Best Soaring Simulator??

"subpilot" wrote in message
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Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

Bob


Good question. I'd like to see a sim dedicated to basic training.

That said, Condor does a pretty good job. The "flight school" section sets
the glider up in a downwind and the POV control lets the sim pilot look
sideways at his aim point. If you just want to practice flair and
touchdown, use the winch launch and just release at about 50' AGL. The
downside of Condor is that the reset for another flight takes way too long.

Bill Daniels

Bill Daniels wrote:
"subpilot" wrote in message
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Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

Bob



Good question. I'd like to see a sim dedicated to basic training.

That said, Condor does a pretty good job. The "flight school" section sets
the glider up in a downwind and the POV control lets the sim pilot look
sideways at his aim point. If you just want to practice flair and
touchdown, use the winch launch and just release at about 50' AGL. The
downside of Condor is that the reset for another flight takes way too long.

Bill, do they make you unstrap, clear the runway, wait in the queue,
re-run the checklist, and hook-up?
Maybe it's just slow because it's on WinDoze. ;-)

Shawn (Just jealous because he hasn't bought an Intel Mac yet.)