I'm with Jari here. Let's not get all bent out of shape and make this way
more complicated than it was intended. Sure, someone could design the
mother of all ratings systems and build an online web based system to track
aircraft and ratings and sort and dice and do it all -- nothing wrong with
that. Of course there is some subjectivity to Thorsten's ratings. Of
course his rating system doesn't cover every aspect of every aircraft -- he
intentionally kept it extremely simple. I think this thread is classic
evidence that some people can find the negative in just about anything. No
good deed is left unpunished! :-)
As Jari points out, Thorsten has essentially done a review of the FlightGear
aircraft based on a clearly defined perspective and rating system. I think
we could thank him for his efforts to provide us with some interesting
information. We should all be able to understand the context and then leave
it at that. I'd rather go check out some cool airplanes I haven't looked at
yet or forgot about, rather than wasting too much time nitpicking the
reviewer's evaluation system.
I still haven't figure out how to start the IAR80, but I'm fascinated by all
the exposed tube structure inside the cockpit. :-)
Hey, let's at least keep the fun stuff fun!
Curt.
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Jari Häkkinen wrote:
> Can't we just accept Thorsten's list as a review? Just like films have
> reviewers and their taste might fit yours. Either you trust the film
> review or not, and follow the recommendation. After a while you find
> your favourite reviewers and know which ones actually have similar film
> taste as you, or even better, draws your attention to films that you
> might miss otherwise.
>
> The same goes with Thorsten's list, either you think the ratings are
> useful or not. Or better yet, create your own reviews based on more or
> less subject scores. I hope that Thorsten will keep his list up to date
> with the development of the different models ... and one day all models
> have a wow factor!
>
> As several others stated before me, I think the list is useful and I'll
> test a few of the higher ranked planes.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jari
>
>
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