Hi Thomas,
Yes, Puppy 1 is a game and not a flight simulation program. The only thing
that is real about it is that all of the planes and each bullet do have an x, y
and z coordinate that are up dated about 20 times per second.
If I could write a real flight simulation program I would want to use real
longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates. You know like maybe start out at
the correct longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates of the Cleveland
Hopkins International airport. Then be able to fly to and land at Burk
Lakefront airport. And then maybe fly to the Cuyahauga airport. And then back
to the Cleveland Hopkins International airport. But to fly say from the
Cleveland Hopkins International airport to say L.A.X. would just be boring.
One would just take off, gain altitude, set a heading and let the plane fly for
hours and hours, until you got near L.A.X. I did really enjoy the Microsoft
flight simulation program when I still had a tiny bit of sight. It even
allowed me to set longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates. And soon I was
flying around the Brooklyn bridge, the Statue of Liberty and even the Twin
Towers.
BTW My Dad's life long hobby was building and flying remote control gas powered
model airplanes. Most were built from kits that you buy, but he did at one
point start designing and building his own planes. The first was a biplane and
was named Puppy 1. Puppy 2 was also a biplane, but puppy 3 was not. I myself
have always been more into gas or electric powered remote control cars, trucks
and all terrain vehicles. I have ten of them.
BFN
Jim
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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Chardon Ohio USA
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