RealFlight G2

[Chuck Wagoner]

Keith,
Are you using Win XP Home with RealFlight G2? What is your graphics card?
Chuck
  -----Original Message-----
  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
Behalf Of Keith Black
  Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:53 AM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Re: RealFlight G2


  Bob, I can't speak to the specific hardware you're using, but I have
RealFlight G2 and I think it's awesome! I initially had some driver issues
when I bought it Dec 2001, but after downloading the update it worked fine.

  Practicing patterns definitely has its downfalls on any SIM when it comes
to working on straight lines and the overall pattern. The problem is that
when you're zoomed in to see the plane you can't see the landscape unless
the plane is very low. Because if this you can't easily tell when the plane
is drifting off course. And if you zoom out so you can see the whole field
the plane gets too small to see. What I do is split the difference and have
a medium small plane and see the ground most of the time. Where G2 really
shines in my opinion is allowing one to practice specific maneuvers or
drills to improve muscle memory and mental familiarity with certain things
that may be twisting your mind when trying them on the flight line. It's
nice to be able to hit the escape key while in mid-air and stop and think
about which direction what should be pushed and why. Another big benefit is
in helping one to memorize a new pattern.

  Having said this keep in mind that the plane on the SIM will never behave
"just like" you're plane so the SIM won't help you fine tune your precision,
but it does have it's benefits.

  I highly recommend it.

  Keith

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Bob Pastorello
    To: IMAC ; NSRCAMail
    Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 9:37 PM
    Subject: RealFlight G2


    Would like to hear pro and con stories about this sim....have been
reading the horror stories on the KnifeEdge software discussion
boards....seems pretty intense.
        Anyone running G2 on Athlon XP1.7 machine with Win XP Home ???

    Don't REALLY want to spend $200 for some lessons about video driver
installations...

    Bob Pastorello
    NSRCA 199, AMA 46373
    rcaerobob at cox.net
    www.rcaerobats.net


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