Simulators
05-21-2004 | 02:03 PM
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AeroFlightPro by Ikarus
It's amazing.
You can practice / simulate almost anything you want.
One of the coolest features is that it can trail a 'ribbon' behind the plane, so you can REALLY see if you sre flying straight lines etc.
Best $200 I've spent in the hobby........
Steve Beach - IMAC pilot
It's amazing.
You can practice / simulate almost anything you want.
One of the coolest features is that it can trail a 'ribbon' behind the plane, so you can REALLY see if you sre flying straight lines etc.
Best $200 I've spent in the hobby........
Steve Beach - IMAC pilot
06-11-2004 | 07:14 AM
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I bought RF G2 a long time ago - when I got my last computer. I guess that was about 3 years ago. I have used it extensively for IMAC flying, but I found it to only be helpful with a few (really important) things. The first is rolling circles. I was entering Advanced the year after I got the sim, and I spent hours in the evenings flying (and crashing) rolling circles. I still practice them since in Unlimited you can see just about every kind you can imagine, and it is hard to fly too many of them with a real airplane as they eat lots of gas and airspace. For rolling circles, G2 is great. You will find that the skills you learn translate directly to the real thing.
I have also used G2 for point rolls, point-rolling circles, and other rolling manuevers. Since you can fly close to the ground without fear of losing your $$$ airplane, you can really see if you are drawing straight, horizontal lines. You crash if you are not. Really helpful for 8-point rolls.
When it comes to actually flying the sequence, I find the sim only slightly helpful. The view gets all weird when you get up high and for snaps, I haven't been able to setup a plane to mimic my real one.
I have been thinking about Aerofly, just haven't shelled out the bucks yet.
Ken
I have also used G2 for point rolls, point-rolling circles, and other rolling manuevers. Since you can fly close to the ground without fear of losing your $$$ airplane, you can really see if you are drawing straight, horizontal lines. You crash if you are not. Really helpful for 8-point rolls.
When it comes to actually flying the sequence, I find the sim only slightly helpful. The view gets all weird when you get up high and for snaps, I haven't been able to setup a plane to mimic my real one.
I have been thinking about Aerofly, just haven't shelled out the bucks yet.
Ken
06-11-2004 | 07:31 PM
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I am going to have a PC built for me to run sims. What is a good idea of processor and video card ect I should use? Sorry to step on your tread Z. I'd like to build something that will last me a while.
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06-15-2004 | 08:44 PM
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go to tomshardware.com and look for gaming pc parts and that is what you want. if you dont know then just get a Hot Dell or an Ailenware gaming PC there are tons of them that are just killer now from the manufacture. if you want hot for 3 years your going to need to spend at least $2200, upgrade the video card and the monitor to as much as you can afford any Pentium4 like 3Ghz is fine or an AMD 64bit job would be killer.
As far as sims go i love AFP its like $140 now from OMP
its the only sim i know of that 3d's out of the box without heavy tweeking, the ribbon thing is great sequences
and you can do realistic flat spins because the stall phisics is realistic, i know some G2 guys got it working good now so it will work fine if thats what you got.
i do the same thing as rcplanefan, rolling circles for hours, i daydream about them after a while, close to the ground is too fun!
As far as sims go i love AFP its like $140 now from OMP
its the only sim i know of that 3d's out of the box without heavy tweeking, the ribbon thing is great sequences
and you can do realistic flat spins because the stall phisics is realistic, i know some G2 guys got it working good now so it will work fine if thats what you got.
i do the same thing as rcplanefan, rolling circles for hours, i daydream about them after a while, close to the ground is too fun!
06-18-2004 | 08:29 PM
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Hi Ken,
Try using the 'look at ground' option under views on RF G2. It really helps when flying sequences. Still not perfect. I also have AFP and it is worse for sequences but really cool for 3D
Try using the 'look at ground' option under views on RF G2. It really helps when flying sequences. Still not perfect. I also have AFP and it is worse for sequences but really cool for 3D
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I bought RF G2 a long time ago - when I got my last computer. I guess that was about 3 years ago. I have used it extensively for IMAC flying, but I found it to only be helpful with a few (really important) things. The first is rolling circles. I was entering Advanced the year after I got the sim, and I spent hours in the evenings flying (and crashing) rolling circles. I still practice them since in Unlimited you can see just about every kind you can imagine, and it is hard to fly too many of them with a real airplane as they eat lots of gas and airspace. For rolling circles, G2 is great. You will find that the skills you learn translate directly to the real thing.
I have also used G2 for point rolls, point-rolling circles, and other rolling manuevers. Since you can fly close to the ground without fear of losing your $$$ airplane, you can really see if you are drawing straight, horizontal lines. You crash if you are not. Really helpful for 8-point rolls.
When it comes to actually flying the sequence, I find the sim only slightly helpful. The view gets all weird when you get up high and for snaps, I haven't been able to setup a plane to mimic my real one.
I have been thinking about Aerofly, just haven't shelled out the bucks yet.
Ken
I bought RF G2 a long time ago - when I got my last computer. I guess that was about 3 years ago. I have used it extensively for IMAC flying, but I found it to only be helpful with a few (really important) things. The first is rolling circles. I was entering Advanced the year after I got the sim, and I spent hours in the evenings flying (and crashing) rolling circles. I still practice them since in Unlimited you can see just about every kind you can imagine, and it is hard to fly too many of them with a real airplane as they eat lots of gas and airspace. For rolling circles, G2 is great. You will find that the skills you learn translate directly to the real thing.
I have also used G2 for point rolls, point-rolling circles, and other rolling manuevers. Since you can fly close to the ground without fear of losing your $$$ airplane, you can really see if you are drawing straight, horizontal lines. You crash if you are not. Really helpful for 8-point rolls.
When it comes to actually flying the sequence, I find the sim only slightly helpful. The view gets all weird when you get up high and for snaps, I haven't been able to setup a plane to mimic my real one.
I have been thinking about Aerofly, just haven't shelled out the bucks yet.
Ken
