Flight simulator

On Jun 22, 10:37*am, Mike Ash wrote:
In article 0,
*Robert Moore wrote:

Dudley Henriques wrote
The bottom line is that every time you click on a Usenet header, your
ability to differentiate is tested.

And Dudley, I might add that "real" pilots tend to use their "real" name.

Why should there be any link between one's ability to fly an airplane
and one's preference to use a pseudonym on the internet?

--
Mike Ash
Radio Free Earth
Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon

In the air, no one knows you're a dog with excellent English skills.
Getting a set of cans to fit your head can be somewhat problematic for
the smaller breeds...

:-)

"Robert Moore" wrote in message
5.250...
And Dudley, I might add that "real" pilots tend to use their "real" name.

Bob Moore

Here's a perfect example of sheer nonsense :-)

Robert Moore wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote
The bottom line is that every time you click on a Usenet header, your
ability to differentiate is tested.

And Dudley, I might add that "real" pilots tend to use their "real" name.

Bob Moore

I use my real name. I must be an airline pilot with over 100,000 hours
accumulated over a period of 30 years.

Actually I'm not. I only have a few hundred hours on Flight Simulator.
Nothing more.

I don't know of Dallas real name, but can tell you I trust him more than
many others.

Tom

"Tom Duhamel" wrote in message
...
I don't know of Dallas real name, but can tell you I trust him more than
many others.

Tom

I do know his name, and you judge him well.
I don't use my real name, but anyone with the slightest suggestion of
intelligence would be able to find it out with less than 10 minutes
investigation. It makes no difference what you call yourself here.
Crash Lander

Tom Duhamel wrote:


I don't know of Dallas real name, but can tell you I trust him more
than many others.



Dallas's real name is Varmit...

Just kidding Tom, I think you know from where this is coming from...

I got my private back in '67, however spent about four decades with no PIC
time, but have been using the MSFS since the mid '80's. Finally got to go
up for a little actually real life flying a year ago, with Varmit down in
Dallas, and guess what - it's like I'd only went a year or so without
actually flying the real hardware. Naturally I'd have flunked any serious
tests on procedures and current regs, but the flying was as natural as ever,
which I definitely contribute to the FS......

Of course opinions vary, and everybody has one, no matter how wrong they
are................

On Jun 22, 9:57*pm, "Crash Lander" wrote:
"Tom Duhamel" wrote in message

...

I don't know of Dallas real name, but can tell you I trust him more than
many others.

Tom

I do know his name, and you judge him well.
I don't use my real name, but anyone with the slightest suggestion of
intelligence would be able to find it out with less than 10 minutes
investigation. It makes no difference what you call yourself here.
Crash Lander

I knew a guy in the Air Force named Frank Phurter and we have a
plumber in our home town named Donald Duck.
EITHER one of these guys would all set for Usenet!! :-))
-DH

Morgans wrote:

"Ross" wrote support. ;-)

Yes, but I would then want to ask questions on how sim flying applies
to real life flying, you remember the questions.........just kidding.

And then argue that the answer giver is wrong, and they really are just
an angry young male that lets testosterone rule their reactions and
thoughts, and that all pilots in general do not know the subject as good
as you do.

Oh, for good measure, throw in the fact that the reason you are a
failure in life is because everyone has it out for you, because you are
so smart.

Does that about cover it?

Not that I'm complaining, but it sure is nice he blew out as quickly as
he blew in. I wish the word would get out so we could get back to the
quality and quantity of discussions we used to have. I wonder if it
will ever recover to those days.

AMEN!!! I wasn't sure if they just left or the mail filters were doing
what they were supposed to. I would like for the old group to come back
because I like this format much better than the forums. Takes too much
time. I used to belong to Cessna Pilots Association and I tried to use
that. At least they had a summary that would print each day so I could
at least see what was going on then jump in if I found something of
interest.

--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
Sold
KSWI

Dudley Henriques wrote:
On Jun 18, 7:34 pm, Tom Duhamel wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote:
I'm on a Mac so it's a double good hit for me as good news readers
for Macs are not as plentiful as they are for PC's.
Mozilla Thunderbird, which I use and love, is available for more
operating systems than you could name.

I would say that the Google reader is probably fine for the casual user,
just not flexible enough for the more demanding users. I know, I demand
too much

Tom

I used Thunderbird as well before RCN stopped handling Usenet. The
only trouble with TB is that being a mail program and news reader, it
still requires an ISP that handles Usenet. With Google Groups you
don't need an ISP who handles Usenet as it's an online reader. If you
have online access, you have Usenet :-))
DH

I have at home verizon and they still have it. My work network still
lets it though. I use TB at work because I cannot stand Lotus Notes.

--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
Sold
KSWI

On Jun 17, 4:35*am, Tom Duhamel wrote:
haribole wrote:
Hello

Would appreciate any recommendations for a realistic PC basedflight
simulator that can be used to learn the principles of flying.

Any experience on using a PC basedflightsimulator to enhance the
learning experience would be welcome.

Thanks
Hari

The debate is over two of them currently:

MicrosoftFlightSimulator

This one is by far the most popular. You can buy version 10 (called X)
for $50 to $80, depending of the area you live in. If you computer isn't
exactly the best on the market, you could consider version 9 (2004)
since FS X is very demanding on the machine. I don't know if you can buy
it new anymore though.

X-Plane

A nice competitor is X-Plane, which I haven't tried myself so far but
most people who did will try to convince you it is equal, or better than
MS FS. This one has a commercial version which is FAA approved, but the
standard edition is less expensive than MS FS as I understand.

For more information or help, please join alt.games.microsft.flight-sim
We are very friendly and mature. Some of us are even more friendly than
me, and some are much more mature (see both definitions of the word
here). And heck, we even have fun together!

Hope this helps,
Tom

sir,
i am working on flight dynamics in iit madras. in my project i
need fly the aircraft from angle attack 0 to 90 deg. and get all the
stability derivatives.
so which soft ware i prefer x plane or MSFS ?

wrote:
sir,
i am working on flight dynamics in iit madras. in my project i
need fly the aircraft from angle attack 0 to 90 deg. and get all the
stability derivatives.
so which soft ware i prefer x plane or MSFS ?

Please don't take my reply as an ultimate one, or even remotely a
professional advice. I am not a pilot, nor an expert. I am really an
aviation enthusiast and an avid MSFS user.

If you only need to perform casual experiences, any of those simulator
will be fine. If you need the best simulator in regards to flight
dynamics, I was told that x-plane was slightly more realistic in that
regards, although I have never tried that one myself.

If you ever go with MSFS, I would recommend that you also buy at least
one payware aircraft, or at least get a really good freeware, since many
of them include better flight dynamics than those included in the box.
Again do some research. You may want to join
alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim where me an others will be happy to help.

You might also want to check out (read 'research') Flight Gear, an open
source flight simulator which was originally developed around some
flight dynamic simulator. It is not as advanced when compared with MSFS
or X-Plane, but possibly will be better regarding flight dynamics. But
again, do some research to see what others think of it, I did not have
an occasion to try it out yet, although I plan to soon.

By the way, your aircraft will have stalled long before you ever get an
angle of attack of 90 degrees, but that you probably already know

Hope this helps,

Tom