Subject: PC flight simulators
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 11/17/03 9:06 AM Pacific Standard Time
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On 17 Nov 2003 16:31:36 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:


Does this mean that you suggest home simulatorsasa means to learn to fly?
Maybe that is too simple for even our friend Occam.


Arthur Kramer

Actually, I don't mean that at all. Strangely enough, what I'm saying
is that the "simple" task of learning to fly an airplane (C-150 to
F-22 or B-777) requires the full fidelity of the multi-million dollar
simulation. The more complex task of learning force integration,
training for large formation tasks and learning the cognitive business
of situational awareness, can be done with the lower cost solution of
desktop trainers.

Sizing the training aid to the task without over-producing it is the
difficult task. You don't need full motion and multi-camera panoramic
videos to teach someone how to sort and allocate targets or fly a
low-level night WX route procedurally or cope with a basic emergency
situation or even learn initial cockpit checklist procedures.
Eventually you must integrate a number of skills to achieve combat
effectiveness, but for many tasks learning them one-by-one and then
combining them after mastery is a better training strategy.


I understand. You are describing a highly specialised limited use of PC's for
formation tasks and situational awareness with greater cost effectiveness then
with mainframes. That makes sense.



Arthur Kramer
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