Mxsmanic wrote:
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Nope, not without being briefed on MSFS's button usage for things like
which button to push to look right, which button to push to look left,
which button to push to look ahead, which button to pust to turn on the
transponder, which button to push to ...

A lot can be done by clicking with the mouse, and you just click on the things
that look like the controls you use in real life.

A real airplane doesn't have a mouse to click.

The way you do it in a real airplane is turn your eyes.

So?

So it isn't realistic.

And TrackIR sounds even more unrealistic. If you turn your head full left,
does the monitor more to your left?

You don't know how TrackIR works, do you? How do you know that it's
unrealistic, then?

If I turn my head full left in a real airplane I have a left hand view
directly in front of my face.

TrackIR moves the image on the monitor in front of you. To simulate reality,
TrackIR would have to physically move the monitor to my left to track my
head turning. TrackIR does not do that.

Which makes it VERY unrealistic.

Field of view is only one tiny part of flying.

The above has nothting to do with field of view and field of view is very
important to VFR flying, especially in operations on and around an airport.


Yeah, it sorta works for ground referenced navigation as long as the landmarks
are in front of you.

Or anywhere, actually.

No, because seeing things to your side and to your side and below is a
big pain in the ass pushing buttons to change the view.

In fact, you can cheat in some aircraft with a 360-degree, unobstructed view
of your surroundings, which is not possible in real life.

Not in MFSF and not anything else unless you have a 360 degree screen.

When I fly by pilotage, typically the landmarks I'm looking for are in front
of me, or nearly so. If they are behind me, I'm going the wrong way (and I
wouldn't be able to see them in a real airplane, either).

A lot of landmarks in real flying will be beside you.

I do not find MSFS to be enjoyable other than for doing things like buzzing
the Vegas strip.

Children who try out MSFS love to do that. Zooming around, crashing and
bouncing, and so on. They can't be bothered to learn how to fly.

I have a real airplane and already know how to fly.

MSFS is nothing like flying my airplane.


--
Jim Pennino

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