On May 14, 9:52 am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
You haven't been here long enough. Many times Mx or Le Chaud
Lapin will ask a question, get the right answer in a polite manner,
and then argue endlessly against that answer, belittling the teacher.

I have been here forever, and I have NEVER seen MX belittle anyone.

Not once.

Now, either that's because I don't read every, single thread MX responds to,
or it's because my definition of "belittling" differs from yours -- but I
have only seen polite responses from him in the face of some VERY demeaning
attacks.

There have been times, believe me, where we can get some
frustrated. If he isn't as bad as I made out, I apologize. But here's
an example of a reply from him about a year ago:

Viperdoc writes:
Hey Anthony you butthead- your basic premise is incorrect: the autopilot in
small planes (like the Baron I've flown for around 500 hours) does not do
coordinated turns. Just because there might be some anomalous behavior in
your game does not make is so in real life.

There is no anomaly in the game. The only anomaly I see is that
nobody here
knows the answer. Lots of people strutting about and claiming to be
experts,
and calling each other stupid, but nobody really knows, and that is
pretty
glaringly obvious to the observer.

However, so little rudder is needed at speed, it makes no difference if the
ball is halfway out, in terms of comfort.

Then my attempts to keep it centered with the rudder are not
necessary,
either.

Also, a standard rate turn is not
necessarily a coordinated turn, although some of your statements suggested
that you do not know the difference.

I know the difference.

As good as you might think it is, do not mistake the flying model of a $50
computer game with real flying. Your presumed knowledge and the basis of
your questions are obviously limited by the shortcomings of MSFS.

Do not assume that every anomaly is a simulator defect. The simulator
is a
lot better than you think. Indeed, it predicts the behavior of an
aircraft a
lot better than anyone here does.

End of quote.

A little presumptuous, maybe? Here's the whole thread if
interested:

http://groups.google.ca/group/rec.av...b9960ce?hl=en&

Dan