Nick Gilbert wrote:
Robert,
If you signup to their forum, you'll see that they are in the process
of releasing a Terrain Development Kit. It appears that creation of
new terrain is entirely possible. In the meantime there are guidelines
on the website for starting the process before the dev kit is available.
Tks for that Nick - I'll go see.
As for the question of whether terrain matters in using a simulator for
XC training, I would suggest most definitely it does.
The places I see where a simulator could help in XC training are in
improving decision making - which very much includes terrain issues such
as paddock selection and 'can I make it across that unlandable area from
this height?'. Given the sort of accidents that have been occurring with
early XC pilots over the last couple of years, I think this could be a
useful tool. On the other side, there is the danger that students will
start taking more risks when flying the simulator and that this risk
taking behaviour will be translated into the real from the virtual
world. However, as Condor outputs an IGC file, this permits an
instructor to go back over the flight with the student and such risk
taking activity as marginal glides over unlandable terrain or attempts
to thermal away from a low altitude can be discussed.
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Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au
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