Thinking about setting up a flight simulator

I am building an Airbus a320 home cockpit in my house. ATM I dont charge for people to use it but I'm thinking I could probably charge £100/hour. This is based on other flight sims such as the one in Stratford.

To do this I would need to move the sim out and into a proper workshop or office. There has been some interest but not sure if the charges could cover rent each month (£400-£700).

Also as I'm already employed I have no interest in setting up a business, filling out tax returns etc.

Wow, very impressive.

There is a company who set their sims up in a shopping centre and charge £X for say 10 minutes or something. I guess it's just a take off and landing at a nearby airport. Obviously they can't do 60 minutes as it would be too expensive for the customer, however 10 minutes would work out at a reasonable £17 a go.

It would all depend on if you want to give the 'real flight experience' or just an experience to impress the footfall at a popular shopping centre.

Thanks! Yes the shopping centre company charges 15 mins for £55.

Around £6k over 10 years. This is a very long-term project.

heres a pic of the main cockpit. i plane to add 3 projectors with a wraparound screen and cockpit shell. this has been a hobby for a long time!

Very nice, but a 'real' 737 sim can be had, with an instructor, for £100 per hour

http://www.virtual-aerospace.com/product/5-hour-737-flight-simulator-course-plus-briefing/

i think its actually £149/hour

http://www.virtual-aerospace.com/product/60-minute-flight-simulator-session/

If you want to be better than VA, then you could max out Microsoft Flight Sim so it's on the best possible settings with add ons, or pick a professional flight sim. When I went there it was amazing but the graphics were slightly disappointing (They were literally the same as you'd get on Flight Sim on your computer)