Building a simulator

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ...
Brad Zeigler wrote:

Except that he's Indian, not middle eastern.

Perhaps, but in another post he spoke of a price he obtained from the nearest flight school. In Dubai. That's in the United Arab Emirates. It's possible that he's
planning to travel there from India for training, but it's generated a bit of
confusion and (apparently) suspicion.

George Patterson


Sigh. Being an Indian Hindu (for those that can distinguish
religions!) who's here to make some money working honorably, this is
definitely quite a queer feeling.

I'll say this once more. I'm just a flight aficionado, who would've
surely been an aviator but for financial limitations. I greatly admire
democracies like the US and India and I detest terrorists more than
any of you do.

If anyone anywhere in the Arab world can be thought of as one with
dubious intent, why can't I think of every American to be a probable
Timothy McVeigh? Fact is, I'm NOT dumb.

This is an awful digression from my original post, and I'm sorry for
that, but I really had to defend myself against a quite baseless
insinuation. You're free not to respond or help my future posts if
that's what you want to do but spare me the bother of ridiculously
having to prove myself innocent like this.

Ramapriya


PS: Someone on this thread mentioned that I give nothing more than a
mail ID. I don't know how to build or maintain a website or web page,
thus there's nothing to add.

tony roberts wrote in message news:nospam-C001AE.21290314112004@shawnews...
There seems to be a lot of paranoia surrounding this guy.

Here is how it is -

He is from Bangalore India
Until recently he only had two declared interests - astrology and
cricket.
He moved to Dubai as a foreign worker - lots of Indians do - I used to
employ them there (Costain Interrnational and The Chaudhry Group)
Now he has a third interest - Aviation.
Of the over 100 replies he has received to his continuous questions he
asks he has only replied to two of them - both were to responses that
irritated him.
To all of those who have taken time and effort to respond, guide and
educate him, he has totally ignored them and gone on to the next
question. And yet people keep feeding him.

A thank you would be nice.

OK - Rant over

Tony

Tony,

Nice research, although you wouldn't have known that I'm a cartoonist
too :@)

My sincere apologies to all those who've responded to my threads and
educated me but didn't hear anything later from me; I refrained from
saying a Thank You merely because it'd add to the length of the
thread, thereby irritating a lot more people, instead of adding value.
I've held each response to my questions with utmost respect, whether
I've said so aloud or not.

You're right about my interests. I'm a qualified cricket umpire, and
hence interested in the game, and an interested student of astrology
too. Flying has been a kind of dormant passion, largely due to
financial limitations. I came to know of this newsgroup recently when
reading John Denker's book, and decided to write and seek answers I've
always wanted.

But I still don't get why so many are seemingly upset at innocuous
queries, unless the irritation was at the very elementary nature of
the questions itself.

I guess I'll keep asking until I receive no responses, in which case
I'll retreat.

Happy?

Ramapriya

Relative to MS Flight Sim (newest versions are only $29)
and multiple monitors.

I added a PCI video card to my PC so I could have
two side views (which was my biggest complaint about using sims).
I use the sim more as a procedure practice that actual flight practice, and
I hear it's a good way for IFR practice.

The cheapest way to get 3 (or 4) minotor views is to use 2 seperate cards
as opposed to a single 3 or 4 output card.

I use about 45 degree views left and right so they
more or less match with the front view.
It is a little tricky - you have to add windows when out of full-screen mode (see
the net/google regarding multiple monitor view help - there is support on the Microsoft page).
You drag the windows to each panel, then goto full screen more again, then
pan each individually to where you want it.

You are BEST to have the same manufacturer for both video cards - as I had some problems
when using different mfgs.
nVidia is a good choice. You could go with Matrox, too.
This means that you have a video card in the AGP slot, and one in a PCI slot.
I'd recommend 64Megs for each card - higher is better - although I currently have a 32Megs
in my AGP slot.

You could certianly actually add more if you wanted.
If you have 2 dual-monitor cards, you could use the 4th as a knee-board or other view,
which is handy.
(I've used this for learning checklist procedures prior to landing, or prior to takeoff, etc. . .)

Hope that this is some form of help,

Gary

Jeff Shirton wrote:

"Morgans" wrote in message
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Most everyone here has been real patient, and answered your
questions about flying, but you are stepping across a line, with this.

You will have to understand that Citizens of the United States are very
suspicious of ANY middle-eastern person, asking about simulators,
or wanting to learn to fly large airliners.


Welcome to America, where you are found "guilty" without
benefit of a trial, solely based on the colour of your skin, and/or
the ethnicity of your name.

You bet. Bring back racial profiling.

"Brad Zeigler" wrote in message
...

snip

[...] Besides, most terrorists avoid
public newsgroups.


snip


Uhhh. how do you know that?


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"Ramapriya" wrote

I guess I'll keep asking until I receive no responses, in which case
I'll retreat.

Happy?

Ramapriya

Ask away. I find someone as excited about aviation as you are, to be
refreshing, at times.
--
Jim in NC


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Nice research, although you wouldn't have known that I'm a cartoonist
too :@)

Damn - I missed that. Must be getting rusty


I've held each response to my questions with utmost respect, whether
I've said so aloud or not.

Thanks - that is good to hear.

You're right about my interests. I'm a qualified cricket umpire, and
hence interested in the game,

Many years ago I used to have a season ticket to Old Trafford.
There was some good cricket there - and of course it is where India
would play England - I saw lots of those!


and an interested student of astrology
too.

We'll differ there - I never got into it - even though I lived in India
for several years - Bandra beach outside Bombay (now Mumbai) and
Chandighar. I also lived in Dhaka Bangladesh for 3 years and Islamabad
Pakistan for 18 months

Flying has been a kind of dormant passion, largely due to
financial limitations. I came to know of this newsgroup recently when
reading John Denker's book, and decided to write and seek answers I've
always wanted.

Check out www.whittsflying.com
It's a great resource.

But I still don't get why so many are seemingly upset at innocuous
queries, unless the irritation was at the very elementary nature of
the questions itself.

I'm not even going there


Tony
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