Mxsmanic wrote in
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Dave Doe writes:

No, you *know* you're flying a simulation, and the brain *knows*
that, and you *know* you can't get into *real* trouble.

Actually, intelligent people are able to get past this. Anyone who is
completely unable to forget that he is engaging in a simulation will
have a hard time getting any utility out of simulation at all.
Fortunately, like Method actors, smart simulator users do not
constantly tell themselves that it's a simulation but instead try to
pretend that it's real. When they do this successfully the usefulness
of the simulation is hugely enhanced.

One sees this problem in other domains where cognitive deficits exist.
A smart user of a video game will mentally set aside the unrealistic
aspects of the game and embrace the realistic ones, allowing for a
fuller virtual experience. A stupid user sees only what is actually
there, and cannot mentally bridge any gaps or overlook any anomalies,
and so no matter how much he plays the game, he never gets much out of
it.

Additionally, like most sim folk, you've probably done things very
differently from the real world (eg. you've mentioned you've flown
heavies). Well in real life, you start off doing a PPL. You don't
progress until you've done that.

That is irrelevant for purposes of ATC. However, as it happens, I
flew small aircraft in the sim first.

for eg, picture this: you've done 6 or 7 hours on your PPL.
"Yesterday" you did your first solo. "Today" you are on your own
(taxying out and everything) and doing your second solo session,
flying in a grass circuit in a busy aerodrome that has a parallel RWY
that heavies and other traffic are using.

I wouldn't normally fly at a busy aerodrome with seven hours of
experience, especially solo. I also don't like grass runways. You
don't say what type of aircraft you have in mind, but it sounds like
some sort of pokey little tin can that I wouldn't want to fly, not
even for training.

There are a couple other students (presumably) in the grass circuit
with you; you are happy that you are spacing yourself well and happy
with your touch-n-goes.

I wouldn't want to be in the grass circuit. I want pavement. I don't
want to fly with the po'folk.

Your hour's up and you advise full-stop on your downwind call. ATC
clear you "left base, number 2, 36, report sighting 73 on short
final". You read back and report traffic in sight. You fly a longer
downwind for the sealed RWY and turn base. You hear the 73 cleared
to land. You hear a call to other traffic, you're mentioned, and
they are number 3 (it's another 73). Then ATC call you are ask you
to keep your speed up.

I ask ATC for a precise speed restriction, and accept or refuse based
on what I consider that I can safely maintain. "Keep your speed up" is
vague and means nothing to me.

Getting nervous? You see on your base leg the #1 73's about to taxy
off the RWY, and looking to your right, you see the other 73's
powerful landing lights in the distance. Your begin your turn to
final, you were 70kts on base, but being told to "hurry it up" you've
pushed the nose forward and not taken more flaps.

I fly only a Baron and a Bonanza, and neither will be at 70 knots on
base. I won't be in a position where I have to "hurry it up" because
I won't accept speed restrictions that might make the flight unsafe.

You turn to final early as you're now
fast, at 450 AGL (you feel OK about that), your AS is now nearly
90kts. You hear ATC advising the 73 they're now #2 (to you). You're
now levelling a bit, power off, grabbing flaps, and configuring for
your approach and flare. (Did you remember carb heat? - oh well).
You're 150 AGL, speed's good, full flap. What's your next move?

Ninety knots is fine. I had full flaps long ago, so I'm not grabbing
them now. I have fuel injection. I descend to the runway, flare, and
touch down, and I turn at the next available taxiway after
decelerating.

You're imposing a long list of conditions that you've chosen
unilaterally. I don't accept those conditions, as I've explained
above. One of the advantages of simulation is that it's not
constrained by money issues, which means that I don't have to fly tin
cans over grass runways at barely above walking speed.


You don't fly, period, fjukktard.



Bertie