ORIGINAL: agexpert
ORIGINAL: Mr67Stang
I probably flew 200 knife edge passes on G3.5 before I ever tried it at the feild. I hovered in the sim before I ever tried it at the feild. I am now practiceing 4 point rolls before I try it at the feild... G3.5 has paid for it's self by saving me hundreds of crashed airplanes.
As you may or may not have noticed, a KE pass, especially high-alpha KE's are far different on the sim than in reality. 4 pt rolls are about the same...hovering on a SIM is just kinda funny.
Actually, I've been practicing KE passes on G4. Just did 15minutes worth with the Tiger. And was also doing point rolls too. Friday at the field I felt like doing those maneuvers with my Tiger60 and kept screwing them up. I've never really wanted to do competition quality until seeing how uncompetitive mine look. So figured to get some really safe practice.
What many people neglect to do is dial some REAL WORLD into their sim. You can't blame the sim makers for setting the wind and turbulence defaults at calm/none, can you? That's how those things install. No wind and no turbulence. And I noticed how bland the flying was compared to RL. Lot's of people don't notice things. Assuming the sim isn't real is one of the first things that happens. Assuming it can't be set to give real world conditions is the next. And there's more.
I've found that most of the models in G3, G3.5, and G4 are perfectly trimmed. Darned if they don't fly really good. At first, I thought they flew too good. And then I got one of my RW models trimmed out really good. And guess what...... It flies like the one in the sim. So just for kicks, one day I got into the sim and moved the CG off in one of the models and darned if it didn't fly more like my RW airplane. Dang if it ain't amazing what can be done with computers these days.
Honest, all it takes sometimes is utilizing the application's functionality a bit more. Lot's of powerful applications get a rap they don't deserve.