1st day at heli Expo 2005..

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
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Man do my feet hurt.. Spent the day in the booth demonstrating flight
sims to a wide range of people.. Embery Riddle students (some of 'em
were damn good sticks!), a 9 year old boy who flew pretty good and a
rated helo pilot that could barely hover the thing, much less hold a
steady heading and altitude..

I have always thought that a *real* flight sim should be good enough
that an experienced pilot (who had never before "flown" a computer) should
be able to at least take off and land safely at the first attempt, just as
he/she could surely do in a real aircraft. I live in the fixed wing world.
but I have yet to see a computer sim that could come close to meeting this
elementary standard. Until they get there, they are (perhaps) good
instrument procedures trainers, and uniquely entertaining toys; but they are
surely not flight simulators because they are somehow failing to properly
model the experience of flying a real aircraft.

Vaughn

On the converse, I watched a guy who
recently came out of the service with over 2,000 hours in Cobras and
Apaches he had a difficult time with it. BRBR

How does one get so many hours on Army (Apaches) and Marine (Cobras) birds? I
thought the Army has not flown Cobras since the early 80"s.

CJ
It was not at all uncommon for lateral transfers from USA to USMC when
they could or vice versa due to rifs or plain old cutbacks. Some did it
for a change of scenery and now they all get equal time in the sandbox!
Cheers
Ol S&B

The Army just retired the Cobras in I believe 2002

"Shaber CJ" wrote in message
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On the converse, I watched a guy who
recently came out of the service with over 2,000 hours in Cobras and
Apaches he had a difficult time with it. BRBR

How does one get so many hours on Army (Apaches) and Marine (Cobras)
birds? I
thought the Army has not flown Cobras since the early 80"s.

Kevin
If you happen to notice the LifePort booth..EMS equipment and usually a
large display, please tell Bruce and Frank I said hello?
Thanks
Rocky aka Ol S&B

Kevin: Which Flite sim were you operating? There were Three that I saw ,
the Frasca, a real inexpensive one that used the projected image of the
instruments and one in the back of the building that I didn't get to see. I
flew the inexpensive one and was impressed, but it lacked any control
feedback which makes it hard for me to hover. I did hover, tho and take
off, fly about and land without losing it even tho the display was for a
206, which I've never flown. For a system that could simulate instrument
flight for under $4,000, I was impressed.

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Stuart Fields
Experimental Helo magazine
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Inyokern, CA 93527
(760) 377-4478
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(760) 608-1299 technical and advertising cell

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Kevin
If you happen to notice the LifePort booth..EMS equipment and usually a
large display, please tell Bruce and Frank I said hello?
Thanks
Rocky aka Ol S&B