I would also add that "does it look like it's flying or moving correctly in
real time" is a valid and powerful engineering tool. Tabular data and plots
are great for many things, but a lot of stinky stuff can stay hidden in the
data while jumping out at you when you watch in real time.
Curt.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Nicolas Quijano wrote:
> Plus external views are so nice for eye candy, so important to the unwashed
> masses ;)
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Melchior FRANZ wrote:
>
>> * 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.
>>
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