Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:24:43 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

Mxsmanic wrote in
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WingFlaps writes:

Will wonders never cease, he admits it at last! The answer is that
MSFS simulation is nothing like really flying.

I didn't say it was nothing like really flying,


It isn't anything like flying.


Bertie

my niece's boyfriend at the time was a mad keen flight sim flier.
on the last visit she sidled up to me and asked Unk' if he'd take the
boyfriend flying in the Tailwind.

unk takes him out and taught him how to fly straight and level and how
to make gentle turns at a fixed altitude. the boy did ok in the 40
mins we flew. he started with no real skills and was quite passable in
the end.

his comment on landing. "bloody hell the simulator is *nothing* like
real flying"

my friend the bunyip is not exaggerating.

Stealth Pilot

Stealth Pilot wrote in
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:24:43 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

Mxsmanic wrote in
m:

WingFlaps writes:

Will wonders never cease, he admits it at last! The answer is that
MSFS simulation is nothing like really flying.

I didn't say it was nothing like really flying,


It isn't anything like flying.


Bertie

my niece's boyfriend at the time was a mad keen flight sim flier.
on the last visit she sidled up to me and asked Unk' if he'd take the
boyfriend flying in the Tailwind.

unk takes him out and taught him how to fly straight and level and how
to make gentle turns at a fixed altitude. the boy did ok in the 40
mins we flew. he started with no real skills and was quite passable in
the end.

his comment on landing. "bloody hell the simulator is *nothing* like
real flying"

my friend the bunyip is not exaggerating.


Especially not in your airplane!


Probably the ones that are furthest away form Reality are the WW1
airplanes. MSFS used to come with a Camel which was the easist to fly of
all the airplanes in the pack. Bwawahwahwhahwahwhahwhahwhahwhahwhahwh!



Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Probably the ones that are furthest away form Reality are the WW1
airplanes. MSFS used to come with a Camel which was the easist to fly of
all the airplanes in the pack. Bwawahwahwhahwahwhahwhahwhahwhahwhahwh!


I remember the Camel from the 80s versions of MSFS (with wire-frame scenery)
It really was the easiest to fly. No gyroscopic effect from the engine
spinning around on the nose. It was quite docile.

About 15 yrs. later, a guy showed up with a real Camel F.1 at an Antique
Aircraft Assoc. fly-in. I remember being impressed that he had to land in
the grass between the runway and the taxiway (tail skid). After discussing
the flight characteristics with him for a few minutes, it became clear why he
only flew it to a few shows a year. The chances of turning the plane into a
ball of sticks and cloth were pretty good in anything other than perfect
conditions.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Probably the ones that are furthest away form Reality are the WW1
airplanes. MSFS used to come with a Camel which was the easist to fly
of all the airplanes in the pack.
Bwawahwahwhahwahwhahwhahwhahwhahwhahwh!


I remember the Camel from the 80s versions of MSFS (with wire-frame
scenery) It really was the easiest to fly. No gyroscopic effect
from the engine
spinning around on the nose. It was quite docile.

About 15 yrs. later, a guy showed up with a real Camel F.1 at an
Antique
Aircraft Assoc. fly-in. I remember being impressed that he had to
land in the grass between the runway and the taxiway (tail skid).
After discussing the flight characteristics with him for a few
minutes, it became clear why he only flew it to a few shows a year.
The chances of turning the plane into a ball of sticks and cloth were
pretty good in anything other than perfect conditions.


Love to try one.
Even Cole Palen lost them on landing fairly regularly, though, and there
couldnt have been many, if any, who knew more about flying rotaries than he
did.

Bertie