Real Pilots

[DaYooper]

Didn't Accuflight, the flight simulator company now in stasis, use the Aces High kernal for its product?

They had their pick of simulator software, world wide, and they chose to use HiTech's.  I think that says something.

[Wolfala]

Originally posted by DaYooper
Didn't Accuflight, the flight simulator company now in stasis, use the Aces High kernal for its product?

They had their pick of simulator software, world wide, and they chose to use HiTech's.  I think that says something.

Yup,

Sim Pits are up at the Niagra Air Museum.

[Kurt]

Originally posted by LEDPIG
How many actual pilots fly the game? It seems to take so much skill to fly this game i've always wondered how non pilots can fly it. Just to understand the aerodynamics or even read the instruments you'd have to go to ground school. So who are you out there when'd you start flying in what capacity and ratings, introduce yourself? Me i'm just a private pilot with a good bit of instrument training, before that financial winfall that seems to stop a lot of private pilots from gettin flight time. So who are you?

I'm a Private pilot SEL about 140 hours.  Nuttin much.

Currently inactive due to fuel prices.

I started simming before I started flying IRL and my instructors always commented on my natural feel for many things.  I admit, my early flight days were in fact complicated by an over reliance on instruments... But since then I've managed to make the two worlds meld.

While I consider myself a good pilot for my hours in real life, I think I'm very capable in the sim.  And as was pointed out earlier in the thread... No matter what happens in the fight, if I make it home, you better believe its a nice landing.  That is an art you only master by doing it for real.

[Deth7]

Also Stik17 had 2 mig kills in Vietnam.......

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Warspawn
Heya Ledpig!

Since being discharged from the service as a disabled vet, I'm now letting the VA 'rehabilitate' me for civilian life  .  I was instructed to pick something I was interested in and would provide an income for me and my family.  Long story short:  I decided to work towards my CFI, certified flight instructor.

I flew AH for a few years before I actually climbed into a cockpit.  I think I made my instructor nervous asking him if neg G's would choke off a Cessna 172's engine.  By the way, it does.  And THAT made him even more nervous...  

Still can't get 'em to do an Immelman though!

[DREDIOCK]

"Lost a race to a Flacon. The bird not the car..."

Man some of these stories gave me a good laugh right when I needed it

still giggling and wiping tearsof laugher  from my eyes

Thanks

[Triumph]

In my squad we have 5 real pilots. warpy, 1pete1, apsara, Triumph, and  AlleyCat. They all do very well. After playing the game for 1 year my 8 year old son (rasquel) has the controls the majority of the time while airborne in the 172.

Triumph "RULES"

[NHawk]

Originally posted by hitech
Some things I still do not  translate for me.

Flying the vertical line in AH while looking off one wing, just seems a lot harder in AH than the real planes.

HiTech

Hence why a hammer head (stall turn) is probably one of the hardest things to do in AH. At least it is for me.

[meddog]

I'm meddog.  I hold an ATP certificate in multiengine aircraft and a commercial certificate in single engine aircraft. I started flying Helicopters in the Army in early 80's and got my fixed wing licenses in the early 90's.  I was a flight instructor for about 4 years and flying twins 100-150 miles off the Virginia Coast clearing aircraft and surface vessels from Warning areas for the Navy and NASA until I was hired by an Air Charter operation flying Barons, King Airs and Lear Jets.  Then I was hired by US Airways to fly Dash-8s until I resigned to care for my family.

[hacksaw1]

Mace2004

restarted AH a year later but I still catch myself turning my head to check six...I kid you not...so if you're on my six and I don't do anything it's probably because I'm looking at the wall behind me.

Mace, if you haven't tried TrackIR you might give it a whirl. The muscle memory will have to be toned down a bit, but you still look in the directions you normally would. It takes a little getting used to, but I was landing hits after a week. And if your muscle memory just won't forget, then don't use an aggessive setting, but the mildest possible. I don't see how I ever enjoyed the game before I bought one in Dec.

Track IR

Far as the main differences between AH and real flight, as I told my brother-in-law F-15 jock:

No G's, no oxygen, no funerals, but a lot of fun.

Best Regards

Cement

[Mace2004]

Thanks for the recommendation Hacksaw.  I have a squadmate that has one and he can't stand it so it seems to be you either love it or hate it.  Haven't heard anyone that thinks it's just "OK".  I might make an offer and see if my buddy wants to part with his.  Maybe it'll work for me.

Mace