RealFlight G2

[Keith Black]

I'm using Win 2000 Server with an ATI Radeon 7200 APG video card with 64 MB SDRAM. I'm really not sure how it runs on WinXP Home. 

It is however very important to have a good 3D graphics card with at least 32 MB RAM.

Keith
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chuck Wagoner 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:03 AM
  Subject: RE: RealFlight G2


  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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