> From: Steve Hosgood > > FlightGear might well be a great means of keeping the historical flying > experience alive. The trouble is,
>AFAIK That is right. You don't know. > *no* airplane currently modelled > in FlightGear has ever been verified against the original machine. > I'm *not* knocking what Josh has done here - nor of course anyone else's > efforts. FlightGear is great for all those people who (like me) cannot > afford to pilot real aircraft, or who just don't want to. However, we > can't ignore the fact that, good though it may be, FlightGear is > basically a video game. I think this guy is a troll. > > [ I take it, Josh, that I'm right in assuming that you've not flown a > real B29? Nor even put an accurate model of a B29 in a wind tunnel to > check how well the FDM is doing its stuff? ] > > That's not to be taken as a complaint, but if we don't make people aware > of this, then in 100 years time they'll be trying to re-enact battles of > WWII using your B29 model on "FlightGear 29.2.1 for HoloDeck" and > wondering why the bomber jocks of WWII claimed certain feats which they > can't duplicate in 2105. So they'll rewrite history books to reflect > what the HoloDeck simulation showed (the historical accounts obviously > being exaggerated!), and they'll be wrong. > > Just as we can tell that the ancient Egyptians had help from aliens in > building the pyramids, 'cos they "obviously couldn't have done it by > themselves". > And this proves it. Or maybe just a moron. What a useful contribution. How long did it take you to write that Steve? Best regards, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
