Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:


But you're watching the ball in a simulator. What's that
got to do with ANY claim about a real life GA plane?


The former is a simulation of the latter.

Just like a real-doll is a simulation of a real girl,
but that's right. Again, I digress.

Also note:

sim·u·la·tion
–noun
1. imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
2. the act or process of pretending; feigning.
3. an assumption or imitation of a particular appearance or form;
counterfeit; sham.
4. Psychiatry. a conscious attempt to feign some mental or physical
disorder to escape punishment or to gain a desired objective.
5. the representation of the behavior or characteristics of one system
through the use of another system, esp. a computer program designed
for the purpose.


re·al
–adjective
1. true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason
for an act.
2. existing or occurring as fact; actual rather than imaginary, ideal,
or fictitious: a story taken from real life.
3. being an actual thing; having objective existence; not imaginary:
The events you will see in the film are real and not just made up.
4. being actually such; not merely so-called: a real victory.
5. genuine; not counterfeit, artificial, or imitation; authentic: a
real antique; a real diamond; real silk.
6. unfeigned or since real sympathy; a real friend.
7. Informal. absolute; complete; utter: She's a real brain.
8. Philosophy.
a. existent or pertaining to the existent as opposed to the nonexistent.
b. actual as opposed to possible or potential.
c. independent of experience as opposed to phenomenal or apparent.
9. (of money, income, or the like) measured in purchasing power rather
than in nominal value: Inflation has driven income down in real terms,
though nominal income appears to be higher.
10. Optics. (of an image) formed by the actual convergence of rays, as
the image produced in a camera (opposed to virtual).
11. Mathematics.
a. of, pertaining to, or having the value of a real number.
b. using real numbers: real analysis; real vector space.

Yes, I am comparing an adjective with a noun, so stfu on that
subject right now. Also notice that if you look up the words
"imitation" "pretending" "assumption" and "representation",
all of them have limits on how real they are.

You cannot side by side compare an adjective with a noun, it
just isn't proper, but you can't side by side compare msfs with
actual flight. It just isn't proper.