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Title: ACES Flight Simulation email
Post by: shotgunneeley on December 03, 2012, 09:58:49 AM
I got an email titled "ACES Flight Simulation" sent from the website "flyaces.com". It made me suspicious, so I haven't clicked on it. Have any of y'all received this? Is it a safe message from HTC or is it some kind of knock-off/SPAM?
Title: Re: ACES Flight Simulation email
Post by: shppr01 on December 03, 2012, 10:34:34 AM
Its actually a flight simulator in no way affiliated with AH or Hightech creations at all. So its probably spam. !
Title: Re: ACES Flight Simulation email
Post by: Daddkev on December 03, 2012, 10:37:35 AM
 :noid :noid :noid :noid Spam is way to salty !  :noid :noid :noid :noid Dont open it!  :noid :noid :noid :noid :noid
Title: Re: ACES Flight Simulation email
Post by: ImADot on December 03, 2012, 11:27:53 AM
It's a legit company here in Minneapolis (at the Mall of America). Somebody (a friend perhaps?) may have put your name into their system to send you some info.
Title: Re: ACES Flight Simulation email
Post by: Mister Fork on December 03, 2012, 12:30:00 PM
It's a cockpit simulator company. Bout $30 for a 30 minute flight in a WWII simulated aircraft. Not sure if it's full motion but it has some nice surround cockpits.

(http://preview.flyaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HEADER-TOP-DOWN.jpg).

No way in competition of Aces High.  But a pretty cool thing to do. Birthday gift anyone? :x
Title: Re: ACES Flight Simulation email
Post by: ImADot on December 03, 2012, 12:58:06 PM
It's a cockpit simulator company. Bout $30 for a 30 minute flight in a WWII simulated aircraft. Not sure if it's full motion but it has some nice surround cockpits.

Used to have a couple of motion cockpits, but they did away with that years ago - bigger screens with higher resolution more-or-less fools the brain into thinking the body is moving a little. They have a handful of cockpits set up for WWII and a handful set up for modern jets.
Title: Re: ACES Flight Simulation email
Post by: PanosGR on December 03, 2012, 01:23:46 PM
Flying WWII airplanes? in what cockpit? The one with HOTAS controls? give me a break. Simulation on that level needs a high level of fidelity. Dont think they can aford to have spitifre or Bf-109 cockpits which are fully fuctional.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iv4OE-o204&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Title: Re: ACES Flight Simulation email
Post by: shotgunneeley on December 03, 2012, 01:49:24 PM
It's a legit company here in Minneapolis (at the Mall of America). Somebody (a friend perhaps?) may have put your name into their system to send you some info.

That rang a bell. I was at the Mall of America about 4 years ago and just couln't pass jumping into the cockpit. Flew the BoB and some PTO level; time and cash well spent. I don't recall ever getting any messages from them since then, but maybe they just send out one around the Holidays.

Never even thought about Googling for a simple background check. My first thought was to post here and give y'all a heads up in case it was some kind of copy-cat/SPAM.
Title: Re: ACES Flight Simulation email
Post by: ImADot on December 03, 2012, 01:54:12 PM
Flying WWII airplanes? in what cockpit? The one with HOTAS controls? give me a break. Simulation on that level needs a high level of fidelity. Dont think they can aford to have spitifre or Bf-109 cockpits which are fully fuctional.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iv4OE-o204&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Basically it's a box you climb into with stuff like CH controllers and a big screen in the front. Nothing special; you could do the same thing in your basement.