CNN uses "special software" for KLEX simulation: Microsoft Flight Simulator

[Mxsmanic]

See

http://tinyurl.com/j3hy3

This "special software" bears an uncanny resemblance to the Microsoft
Flight Simulator that I played with last night. In fact, I tried the
very same thing on my PC last night that CNN is now using in its
highly scientific demonstration today. I didn't mention my experiment
to anyone because I figured people would criticize me for using MSFS,
but apparently CNN has no such qualms.

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[Stefan]

Mxsmanic schrieb:

> This "special software" bears an uncanny resemblance to the Microsoft
> Flight Simulator that I played with last night. In fact, I tried the
> very same thing on my PC last night that CNN is now using in its
> highly scientific demonstration today. I didn't mention my experiment
> to anyone because I figured people would criticize me for using MSFS,
> but apparently CNN has no such qualms.

Oh, come on, they wanted to avoid to speak out the brand name, so what
should they have said? After all, a flight sim *is* a special software.
What's far more annoying is that they use this crappy Windows Media
Player for their videos instead of an open codec.

Stefan

[Robert M. Gary]

Actually, as a software architect myself, I find that PC simulators are
amazingly scientific and "special". Certainly not something that a
small team could do in a year.

-Robert


Mxsmanic wrote:
> See
>
> http://tinyurl.com/j3hy3
>
> This "special software" bears an uncanny resemblance to the Microsoft
> Flight Simulator that I played with last night. In fact, I tried the
> very same thing on my PC last night that CNN is now using in its
> highly scientific demonstration today. I didn't mention my experiment
> to anyone because I figured people would criticize me for using MSFS,
> but apparently CNN has no such qualms.
>
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> Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

[Greg Copeland[_1_]]

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:26:40 +0200, Stefan wrote:

> Mxsmanic schrieb:
>
>> This "special software" bears an uncanny resemblance to the Microsoft
>> Flight Simulator that I played with last night. In fact, I tried the
>> very same thing on my PC last night that CNN is now using in its
>> highly scientific demonstration today. I didn't mention my experiment
>> to anyone because I figured people would criticize me for using MSFS,
>> but apparently CNN has no such qualms.
>
> Oh, come on, they wanted to avoid to speak out the brand name, so what
> should they have said? After all, a flight sim *is* a special software.
> What's far more annoying is that they use this crappy Windows Media
> Player for their videos instead of an open codec.
>

Well, while MSFS is indeed a flight simulator, its flight models are not
very realistic. They have a couple of different flight models which each
plane simply tweaks. Now, if they had used X-plane (which has a
certified variant) or an actual 3-axis sim, then I'd be quiet. Until
then, unless they are using it to simply "roll" an aircraft down the
runway...it's more trash and fear mongering from CNN.

> Stefan

Greg

[Stefan]

Greg Copeland schrieb:

> unless they are using it to simply "roll" an aircraft down the
> runway....

And that's exactly what they were doing.

Stefan

[Bucky]

Mxsmanic wrote:
> This "special software" bears an uncanny resemblance to the Microsoft
> Flight Simulator that I played with last night.

Ha ha. I was laughing when they said "special software" too.

[City Dweller]

It was clearly MSFS.

I am sure CNN executives would find it "unpatriotic" (in a corporate
meaning of this word) to acknowledge that the "special software" being
used is made by Microsoft, the CNN parent company's archrival.

-- CD


Mxsmanic wrote:
> See
>
> http://tinyurl.com/j3hy3
>
> This "special software" bears an uncanny resemblance to the Microsoft
> Flight Simulator that I played with last night. In fact, I tried the
> very same thing on my PC last night that CNN is now using in its
> highly scientific demonstration today. I didn't mention my experiment
> to anyone because I figured people would criticize me for using MSFS,
> but apparently CNN has no such qualms.
>
> --
> Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

[Robert M. Gary]

Greg Copeland wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:26:40 +0200, Stefan wrote:
> Well, while MSFS is indeed a flight simulator, its flight models are not
> very realistic. They have a couple of different flight models which each
> plane simply tweaks. Now, if they had used X-plane (which has a
> certified variant) or an actual 3-axis sim, then I'd be quiet. Until
> then, unless they are using it to simply "roll" an aircraft down the
> runway...it's more trash and fear mongering from CNN.

But their goal is not to provide a realistic simulation for the
animator, their goal is to provide a visual to TV.

[Peter Duniho]

"Stefan" > wrote in message
. ..
> [...]
> What's far more annoying is that they use this crappy Windows Media Player
> for their videos instead of an open codec.

Name one news site that streams video using an open codec.

For that matter, name any open codec that has any significant traction for
commercial web sites.

[Matt Whiting]

Mxsmanic wrote:

> See
>
> http://tinyurl.com/j3hy3
>
> This "special software" bears an uncanny resemblance to the Microsoft
> Flight Simulator that I played with last night. In fact, I tried the
> very same thing on my PC last night that CNN is now using in its
> highly scientific demonstration today. I didn't mention my experiment
> to anyone because I figured people would criticize me for using MSFS,
> but apparently CNN has no such qualms.
>

Yes, that was a hoot when I heard that on the CNN video.

Matt

[Mxsmanic]

Stefan writes:

> And that's exactly what they were doing.

They didn't even do that much in the clip I saw. There was a view of
the runway out the "cockpit window," and the expert pointing to the
heading displayed on one of the instruments, and that's it. That is
well within the powers of MSFS.

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