MXSMANIC - The posts don't add up

Neil Gould writes:

Intro flights are typically well below $100.

I've already logged nearly a hundred hours in my simulated Baron, for
far less money than that.

And, at the end of the day, you'd know a heck of a lot more about
flying with the intro flight ...

I consider it extraordinarily unlikely that I could learn much of
anything during a 30-minute flight, unless I did everything from
taxiing out to taxiing back, plus some other stuff in between.

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On Oct 15, 8:15 pm, Emily wrote:
WTF. And you're going to tell me that's cheaper or easier than going on
an intro flight?

Probably depends upon what type of plane you want to be simming...
grin How much does an intro flight on a 737 go for?

I stumbled across that web page awhile back while looking for something
else (that's kind of how Google works, I guess)... Of course, it piqued
my interest a bit, so I read some more... Some of these guys are really
into it...

http://www.ch-hangar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3573

Grumman-581 writes:

Probably depends upon what type of plane you want to be simming...
grin How much does an intro flight on a 737 go for?

I stumbled across that web page awhile back while looking for something
else (that's kind of how Google works, I guess)... Of course, it piqued
my interest a bit, so I read some more... Some of these guys are really
into it...

http://www.ch-hangar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3573

Unfortunately, adding complexity without being faithful to real life
only drives the simulation further away from reality, rather than
towards it.

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Grumman-581 writes:

Some of those simmers get pretty ****in' involved in creating a home
sim cockpit... Check this one out:
http://www.goflightinc.com/cgi-bin/i...ct=ST;f=9;t=11

A problem with very elaborate sims is that they must either become
more and more specific to a single aircraft, or they must become more
and more hokey (that is, so generic that they don't precisely
correspond to anything in real life). I'm not sure which is the
better goal, although a pilot who is keenly interested in one specific
aircraft (for example, the same one he flies in real life), might
prefer the former route.

To me, having a row of generic buttons for various things adds little
in the way of realism; having buttons that look and act and are
positioned just like those in a real aircraft adds a lot more. I
generally prefer just keyboard actions to buttons if the buttons are
just going to be generic.

From what I understand, some of these guys are actually running into
the limit of the number of USB devices that can be on a machine...

Unfortunately, that's not hard to do, with so many devices having USB
connections today. It's a bit like serial ports in the old days.

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On 15 Oct 2006 18:10:09 -0700, "Grumman-581"
wrote:

On Oct 13, 6:16 am, John Theune wrote:
He has been posting quite a bit lately and a recurring theme has been he
flys sims because he can't afford to fly planes.

Some of those simmers get pretty ****in' involved in creating a home
sim cockpit... Check this one out:
http://www.goflightinc.com/cgi-bin/i...ct=ST;f=9;t=11

From what I understand, some of these guys are actually running into
the limit of the number of USB devices that can be on a machine...

Minor league compared to some.

You want to see touched, check out http://www.hyway.com.au/747/

Peter Clark writes:

Minor league compared to some.

You want to see touched, check out http://www.hyway.com.au/747/

At least that one seems like a more serious attempt, one that tries to
duplicate the real-life environment instead of just adding eye candy
and gadgets.

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John Theune wrote:
He has been posting quite a bit lately and a recurring theme has been he
flys sims because he can't afford to fly planes. He has made mention of
a monthly income of 650.00 per month and his inability to earn more.
However I've also seen him write on detailed medical and mathematical
subjects and he has demonstrated a fair amount on knowledge. I also
understand that he is a frequent contributor to the photography groups.
His answers are frequently wrong when it comes aviation matters but the
bottom line is that he has a lot of knowledge. So the question is this:
Is he truly a poor Frenchman who cannot make enough money to pursue
flying or is he just spouting a line of bull? While no mention has been
made of a physical issue that would prevent him from working, he has not
made that a point as to why he will not fly planes, it's always been
about the money. Things just don't add up.

Maybe not. He also seems to agree with Skylune on most everything.
Maybe not a sock puppet, but you have to wonder if there is a
relationship.