Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Simulators?

2016-07-21 Thread Peter Champness
I do not think it is the right time to rush out and buy a bunch of simulators from France just yet. I would rather see the GFA invest some money in the existing simulators and attempt to get some objective and evidence based information from them. DMcD pointed out that very different opinions

Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Simulators?

2016-07-21 Thread Justin Couch
Pretty good summary of the weekend's discussions everywhere. On 21/07/2016 4:25 PM, DMcD wrote: Could anyone from that club comment on how useful their simulator has been for training etc? During the simulator seminar, two comments (at least were made…) There had been no difference in time

Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Simulators?

2016-07-21 Thread Justin Couch
On 21/07/2016 3:17 PM, Greg Wilson wrote: Some time ago Lake Keepit club built a very impressive VR gliding simulator with a very large floor to ceiling semi-circular projector screen. Could anyone from that club comment on how useful their simulator has been for training etc? Keepit's sim

Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Simulators?

2016-07-21 Thread Tom Wilksch
, and will continue to be I think. Cheers Tom From: Greg Wilson Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 2:47 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Simulators? Some time ago Lake Keepit club built a very impressive VR gliding simulator with a very large

Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Simulators?

2016-07-21 Thread DMcD
>>Could anyone from that club comment on how useful their simulator has been >>for training etc? During the simulator seminar, two comments (at least were made…) There had been no difference in time to solo with students who used the sim and… A US instructor who used sim training remotely