The 03.08.04 at 01:20, Bob S. wrote:
I hope you mean the "real pilot" part. You can certainly afford FlightGear. But, let me tell you: if you are an avid simulator flyer you are certainly a lot better than many "real pilots" in understanding the dynamics of flight. Especially if you get into the advanced areas like IFR flight conditions. Wouldn't mind having somebody aboard like you, who understood the situation, when the going got tough.
That's the good thing about simulators, that you can try out situations that in real life are costly and dangerous to try - and train for -. On the other hand, on the "real life" the sit jerks and moves about in response to your actions on the controls: the brain read the body position and responses (specially from the inner ear) and takes all that into account, as feedback, so that the hands change the stick position. In this kind of cheap simulator, we only have sight. By the way, try "--aircraft=ufo" with flightgear. Totally unreal ;-) -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson