B A R R Y wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:34:06 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

'Course they'd have to actually BE a pilot. Lest Anthony starts getting
notions

It's really easy to pour a glass of water while rolling the sim.

Question to ponder for the day :-)) Aerobatic Perspective!!!!

When you roll an airplane using your desktop flight simulator you are
not actually rolling an airplane but rolling an image of that airplane
on a monitor in front of you. Now this poses an interesting problem
concerning perspective.
Let's do a 1/2 roll to inverted on your simulator and attempt to perform
an inverted left turn.
Try this while viewing the horizon from INSIDE the cockpit and note if
what you are seeing is what you would be seeing in a real airplane.
Now switch to an outside view of the airplane inverted looking at it
right up the tail and begin a left inverted turn.
Note any differences between the two views and explain what's happening.
This is an interesting experiment in perspective.


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Dudley Henriques