 250kt speed limit under 10000
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#58Before browsers were up to this, I implemented something related, using Google Earth Plugin. You could load up the flight data recorder data (which contains more parameters than ADS-B), and watch 3rd-person view animation of a 3D model of that aircraft's movements as it flies over terrain. With instruments, plus visual annotations of flight path over terrain. One kludge I was proud/relieved to find: At the start of t…
I saw Balint Seeber demo this at Dorkbot in Sydney, which must have been in the early 2000s, definitely before he left Sydney in about 2010.
He was using live ADS-B data from an SDR, because this was way before global ADS-B websites and APIs existed.
(I wonder what he's up to these day, he was a fascinating person and presenter, and used to be a prolific blogger on interesting subjects. I also wonder what Pia van Gelder who used to run Dorkbot Sydney is up to?)
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#59Badass! Really amazing!
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