Simulators

Mxsmanic wrote:
birdog writes:

Don't know the present reality status of top line simulaters, but recovery
from unusual attitudes involves more than just manipulating the controls.

If you use top-quality add-on aircraft in MSFS, you can get extremely accurate
simulation of instrument behavior.

Because of the high cost of visuals (both in processing time and in the size
of the database required), visuals are still the weakest part of desktop
simulation, although they are good enough to use for pilotage. It's often more
a question of not being pretty rather than not being accurate.

The visuals are nothing like reality unless you have at least three screens
so when you look out the side window you see the view on that side of the
aircraft. And the screens need to be bigger than 21 inch.

The weakest part of desktop simulation is the total absense of any of the
physical forces you will feel flying a real airplane.

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Unless convinced otherwise, I can't see pilots EVER stepping directly from a
sim into the left seat.

The day will come. Economics and technology virtually guarantee it.

Technically possible maybe, economically not likely as the best of the
simulators, which still don't totally simulate actual flight, cost tens of
millions of dollars and a basic trainer can be had for much less than $100K.


--
Jim Pennino

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