tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417693701650847558.post1091186162872526255..comments2024-01-25T05:42:14.838-05:00Comments on A mile of runway will take you anywhere.: Can a sim pilot fly a perfect pattern on their first try?Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11130510691724323456noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417693701650847558.post-74497963420964762982013-04-25T15:04:58.785-04:002013-04-25T15:04:58.785-04:00Yeah, I was impressed. John King had an article in...Yeah, I was impressed. John King had an article in Sport Aviation a year or so ago talking about how sims are finally getting to the point where they can be valuable/useful to primary students. It'll be interesting to see how that develops over the next however many years.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11130510691724323456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417693701650847558.post-4930757629806060652013-04-19T23:46:22.822-04:002013-04-19T23:46:22.822-04:00The sim pilot did a lot better than I thought he w...The sim pilot did a lot better than I thought he would. You could tell that the rudder is not simulated very well and he struggled a bit with it. The other thing I noticed is that he was a bit high on final, and when he passed over the buildings he pushed the nose down to get lower. This caused him to float a bit on landing, but if he wasn't getting help for the actual touchdown, he did very well.<br /><br />I don't think flight sims are the devil that everyone says they are. I've seen no evidence that bad habits picked up in a sim are irreversible or overly harmful.Keith K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417693701650847558.post-30770395464866499362013-02-21T10:33:43.614-05:002013-02-21T10:33:43.614-05:00I watched with great interest and was surprised to...I watched with great interest and was surprised to say the least. Thank you for sharing this unique experiment.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10885772181003355098noreply@blogger.com