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On Feb 2, 2:39*pm, bildan wrote:
On Feb 2, 3:17*pm, RN wrote: At the SSA Convention, Scott Manley provided an opportunity for hands on experience with the Condor Soaring Simulator in Paul Remde's Cumulus Soaring Booth. Scott was also the speaker at two sessions, one on using simulators to supplement soaring flight training, and the other flying a contest with 4 or 5 other pilots scattered around the US and connected on the internet. It was obvious that Scott has put a lot of time and effort into this, and he makes a very strong case, with real life examples, for the benefits in training. The contest added another dimension for experienced pilots. A highly ranked national pilot that participated in 8 or 9 real contests last year indicated he had been racing on the simulator once a week for quite a while. I have no financial interest in any of this, but came away very excited with the potential and opportunities this offers to make training more effective at a lower cost, and to provide some soaring and racing during the winter. This has been available, but not widely exposed to the soaring community as far as I can determine. If there is sufficient interest, it seems to make sense to try to get a monthly article started in the SSA Soaring Magazine to help folks get started and share ideas. Any comments, ideas and opinions will be appreciated. At a minimum, students and instructors can benefit from using Condor as an "Animated White Board" where the instructor flies the simulated glider through maneuvers to be taught or exploring areas where the student has questions. *Students benefit from watching high quality computer displays from various perspectives of sometimes difficult to explain situations. *These situations can be ones too hazardous for real flying. Condor can be adapted to very realistic "cockpits" where the controls are located similar to a real glider. *Condor even outputs data for force feedback controls that "feel" just like the real ones. Condor, lacking full motion and usually force feedback, leaves the 'pilot' using only screen based visual cues to fly the simulated 'glider'. *This is not a bad thing since those visual cues are critical in becoming a truly great pilot. *If you can fly solely with limited visual cues, flying with a 360 view, tactile and kinetic cues is easy. Learning with a simulator frees a student from the task of scheduling a glider, towplane, towpilot, instructor and flyable weather on the same day. *Condor even works at night. *However, it's great if an instructor can work with the student at a computer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - With regard to the visual cue comment above: I fly with many pilots that have spent too much time on a PC-based simulator (on the order of 1 hour of PC to 3 hours of flight). One common theme in their flying is the fixation on only looking forward while flying. It's like pulling teeth to get them using all the horizon and looking at the wings for level reference. I sat in the chair at the convention for several minutes and I have many friends that love Condor. I have "flown" SFS, SilentWings, Sailors of the Sky and Condor (oh yeah and several versions of MSFS). They all have been improving over the years but I hesitate to encourage anyone to spend too much time "flying" them. I think they're excellent for learning decision making and strategy but you need to keep it clear in your mind, It's not flying and especially that flying requires a "swivel-head" approach that cannot be replicated in the PC simulator. Mike |
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