tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386999095134482598.post7270513211832394675..comments2023-11-08T08:08:20.877-05:00Comments on QA Tech-Tips: QA Engineer Downtime FlightGear 2.6Jim "JR"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01053267015652256718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386999095134482598.post-46201167292301274642021-01-06T03:17:55.248-05:002021-01-06T03:17:55.248-05:00Alan,
I am sure that you are absolutely and preci...Alan,<br /><br />I am sure that you are absolutely and precisely correct - with one teeny-tiny caveat: You had help.<br /><br />You had the benefit of a flight instructor sitting next to you who actually knows what they're doing to help guide your path, help show you the "sweet-spot" in the throttle and mixture settings that let you start the engine first time, and the thousand and one other things that you need to know to get off - and back on - the ground in once piece.<br /><br />Microsoft Flight simulator, in a sense, does the same thing - not by having someone guide you, but by making things sufficiently less picky so that you don't get frustrated and Frisbee the CD out of a 20 story window.<br /><br />My experience with Flight Gear is that you're already expected to know what you're doing. Or be willing to take the time with the documentation and have the patience to practice, practice, and continue to practice.<br /><br />In essence, it's like you said with Flight Simulator - you need to "log 'quality time'" in ANY simulator to gain proficiency. Flight Gear is just more picky and less forgiving.Jim "JR"https://www.blogger.com/profile/01053267015652256718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386999095134482598.post-70757354896494780062019-02-09T23:48:49.542-05:002019-02-09T23:48:49.542-05:00Old thread, but still relevant.
>Is flying an ...Old thread, but still relevant.<br /><br />>Is flying an airplane REALLY that easy?<br /><br />Flying the airplane IS really that easy, after you have logged "quality time" flying Microsoft Flight Simulator. In fact, after ten lessons (and 60 landings), my flight instructor told me "after this landing, pull off at the first taxiway". He surprised me by getting out of the airplane in the middle of the field with instructions that I was to takeoff, full stop land and pick him up so he could log my first solo.<br /><br />It really is easier to fly the real plane with 3 windows, than a simulator with 60 to 85 degrees of visibility at a time. What is hard, are remembering all the rules, and continuing to fly the plane while conversing with air traffic control at busy airports. Oh, and remembering to look out the windows when in the real thing seems to be hard if you learn to fly in a simulator. Except for that first solo flight, my heart rate is the same landing the real thing or a simulation. CyclicalObsessivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033256837303141752noreply@blogger.com