Author Topic: Autopilot (Read 6180 times)

Urchin · « **Reply #120 on:** February 17, 2005, 01:02:59 PM »

When I "fly" in AH I hardly ever look at the instruments.. why would I be obsessed with looking at them in a real airplane?

Not a smartass question, I really thought hardly anyone looked at the instruments while "flying" in a sim.

Wotan · « **Reply #121 on:** February 17, 2005, 01:16:30 PM »

Just shutting him up makes these threads worth it.

How many more 'HT your auto-pilot is wrong' or 'On Auto take-off the ailerons move' or 'Why doesn't my plane die correctly when the tail is shot off'' does this forum need?

Starbird · « **Reply #122 on:** February 17, 2005, 01:21:50 PM »

I have 2 hours in a c172, and even tho I told myself before the flights that I would keep my head outside the cockpit, I still had a tendency to stare at them. Especially when told what heading and such to fly.

When I started flight sims, all you really had was a panel. flight sim 2 (c64, not ibm pc version), some screwy 737 sim, a320, etc. There really was no sense of views. You had a panel that took up most of the screen, and maybe a few lines for your outside view. I learned how to fly vor radials and such before learning how to look outside.

Its a bit different today, with hat switches on joysticks and 3d virtual cockpits that you can look around almost naturally. There is actually some scenery out there to look at.

Combat sims are a bit different. I'm not as worried about speeds and altitude when flying an approach in ah as opposed to doing the same in msfs or some non combat sim.

Swoop · « **Reply #123 on:** February 17, 2005, 01:51:26 PM »

There's one easy way to solve this:

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Originally posted by Straiga
I dare you to come fly with me in a high performance twin, so again I can show you your wrong.

Go on HT, take a trip to Vegas, you know how much you like Vegas. Oh wait, no that's Pyro.

Bodhi · « **Reply #124 on:** February 17, 2005, 05:54:54 PM »

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Originally posted by Straiga
I have over 500 hours in the P-51D. I dont remember who gave me my LOA but he was some fed out of california. I dont remember half the feds who gave me a liscence.

caca del toro

Thrawn · « **Reply #125 on:** February 17, 2005, 05:56:26 PM »

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Originally posted by Golfer
I know 2 and Straiga who are a little more headstrong, less of a 'people pleaser' who will take to the attitude of "Why should I prove myself" just for the sake of a BBs community.

His actions contradict that. His very first post on this BBS was him trying to prove himself on this BBS. And he constantly brought up his "credentials" to this BBS. But the second he gets called on it he doesn't feel the need to prove himself? BS, he got caught lying and is now to ashamed to fess up.

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I doubt you'll hear from him on this issue. It's easier just to stop posting and go on about his merry way.

Easier than simply stating which P-51 he flew in? Nope, he could have head this off long ago.

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I won't have my own computer while there so keep your friggin pants on until I get back March 11th to hear what happened.

Looking forward to it.

Westy · « **Reply #126 on:** February 17, 2005, 06:34:07 PM »

What Thrawn just said.

Although at this point I'll add that Golfer deserves all he has coming to him if he think Straiga's the real thing. With any luck all he'll suffer for his naivity is a bad case of embarassment.

"It's easier just to stop posting and go on about his merry way."

And ain't that just the cod's honest way of a blowhard.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #127 on:** February 17, 2005, 07:10:19 PM »

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Originally posted by Westy
What Thrawn just said.

Although at this point I'll add that Golfer deserves all he has coming to him if he think Straiga's the real thing. With any luck all he'll suffer for his naivity is a bad case of embarassment.

"It's easier just to stop posting and go on about his merry way."

And ain't that just the cod's honest way of a blowhard.

Feel just a tad bit of Deja Vu here Westy?

Dan/Slack

Flit · « **Reply #128 on:** February 17, 2005, 08:18:21 PM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
HT could not give this info out if he wanted to, it is a protected private transaction.

The other thing though is straiga has already mentioned his name to some other people through emails in the past and in conversations online in game. So, it's not hard to get.

