1 hour ago, cwburnett said:

It was pretty still on this morning in 2018...flying into airventure...

 

But.....your flying on rails! Impossible surely? Seriously though, that was a great video and your approach and landing was as sweet as a nut. Thanks for the link.

On 8/24/2020 at 1:05 PM, Chock said:

Except with the Mazda MX5 Mark 1. Anyone who doesn't think that's a brilliant car, is a pillock. 🤣

I never realised you're a "hairdresser", Chock!   Ahem, all joking aside, the MX-5 by all accounts (I've never driven one, so no personal experience) is a great handling little go kart of a car! Speed isn't everything, especially if one doesn't have to slow down much to take corners...

On 8/24/2020 at 1:58 PM, Chock said:

Plus, I strongly suspect that a lot of 'I'm a real pilot' claims on the intertron, are suspect....

It worked for PIA.... For a while at least, anyway.. 🍻

20 hours ago, cwburnett said:

....it makes me insane that in turbulence, it is annoyingly hard to use the avionics without your mouse losing focus on the knob or switch I want to use...but, this is actually pretty realistic. Try using a GTN750 touch screen in turbulence while hand flying an approach in IMC. It's hard.

THIS! This is why I'm averse to trying to use a touchscreen in a car, especially given the state of many roads in the UK - not exactly smooth...

6 minutes ago, HighBypass said:

I never realised you're a "hairdresser", Chock! 

Nah, you're thinking of the Audi 'Tiny Tears' TT. That's the hairdresser's car. The Mark 1 MX-5 is one of the best drift cars ever; it has almost perfect front/rear weight balance.

31 minutes ago, HighBypass said:

I never realised you're a "hairdresser", Chock!   Ahem, all joking aside, the MX-5 by all accounts (I've never driven one, so no personal experience) is a great handling little go kart of a car! Speed isn't everything, especially if one doesn't have to slow down much to take corners...

 

22 minutes ago, Chock said:

Nah, you're thinking of the Audi 'Tiny Tears' TT. That's the hairdresser's car. The Mark 1 MX-5 is one of the best drift cars ever; it has almost perfect front/rear weight balance.

I previously owned a mk3 MX-5 and currently own a mk4 - the most fun you can have on 4-wheels, on paved roads anyway. You don't drive an MX-5, you strap it on - the human/machine interface is Zen-like; if you think it, it goes exactly where you want it to. As Chock said, the most perfectly balanced car ever made, and the mk1 is the purist's example.

You can even win a drag race if you really want to 😉:

 

Edited August 25, 20205 yr by PurdueKev

58 minutes ago, Chock said:

...the Audi 'Tiny Tears' TT. ...

Ah.... the "cockroach"  🍻

No, I've definitely heard of MX-5s referred to as hairdresser's cars back in the day.. Similarly Ford Escort XR3i's being called "Little Rock Municipal Airport .... luxury Swiss watch manufacturer based in Holstein since 1904" cars.... because every "See You Next Tuesday" has got one!! The actual phrase is too crude for AVSIM, hence the brain twister. This was due to their popularity on British roads at the time 

On 8/24/2020 at 7:52 AM, Chock said:

Put my two cents on that thread, pointing out what is wrong with the flight model. To save anyone having to find it (if they are bothered about what I think), here it is:

'Real-world pilot, plus I work in aviation too (at EGCC). My first solo was 23 years ago this week coincidentally. Been using Flight Simulator since the very first subLOGIC version.

The problem with the flight model is that the ‘twitchiness’ of it, appears to be modeled by pivoting the aeroplane from a central point, in an attempt to emulate turbulent movement, which has the effect of making the nose wander all over the place as though the aeroplane has no penetration through the air.

This is not how turbulence affects an aeroplane. Turbulence acts on the whole airframe, so it doesn’t just wobble the nose around, the entire aeroplane does this as a function of riding on air which is doing that. The emulation of minor variance turbulence within that moving air mass needs at least two moments of leverage, one at either end of the fuselage; then it would be in with a shot at emulating turbulent passage movement reasonably well.

