OT for Kevin or anyone

Consider this: http://www.heli-chair.com/

Linc

boB wrote:
JohnO wrote:


Let us know how that goes.

What if any good pc based helicopter simulators are any good?


I've only flown MS's FS2002 and FS9 helicopters so I don't have any
experience with any other Sims. FS9 is not near realistic but I've read
that DODO Sim
http://www.dodosim.com/reviews.html
has tweaked a Bell 206 to realistically display Settling With Power,
Torque effect, Hot Starts, etc. I haven't bought it so I can't say much
about it. I do know I can neutralize my pedals, take my feet off
completely, and fly a traffic pattern in the FS9 Bell 206. Sometimes
the landing has some ground speed and my nose is not always lined up but
at any rate it's not realistic.

I did read at Hovercontrol.com they have had helicopter student pilots
who took the Hovercontrol Helicopter instruction course and then
actually hovered an actual helicopter with only 3 hours of real world
instruction. I don't know, it took me a bit longer than that, but if
true it says there is some benefit to FS9 as a training device for
procedures at least. Some rote knowledge of how the controls work I guess.

With the meds I'm taking my flying days may be over but I'm still hoping
to someday buy a GyroPlane and do some cross country exploring. My Army
retirement and my disability pay doesn't make me rich but then again,
maybe some day.......

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boB

Linc wrote:

Consider this: http://www.heli-chair.com/

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ACTUALLY FOLKS ----- I'm very surprised when I see people using the
same old RC radios that have been around for decades.

I always found it difficult to use those little twiddle sticks on a
futaba radio while trying to determine whether or not my plane was
flying straight and level or upside down.

I think that chair idea coupled to a RC helicopter is fantastic.

If somebody makes a similar system for RC planes I'd like to see a link
for it.

In my younger days I once watched a tape that showed a small closed
circuit TV camera being used on a RC plane with the pilot sitting at a
console kinda like the pilots of UAVs do know.

I was impressed with that but over the years I never saw an indication
of the technology being used at a more mainstream level.

Linc wrote:
Consider this: http://www.heli-chair.com/

Linc



That's something I've never seen before..... Thanks for posting that.
I wonder if it really works...

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boB