On 18 Nov 2003 18:16:49 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

During WW II we had a simulator at Lake Charles. It was a real B-26 Martin
Marauder truncated and mounted in a hanger. When youi climbed into it you could
smell the cordite, urine, vomit and 100 octane.You strapped yourself in and you
could smell the leather on the seats. It behaved llike a real plane in every
sense including the feel of the controls, the operation of the Norden bombsight
and the results of doing bomb runs in that simulator. Now that is a simulator.
MSFS doesn''t quite cut it.. But in those years with a war on, flying was a
serious life and death affair, especially in Marauders. . No nonsense allowed.

Is there any reference to this simulator available?

How was the view system done to get the Norden training? How were the
instruments in the cockpit powered? How was force-feedback of the
control column performed?


Questions over questions by someone who thought that the first
full-motion simulator was made for the Boeing 727....





Bye
Andreas