Two things cross my mind, whilst I know the designers strive to model the
true aerodynamics in the fdm.
1- how many fly these sims on realistic hardware? Would many even go as far
as a set of imitation yoke and pedals?
2- I have spent some time in F28s set up for airport navaid calibration
surveys in the past, No pax and no bags or cargo, not a lot of fuel onboard,
and I have to tell you that aeroplane could really go!, those pilots could
and would throw that thing all over the sky. There was never any hint of
that performance riding in an F28 on normal passenger service. I suspect
most people would run FG airliners without full weight and slack tanks which
vastly alters the power to weight ratio of the aircraft.
Harry
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 8:16 PM, George Patterson <
george.patter...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:49 PM, syd adams <adams....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Like we couldn't see this coming ;) ....
>>
>> As for the 777 , unrealistic according to who ? I'm not against
>> changing it as one of the default aircraft , there are a lot of other
>> great choices now , but I do get annoyed with these claims by armchair
>> pilots who read it somewhere or saw it on youtube....
>> have you piloted one of these in real life ? If so , what could be
>> improved ? When I get FACTS from REAL pilots , I tend to be all ears ,
>> there are too many self proclaimed experts to take everything I hear
>> as fact. I've done a huge amount of research on that aircraft , but
>> have never flown one , so I can't say with certainty how accurate the
>> FDM is myself , but still
>> I'd rather hear how it could fixed rather than a hazy '(the FDM is
>> terribly unrealistic)
>>
>>
> While I am not a real world pilot, I also get annoyed at the subjective
> "<Blah> is broken" where blah is a feature on a particular aircraft. Better
> is an objective "cruise speed of the <aircraft> at x,000 feet is 500 knots
> when it should be 520 knots."
>
> Note: I have plucked those figures out of the air for the discussion.
> However, the first statement is open to arguement and the next question of
> what and how is <blah> broken. The second example can be responded to as
> "yes you are right the FDM is a little out" or "No, it's correct as cruise
> alttiude of <air craft should be no higher than y,000 feet".
>
> As I deal with vauge user reports with as little information to go on as
> "The Internet is broken", I am all for as much information as can be
> provided. Which application... the list goes on.
>
> Jack,
>
> I know you meant well but stating that an aircraft could be replaced with
> another isn't particularly helpful without naming a successor. It help as
> other can then agree with your or say that something else is more worthy. I
> think this discussion comes up every time a new release gets close.
>
> Regards
>
>
> George
>
>
>
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