Hey i just give a designer a new idea for a new aircraft he will be working on an doing some test on. I consider this aircraft to be as real as it gets for FSX. Have you guys ever seen these new aircraft like captain sim 767 or 757 that has a cabin view in which you can walk inside the aircraft. An inside the aircraft you get to see these mini screen like to watch movies an stuff. Well what about if now they where to to build a new aircraft in which you can actually watch a real movie on those screen . The idea would be like if you have any movie in the computer you would drag it to a special folder in FSX . An some way they would play on that aircraft. I mean i ask him if it is possible he said yes but the problem is would it affect performance . He said he will created do some test on it to see how the FPS behaves. He also told me this aircraft will be a high quality 777. With cabin a Real VC . He would will post the new aircraft for free to see how will it run in different computers. His most concern is to know what you guys think about it an to see if the performance its great on you guys computer. The aircraft depends on you guys to be perfect. Because base on you guys comments is how he would make changes if needed to . So he started working on it . I do have to say the first aircraft will be for free with a default texture from boeing . So if some one wants to list there comments . What do you guys think about it? An what more should be added ? What else would you like to see in that aircraft? Imagine not being that bored in an aircraft anymore. When for on second you can be the captain. An when it comes to your time to take a rest an leave the autopilot do the work for you. In real life i know they have other pilots that comes in the cockpit an let you take a rest while they monitor the instruments. But hey it will be pretty kool if you can go in the back an put a movie that you like or something . The point of its difference an kind of more to do while you are in the air.Please state your comment an suggestion ?

Hi mateNice idea to sit and watch a movie.all the pond hoppers will be happy.wasn't there a program that allowed you to use the internet on your kneeboard.i seem to remember checking avsim while flying somewhere or other. steve-0

I never have understood the point of cabin views. I play flight simulator to simulate FLYING a plane.. I can easily buy a ticket and be a passnger..

Edited February 13, 201214 yr by mikea76

uhhhh, you could just watch a movie on your PC.... and let the plane fly on A/P....

hehe thanks for the comment . But the point is to make it interesting when you fly. That is all beside that everyone just like the experience in flying but you got to admit if you are in flight from LA y Japan it gets kind of boring at some point . Or you really want to be a pilot to sit there an monitor the instrument like for 8 hours or more . The point in this is to make it more interesting an hey ryanbatcund only if you have 2 pc you can do that but not everyone has two pc or so to watch a movie while you fly well maybe if you watch the movie on a TV or so but hey just trying to make flying interested not more real . Because we all know pilot don't have time an can't watch movie on aircraft there job is to fly the plane an get it safe to the ground.

hehe thanks for the comment . But the point is to make it interesting when you fly.

Well, if you are a pilot worth his or her salt then you'll have plenty to do even on long flights.If you want a cabin with screens on the seat backs that actually work then you don't want a "flight" simulator you want a passenger cabin simulator!!vololiberista

Edited February 13, 201214 yr by vololiberista

wawo don't hate on the idea . It just makes flying interesting to. I saw i pilot on 747 that was watching a movie while he waits his turn to go take his shift on the aircraft. So why isn't it possible . Vololiberista if you like to sit on FSX for hours doing nothing good for you . I hope you become a great pilot some day lol but beside this i think the idea is great everyone has there point of view in which i respect. But if you want a simulator to be as real as it get. Go try out for those american airline live simulator go to pilot school an hope you make it . I will sure trust you in real flight maybe you won't get board lol hope not. But for other who thinks a little like i do well there is a change . Everyone knows fsx is not as the real live simulator you don't get the same feeling. So as for fsx aircraft the point is to make it more interesting. An as for you Volilberista if you hate the idea an you are all about the real stuff go get on a real simulator an tell me how you did. I will be waiting !! The only aircraft that i can say its like a real simulator would be those PMDG aircraft. But still you don't get to feel the controls as a real simulator does . You don't get the same feeling . What real simulator are all about is making you feel like if you where in a real aircraft takingOFF . So when you do that let me know. I see you like real stuff an like fsx just for the real as it get stuff well kool . Just to let you know its difference as real simulator i haven't bin in one . But i watch some one who is an expert in fsx landing an every stuff an i saw him came out of a real AA simulator an told me its way different an more complicated. But if you put yourself to it you can do it . FSX does help in some way in which knowing some of the basic an knowing what is the CDU an kinds of stuff . But its a difference feeling an again more complicated

hehe thanks for the comment . But the point is to make it interesting when you fly. That is all beside that everyone just like the experience in flying but you got to admit if you are in flight from LA y Japan it gets kind of boring at some point . Or you really want to be a pilot to sit there an monitor the instrument like for 8 hours or more . The point in this is to make it more interesting an hey ryanbatcund only if you have 2 pc you can do that but not everyone has two pc or so to watch a movie while you fly well maybe if you watch the movie on a TV or so but hey just trying to make flying interested not more real . Because we all know pilot don't have time an can't watch movie on aircraft there job is to fly the plane an get it safe to the ground.