This is why the ‘landing challenges’ in the simulator are difficult; not because an aeroplane is hard to fly, but because we are battling against an incorrect emulation of turbulent movement, with the aeroplane wobbling around like one of those kids rides at a playground mounted on a big spring, which needless to say, does not reflect the movement of an aeroplane through the air mass at all.

If this got sorted, the flight model would be very good. But until it does, it’s just not a correct emulation of the behaviour of an aeroplane in flight.'

I just hope to god the Devs are listening to this RW pilot feedback and not busy prepping the sim for the Xbox release!!!

1 hour ago, PurdueKev said:

 

I previously owned a mk3 MX-5 and currently own a mk4 - the most fun you can have on 4-wheels, on paved roads anyway. You don't drive an MX-5, you strap it on - the human/machine interface is Zen-like; if you think it, it goes exactly where you want it to. As Chock said, the most perfectly balanced car ever made, and the mk1 is the purist's example.

You can even win a drag race if you really want to 😉:

 

Another MX5 fan here. My favourite was a beautiful Laguna Blue Mark 1. I toured the whole of Spain in one (that was 15 years old at the time) and had a ball. It was totally reliable and with the top down sublime. I then sold it for a Mark 2 which I immediately regretted. The Mark 1 is way better in so many aspects.

I then sold that and recently purchased a Mark 3 which was very refined and beautifully built, but though I enjoyed it, it still didn't quite match that near-perfect Mark 1.

On 8/24/2020 at 11:42 PM, Slides said:

Wow. No wonder Asobo is not making changes to the flight model immediately following other contradictory opinions.

It's really very subjective and not that easy to pin down on what's right or wrong. Minus performance data.

That’s not to say I think it’s correct. It’s clearly in need of work and the bumpiness needs toning down somewhat, the first thing I tend to do is delete the wind layer to try and smooth things out a bit.

I guess it’s like one of those girlfriends you have who you don’t really get on with but she just looks so good you make allowances for her behaviour, but you don’t want to marry her that’s for sure.

On 8/24/2020 at 1:52 PM, Chock said:

..here it is:

'Real-world pilot, plus I work in aviation too (at EGCC). My first solo was 23 years ago this week coincidentally. Been using Flight Simulator since the very first subLOGIC version.

The problem...

Finally, some serious postings concerning the simulation aspect. I have more and more the feeling FS is intentionally just a placeholder product where professional jet aircrafts will be integrated by highly-skilled add-on developers. I`ve never seen in my life more statements from a company, we will improve it for the future, also combined with a rigid fanbase in here.

FS is a rushed product, you could see this in the pre-release videos, the twitching controls were always there, they have flown the Airbus like a drunk pilot. They have very likely observed the twitchyness.

Talking about add-on developers, they will very likely have a lot of hard work concerning the physics and cleaning up the m*ss. 

On 8/24/2020 at 9:51 AM, robert young said:

"Why do they call it a NEAR MISS? It isn't a near miss, it's a NEAR HIT!" Another was "why announce passengers are "Pre-boarding"? How can you board before you board?!

I love GC but this one I always felt was just a joke along the "Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?" level.

 

I always thought it was near miss because the miss was near. As opposed to "nearly missed" which would imply a hit. 

On 8/24/2020 at 3:58 PM, LHookins said:

That is adjustable.

Hook

Or a bad pilot 🤣🙃

On 8/25/2020 at 12:42 AM, Slides said:

Wow. No wonder Asobo is not making changes to the flight model immediately following other contradictory opinions.

It's really very subjective and not that easy to pin down on what's right or wrong. Minus performance data.

Wise to do so 😉

https://bruceair.wordpress.com/2020/08/21/flight-simulator-2020-first-impressions/

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/real-world-pilots-please-state-your-feedback-about-the-flight-model/150771/192?u=slides2006

On 8/25/2020 at 8:43 AM, HighBypass said:

THIS! This is why I'm averse to trying to use a touchscreen in a car, especially given the state of many roads in the UK - not exactly smooth...

The technique we taught with the Fusion was to use your pinky or thumb to stabilize your hand on the bezel. It is amazing how much easier it is to touch using this technique.