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And you can practise dangerous maneuvers in a sim that would kill you in the real world
syscom3 said:They are doing the public a disservice because the pilots have been fooled into thinking they learned something on the sims.
syscom3 said:I dont have an answer for you on that. In fact, I have no clue what you are getting at. Are you saying all simulators are inaccurate cause they cant give you the simulatation of actually getting killed?
If so, Im writting to the FAA and tell them to no longer allow any training on simulators as it is not a truthfull simulation of flight. They are doing the public a disservice because the pilots have been fooled into thinking they learned something on the sims.
Im really glad you brought this point up.
Cheddar....... a chair of pain...... hahahahaha, now thats a good idea to reinforce what you have learned.
syscom3 said:So the sims cant correctly model the aircraft in flight, takeoff or landing?
If so, all the equations of flight that have been generated for the past century are incorrect.
the lancaster kicks ass said:stop trying to put words into my mouth, words i've never said, it is simply a case that some poeple are arguing that sims are exactly the same as flying the real thing, which they're not........
I thought that much was obvious? Yes you can model all the physics of flying into a game but it will never beat the real thing or be able to model everything accurately. There are some things computers can't do that you can in real life. Probably the most important is the feel and the sensation of flying, you are never going to be able to replicate that in a sim. Yes they maybe 90+% accurate, who cares? There is no comparison to the real thing, sims only give you a vague idea of how it would be like. Not that I don't enjoy flying sims, at the moment they are as close as I can get to flying and probably as close as I will ever get to flying a warbird (one can still hope though!). As long as you realise that they are a game and so you can do things you can't do in real life then it is fine, but they cannot and probably will not be able to model everything that can happen in real life into a sim.FLYBOYJ said:It means you understand there is a difference between a sim and a real airplane.....
Gnomey said:I thought that much was obvious? Yes you can model all the physics of flying into a game but it will never beat the real thing or be able to model everything accurately. There are some things computers can't do that you can in real life. Probably the most important is the feel and the sensation of flying, you are never going to be able to replicate that in a sim. Yes they maybe 90+% accurate, who cares? There is no comparison to the real thing, sims only give you a vague idea of how it would be like. Not that I don't enjoy flying sims, at the moment they are as close as I can get to flying and probably as close as I will ever get to flying a warbird (one can still hope though!). As long as you realise that they are a game and so you can do things you can't do in real life then it is fine, but they cannot and probably will not be able to model everything that can happen in real life into a sim.FLYBOYJ said:It means you understand there is a difference between a sim and a real airplane.....
syscom3 said:Name me one thing having to do with the physics of flight that cant be modeled.
evangilder said:I would think an airplane that has a few thousand hours on it might fly differently than a brand new one as well. Or a prop that is chipped and worn, or out of balance.