This I know, I was'nt implying that HT give up the name, I'm just guessing he knows who it is.
I've been reading thru his (Straiga's ) post's, and the one thing that is consistent is his trashing of the game.
Negativity in not good.

Westy · « **Reply #129 on:** February 18, 2005, 08:12:18 AM »

"Feel just a tad bit of Deja Vu here Westy?"

You can say that again! I wince from shame whenm I recall how we roasted you for daring to question Strohm's story(s) and credibilty.
And this dumb sod can't even be original so he goes and plagerizes that lying, deceitful, scumbags' script on how to bull**** an online community.

Anyway. The list I've got now has

Paul Hinds (Voss)
Ken Strohm (KenJR)
?Real name? (Straiga)

After reading this board and AGW for several years I know WB's had a couple of these too.

Sikboy · « **Reply #130 on:** February 18, 2005, 09:22:36 AM »

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Originally posted by Westy

After reading this board and AGW for several years I know WB's had a couple of these too.

It's amazing to me, most boards that I've frequented for several years have at least one of these types. It's very interesting, and almost always seems to play out the same way, with only the names having changed.

There's a guy on an NFL bbs I post on that rivals most of what we've seen here.

-Sik

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #131 on:** February 18, 2005, 09:51:13 AM »

I had once the chance to fly with a bonzana.

I even picked up a radial and flew over my home.

The pilot found me pretty good for a first timer because i kept my altitude.

He said it wouldn't take much lessons to fly.

There only 1 problem and that is money

10000 euros is to much for me.

And than u have to make the hours to keep ur licence.

Flying here is for the elitists yuppy rich boys.

Bodhi · « **Reply #132 on:** February 18, 2005, 07:09:30 PM »

still waiting straiga

Kegger26 · « **Reply #133 on:** February 19, 2005, 01:32:47 PM »

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Originally posted by hitech
Kegger26: Getting my head out of the cockpit, and flying by visual only was very hard for me.

HiTech

I am not sure of the reasion that students that learn to fly mostly from a sim cant help but to stare at the panel, Urchin. But for some reasion EVERY student I have ever had that flew with MSFS or Xplane seemed to have this same problem. It is even a bit of a set back.
The student flies the plane fine in real life, but the problem is they are learning VFR flying, not IFR flying, which means they need to be looking outside of the aircraft. They need to be looking for other aircraft and learning how to navigate using landmarks.
The other problem they seem to have is when it comes to landing. They seem to lose the runway very easily. They have a hard time seeing the runway and "feeling" the plane as it touches down. In a flight sim it is hard to feel how close the plane is to touch down, so they look at the panel. Were teaching them to look outside the plane. So Sim pilots tend to make much harder landings than most. Thank god, the boys at Cessna gave the 172 tough landing gear.
There are a host of other problems sim pilots come with, most of which are bad habits from flying in a sim. As a whole they are better pilots then most students. But as you really start to look at there performance flying the aircraft you see how much of an uphill battle it is to break some of those bad habits.
But I will still take a sim pilot over a student I did have about two months back. He had spent the past 20 years flying Helicopters for the US Army, and while he understood the basic's of flight, I cant count the times he almost killed us both trying to land. Ever see a Cessna 172R hang about 30 feet over the runway stalling with full flaps? I have..... I was so mad at both him and myself that day. Me for letting his bad landing go that far, and him for flying a cessna like a bell 205. I dont know how we managed to get out of that one. I yelled "my airplane" at him, gave full power, pointed the nose slightly towards the ground and hoped for the best. We had just enough airspeed for me to lightly flare bounce really, really hard and get back airborne. We flew the pattern in silence, landed, taxied, shut down and walked inside. The first stop I made....to the restroom...I like to have pissed myself.

-Keg.

SunKing · « **Reply #134 on:** February 19, 2005, 06:09:33 PM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
HT could not give this info out if he wanted to, it is a protected private transaction.

The other thing though is straiga has already mentioned his name to some other people through emails in the past and in conversations online in game. So, it's not hard to get.

Could HT personally verify his name vs the retired Gen and Col list , then post a simple yes or no and close this chapter?