Is it really more exciting to sit in a passenger seat on a long haul than to sit in the cockpit and look out the front windows? Plus if I was to watch a movie I have a 37 inch HDTV a few feet from my pc.. much better than watching a tiny virtual seat back screen in a virtual cabin.. Plus that stuff will HAMMER your FPS..

Nice looking Flight Attendants is all I need at the back of the office :)

To me flight sim is about the act of working with and controlling the airplane in it's environment. For plane makers to enhance that experience is what I would be looking for. If watching movies in the back seat enhances that experience for the user and enough people want it then I say why not?

Make the FDE very close to real life. Model systems properly and create a very realistic soundset. :(

 

wawo don't hate on the idea . It just makes flying interesting to. I saw i pilot on 747 that was watching a movie while he waits his turn to go take his shift on the aircraft. So why isn't it possible . Vololiberista if you like to sit on FSX for hours doing nothing good for you . I hope you become a great pilot some day lol but beside this i think the idea is great everyone has there point of view in which i respect. But if you want a simulator to be as real as it get. Go try out for those american airline live simulator go to pilot school an hope you make it . I will sure trust you in real flight maybe you won't get board lol hope not. But for other who thinks a little like i do well there is a change . Everyone knows fsx is not as the real live simulator you don't get the same feeling. So as for fsx aircraft the point is to make it more interesting. An as for you Volilberista if you hate the idea an you are all about the real stuff go get on a real simulator an tell me how you did. I will be waiting !! The only aircraft that i can say its like a real simulator would be those PMDG aircraft. But still you don't get to feel the controls as a real simulator does . You don't get the same feeling . What real simulator are all about is making you feel like if you where in a real aircraft takingOFF . So when you do that let me know. I see you like real stuff an like fsx just for the real as it get stuff well kool . Just to let you know its difference as real simulator i haven't bin in one . But i watch some one who is an expert in fsx landing an every stuff an i saw him came out of a real AA simulator an told me its way different an more complicated. But if you put yourself to it you can do it . FSX does help in some way in which knowing some of the basic an knowing what is the CDU an kinds of stuff . But its a difference feeling an again more complicated

Having some 8,000 hours in my log book I'm fully aware of what it is like to fly long distances in real aircraft. And, I have plenty of practice in real simulators. Cabin simulators though, are for training cabin crew. On long flights I do an hourly check of all systems. I'm continuously monitoring the a/c position especially over high terrain in case I have to initiate drift down or an initiate an emergency descent. Where is the nearest suitable airport for landing? What is the weather ahead? Does it require my presence in the cockpit (unlike AF447) etc etc. So there's plenty to do in a real flight situation.So if all you want to do is watch an in flight film whilst flying your simulator then that's your choice. But from a piloting point of view it isn't recommended!!!!vololiberista

Edited February 14, 201214 yr by vololiberista

Nice looking Flight Attendants is all I need at the back of the office :)

+1 for the hosties, and add some realistic looking pax.I actually like the idea of a cabin you can wander down. This is very much possible, just look at the london tube simulator program (from aerosoft). It's all about immersion, about feeling you're in a real plane not just a real cockpit.But I think the video-in-seat idea is dumb. You'd use it once, for a minute and go..."oh, there's a video in the seat I guess"...and that would be it. So you might want to tell your friend to work on the first idea instead.

One of the great things about FSX is the way everyone enjoys a different aspect of it, which the opinions in these posts demonstrate. Personally I agree that accurate FDE and systems is a prerequisite for enjoyment, and, as Vololiberista says, a long flight gprovides the opportunity to work out the 'what ifs' for flight planning, and to be prepared if failures should occur. This is described well in Captain Sullenberger's book 'Highest Duty' (A320 in the Hudson) which is a great read.New ideas should always be welcome, good on you Mr 340. Now if there's a virtual laptop inside the virtual cabin, I could run FSX on it ....er....Mike

Would I be Required to buy Headphoe$??? :)