Best Soaring Simulator??

Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

Bob

"subpilot" wrote in message
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Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

Bob


Good question. I'd like to see a sim dedicated to basic training.

That said, Condor does a pretty good job. The "flight school" section sets
the glider up in a downwind and the POV control lets the sim pilot look
sideways at his aim point. If you just want to practice flair and
touchdown, use the winch launch and just release at about 50' AGL. The
downside of Condor is that the reset for another flight takes way too long.

Bill Daniels

Bill Daniels wrote:
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Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

Bob



Good question. I'd like to see a sim dedicated to basic training.

That said, Condor does a pretty good job. The "flight school" section sets
the glider up in a downwind and the POV control lets the sim pilot look
sideways at his aim point. If you just want to practice flair and
touchdown, use the winch launch and just release at about 50' AGL. The
downside of Condor is that the reset for another flight takes way too long.

Bill, do they make you unstrap, clear the runway, wait in the queue,
re-run the checklist, and hook-up?
Maybe it's just slow because it's on WinDoze. ;-)

Shawn (Just jealous because he hasn't bought an Intel Mac yet.)

subpilot wrote:
Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

Bob

SFS-PC is designed for this kind of flying.

Bruce Greef wrote:

subpilot wrote:
Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

Bob

SFS-PC is designed for this kind of flying.

Agreed, for circuit training SFS-PC is still the best.
It has far better airfield/circuit traffic modeling than any of the other
soaring sims I've used.

Condor and Silent Wings both require a restart after a landing although with
Silent Wings it's *really* fast (about 5 seconds on my old Athlon 1.6GHz).
Just hit Escape and R (restart) and you're lined up for another winch or
aerotow.

Paul

Bruce Greef schrieb:

Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

SFS-PC is designed for this kind of flying.

Does it also simulate the push back of the glider?

Bruce Greef wrote:
subpilot wrote:
Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

Bob

SFS-PC is designed for this kind of flying.

After having bought one, I would now say that TrackIR use is highly
recommended. This allows you to naturally "swivel your head" to keep
an eye on things as you fly or land. This develops the proper physical
reflexes, as opposed to manipulating a rocker switch with one's thumb.
I've checked and I'm sure my glider doesn't have a rocker switch. ;-)

Condor supports TrackIR. Does SFS-PC?

Regards,

-Doug

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subpilot wrote:
Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

Bob

SFS-PC is designed for this kind of flying.

SFS stands for...???

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SFS-PC is designed for this kind of flying.

SFS stands for...???

Soaring Flight Simulator. "sfs-pc" = 49,900 Google hits.

Tony V.
http://home.comcast.net/~verhulst/SOARING

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SFS-PC is designed for this kind of flying.

SFS stands for...???

Soaring Flight Simulator. "sfs-pc" = 49,900 Google hits.

Tony V.
http://home.comcast.net/~verhulst/SOARING

Doooh!!!!!

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