* Hal V. Engel -- Saturday 07 February 2009: [outside views] > I personally don't use any of these since when you do FG is no > longer really a simulator.
That's nonsense. You do then not simulate a pilot sitting in the cockpit steering the aircraft, but you simulate one being outside steering the aircraft. Which is not only physically possible, but actually done in the real world. And the main reason for using a simulator is to be able to do things that you can't do in real life -- mostly because it's just to expensive or too dangerous. One could also say that if you are sitting behind your desk and a computer monitor in underpants with a cup of coffee next to the keyboard, then you aren't really simulating flying an aircraft. That being said: I enjoy both cockpit view and outside views, and I don't feel one bit like a gamer and less worthy than the "serious" pilots. :-P m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
