On Mar 9, 12:24*am, Clark wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote :





writes:

Low cost sims would be a lot more useful if they came with a
instructor and a curriculum.

* Let me justify that. *With many home sim programs, A lot of people
learn to land right on the edge of Dead Man's Curve, without some
instruction or evaluation. *Ie *a controlled crash at very low speed
with no flare. * If its a game, thats fine, and you can get the 172
onto the carrier that way. But it may be doing many a disservice.
It would be nice, if included in the cost of the software, you could
upload a file to have your flight *constructively evaluated by a human

Most simmers won't be flying a real aircraft, so the differences between
the simulation and real life are not necessarily important (although
that depends on the simmer's viewpoint, as some are more rigorous about
realism than others). *And, since nobody is likely to climb out of his
easy chair and into a cockpit without instruction and certification, one
can assume that the differences would be identified and compensated for
by anyone who really wants to fly an aircraft in the real world.

What mystifies me is the knee-jerk reaction of some pilots to the mere
suggestion that simulation is anything like real life. *I can only
assume that they invest a great deal of their self-esteem in flying, and
are very insecure about anything that might hint that any other activity
is even remotely close to flying. *They like to believe that they are
special, and anything that seems to erode that illusion in their eyes
disturbs them.

Wrong again butterball. Stop assuming and try to learn a little bit. Pilots
don't have a knee jerk reaction against simulations. People in general do
have a knee jerk reaction to reject claims from ignorant people such as
yourself who claim to have knowledge when they obviously don't.

As I've said before, the more experience pilots have, the less they tend
to foam at the mouth in fury when simulation is brought up. *Simulation
is not identical to real life, but it's not a waste of time, either.
The truth is in between. *Moderation is best in all things.

You wouldn't know the truth if it rose up and bit you on the ass. As for
moderation, well, you'd better learn to practice it if you're going to
preach it little boy. I suggest you start by not posting on usenet for the
next 12 months.

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Moderation in all things, he said, but rap is not included. He, a non-
pilot, is I tjhink the second most frequent poster here. His is
winning the 'pay attention to me' game.