First impressions of flight

On 29 Mar 2007 00:35:53 -0700, "Ir. Hj. Othman bin Hj. Ahmad"
wrote:

On Mar 29, 11:16 am, "Peter Dohm" wrote:
I couldn't find the "pause" button.

The frame rate was really good, and all the autogen was turned on.

I also liked the multi-screen 3-d effect, and the true-motion... :-)

I heard from a PC salesman that a pilot spent more than RM18,000 for
PC and peripherals,

I don't know what that works out to in USD, but if you go whole hog on
a PC/sim that can be used for training (with an instructor present)
you can easily hit twice the cost of getting the license.

just to be able to play MSFS. This price is more than of the RM30,000
required to get PPL
on a cesna 172P at our local flying club.

My two main computers, one of which is state-of-the-art, or was two
months ago (now it's just an also ran) could easily pass the cost of
getting the license. OTOH they get used for a lot more than flight
simming.

Hmmm...Just ran the cost of the hard drives I'm using through the
calculator. Those drives cost me more than it did the get the license
and I'm not even including any other accessories.


Perhaps he is so addicted to the multi-scren 3-d effect and true
motion that he had to get similar effects all the time.

I don't find much of a 3-D effect with multiple screens.


I also heard from him that these people who play MSFS are also Boeing
737 commercial pilots. The salesman guessed that probably the pilots
would like to experience aerobatic flights, such as flying inverted
which will not be allowed on real commercial planes.

Hey, now... I have a copy of a video of a 707 doing a roll with a
whole load of photographers and press on board.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com