On Nov 23, 2:28*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:

Could a real, live instructor snow bound in Boulder have his student
(snow bound in Fort Collins) fly Condor, while the instructor's monitor
displays the student's flight, and talk to the student while he's doing
it? All on his computer?

I think this can be done with current software on a 1:1 basis if the
instructor only sees the condor screen. However, I'm concerned some
cues might be missed by the instructor without the ability to actually
watch the student as well as the simulator.

What does work is a classroom setting with one student 'flying' and
several other watching the performance. Students sometimes learn more
from others mistakes than from an instructors perfect demonstration.
It also sometimes helps a students self confidence to see others
making the same mistakes.

At its simplest, a flight simulator can be used as an "animated white
board" where the instructor describes a maneuver while flying the
simulator. This is actually very useful.

If the student is to fly the simulator, the "simpit", as Paul calls
it, has to be at least a fair analogue of a real glider. You don't
need a 360 degree dome projection or a motion base but the flight
controls have to be realistically placed with plausible force feedback.