Author Topic: Autopilot (Read 5503 times)

Toad · « **Reply #135 on:** February 20, 2005, 07:24:26 PM »

I've sent some of Straiga's "qualifications" quotes to some people in the Mustang community, asking if they had ever run into such a person with those unique charateristics in his background.

Now, the folks I communicated with DO have extensive experience with in/with the Mustang and the Mustang community.

So far, none have run into or heard of such a person.

All are very much interested in knowing more about him.

Of course, they may not have run into him. But they are themselves well known in the Mustang community. Just sayin'.

Toad · « **Reply #136 on:** February 21, 2005, 10:32:44 PM »

mars01 · « **Reply #137 on:** February 21, 2005, 11:21:50 PM »

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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

I'm thinking the reason is that is all they are used to. Flight sims really dont give you an accurate view to the outside world so they get used to staring at the panel. Plus there is not a reason, as in real life, to stare outside in the sim other than to sight see.

MSFS is a good tool once the student knows the limmitations of it.

I.e. Stalls are nothing like real life, flare is nothing like real life and you have to fly with references outside the cockpit.

Bodhi · « **Reply #138 on:** February 22, 2005, 12:11:42 PM »

we haven't forgotten your lies straiga....

Kermit de frog · « **Reply #139 on:** February 25, 2005, 03:25:29 AM »

damnit, i just wasted about 1 hour of my life from reading this thread. It was very entertaining, but could someone please give me my 1 hour back. Thank you.

-Kermit

hitech · « **Reply #140 on:** February 25, 2005, 08:18:34 AM »

I grant thee 1 free "extra" special super giagantic stupendus hour of bbs reading time. And should you choose to accept it, all knowdledge of your reading will be kept strickly confidencial.

This message will self distruct in 15 secs.

HiTech

Bodhi · « **Reply #141 on:** February 25, 2005, 10:23:52 AM »

Maverick · « **Reply #142 on:** February 25, 2005, 12:29:05 PM »

HT,

Stang · « **Reply #143 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:23:36 AM »

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Originally posted by Urchin
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.

In my own limited personal flightime, I've never been glued to the instruments either. Just a quick check here or there to make sure things are where they are supposed to be. I've always done things by feel, be it drive a car, swinging a golf club or anything else. I seem to fly the same way.

Stang · « **Reply #144 on:** February 26, 2005, 02:35:19 AM »

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Originally posted by Kegger26
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.

hmm maybe sims do cause those kinds of habits, but maybe a sim like AH is different since it is harder to constantly be flying by your instruments? In a dogfight you have to fly by feel, and if you had to check your panel every couple seconds you'd get blown out of the sky real quick, so maybe a combat sim trains you to fly by feel more than a typical sim.

My first time up I got to do two landings, one a touch and go at another field then the final touchdown. The touch and go was a breeze, far easier than I expected and had no problems at all and to my pleasant surprise I wasn't nervous at all on the descent. Maybe I got a little cocky and careless cause on the final landing we were coming in close to 80 mph instead of 65 mph like the Cessna's supposed to come in at. The instructor said we were coming in hot, but again I was flying by feel and really hadn't been watching the gagues too close, but we were right on the glide slope, so I was just like "OK," chopped throttle a bit and pulled a little slip to bleed off the speed and promptly set her down nicely. The instructor was kinda like "where'd you learn that?" I was like "Don't ask" hhehe.

Can't wait to have the time to get back to working to get my license.

Bodhi · « **Reply #145 on:** February 27, 2005, 04:02:48 PM »

Simaril · « **Reply #146 on:** March 01, 2005, 07:18:39 AM »

Well, look at the bright side...

Even if Straiga ran away flapping his wrists and screaming like a girl --

At least we dont have to deal with his arrogant, marginally coherent rants anymore!

hitech · « **Reply #147 on:** March 01, 2005, 08:07:44 AM »

I belive it is time we let this one die, unless straiga comes back.