"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
message news
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