On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, David Megginson wrote:
> Jim Brennan jjb - writes:
>
> > The "photorealistic" instruments in some simulators are good to have, but
> > (IMHO) not as importaint as proper flight modeling.
> >
> > I personally see NO need for the nice views of the airplane, and its
> > moving parts as seen from other airplanes except if one is flying
> > formation or shooting at the airplane.
>
> ... or replaying a finished flight to study it, or watching a
> student's progress in external view on a second monitor, or watching
OK, I'll grant you the validity of those two points.
> the propeller from inside the airplane.
>
but not that one <grin>!
<snip>
> > While this is nice to have for some limited purpose, it adds
> > nothing to the realism of the simulator from the perspective of the
> > person flying the sim.
>
> No, but it might be useful for the instructor to watch, or for the
> student during a replay of a failed flight.
>
Ok I'll grant you that.
> > These efforts could better be used in improving the flight models, and
> > the functionality of the sim to interface to other sims and external
> > programs and more realistic views (such as those for KSJC).
>
> It's not a zero-sum game. The people who are good at flight models
> (Jon, Tony, Andy, etc.) are already spending pretty-much all their
> time on flight modelling; contributions to other areas from other
> people aren't taking away from that.
>
Well, I'll even agree (mostly) with that. I guess my point is that work
being done on exterior views of the airplane is not as valuable (from the
pilots point of view) as as would work doine to produce more detailed
airport areas (as is the case with KSJC). Just IMHO.
jj
> All the best, >
>
> David
>
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