We actually try to emulate the aircraft's systems (vacuum, pitot, static, electrical, etc.), so failure modes are much more realistic.
Instruments update more realistically, with suitable lags and other errors. MSFS X has improved its flight models, but in general, I still find that both JSBSim and YASim models often feel more realistic (JSBSim is better in regular flight, but YASim sometimes does a better job around stall, spin, etc.). Easy to set up for the command line, so you can launch straight into a practice approach without clicking through a bunch of screens (and can randomize things like wind). All the best, David On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Durk Talsma <d.tal...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > Hi All, > > Today at work I ran into somebody who writes a column on flight simulation for > the Dutch aviation magazine "Piloot & Vliegtuig" (Pilot and Aircraft), a > magazine for real life pilots. Although he knew about FlightGear, he wasn't > very aware of the details of the program. He seemed to be interested in the > possibility of writing a column about FlightGear though, so I promised to send > him a brief list of unique features of FlightGear that are predominantly of > interest of real-life GA pilots, and which can't be found in Microsoft's FSX. > In addition, I'll probably give him a tour of our lab's setup, once that one's > fully up and running again. > > Although I have a fair idea what those unique features might be, this might be > an excellent opportunity to incorporate some input from real-life pilots. Any > suggestions are welcome though. > > Cheers, > Durk > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
