Flight Simulators
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Does anyone konw of a good, realistic Flight Simulator for the Amiga. I'm
just beginning to learn to fly in real life and would love to have a flight
sim to practice on. It would also be nice to be able to use an analog
joystick with it, it's a much more realistic feel. Thanks!
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Jeff,
I'm afraid you're gonna be disappointed in simulators for personally
affordable computers. I've commented before, that if it were as hard to
fly a real airplane as it is the simulators, we'd have NO pilots.
Victor A. Wagner, Jr.
Jeff,
I still really like FLIGHT SIMULATOR II, from subLOGIC. You should
definitely get a MouseStick to use with this one, to provide the precise
analog input feel you are probably looking for. One _can_ use the mouse to
emulate the yoke, but it's just not the same thing. The MouseStick is
essentially a mouse in the shape of a joystick, but with lots of
configurability in terms of x- and y- axis sensitivities, type of input,
area of "free-play," etc. It really gives you fine control over how _you_
want the stick to feel, and I find it does a good job of simulating along
with FS II. It's almost as important as the software itself, when it comes
to that.
— steve
Who makes the MouseStick? I've never seen it anywhere? Thanks Jeff Halapin
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Jeff,
It's made by a company called Gravis, and can be found for a good price at
a mail-order house called Safe Harbor, which often advertises in the back
of Amiga World. If you're leery about buying hardware mail-order, you might
want to check with your local store to see if they can order it for you. I
think it's an excellent and innovative input device, and I've had no
trouble from mine for awhile now (just had it about 9 months, though).
— steve
Jeff,
The best flight simulator is (unfortunatly) only available on the Mac and
PC (16 Mhz 80286 or better) platforms. It is called the ELITE (ELectronic
Instrument Training Environment). It has high resolution displays of panels
of aircraft you are flying, comes with an adaptor that lets you fly with
joysick, mouse or yoke and rudder peddel units. Its fidelity allows it to
be used for part of the FAR 61.57 currency requirement if a CFII is present
during the sessions.
There are several versions available. One has the IFR equipped C-172
simultion with SFO area data disk and the I/O addaptor – $749. The high
perfomance series models Mooney 201, PA 28R, and C-210 with HSI, RMI, gear
an prop pitch control. Price is $99 (basic package above needed). Then ther
is the Jet MD-80 series that includes late model DC-9 as well. It sports
simulation of Cat III Auto land capability. It is $699. They have area
database (maps) for all 23 TCAs. They are 49.95 each or 895 for the
complete set.
All other "flight simulators" are games. As a pilot I can assure you that
being able to land a plane does not guaruntee you can successfully land the
sub-logic simulator. I think it is also safe to say the reverse is not true
either. I have crashes on all the "flight simulator" games I own for the
AMiga all the time, but have yet to have an accident or incident in a real
aircraft with over 1,000 landings. I do know a fellow who is real ggood on
Falcon who just started his pilot training and he can't land a C-152
without significant help of a CFI. I didn't see the start of the thread,
but if you are looking for nice flight games on the amiga, Falcon and
Strike Aces are cery nice. Their Finest Hour and BattleHawks 1942 are O.K.
but the update rate makes them very quirky and difficult to play the game
because you ar trying to anticipate the update rate as much as play the
game. Electronic Arts has one called f/16 Combat Pilot. Not a bad
simulation except the disk is copy protected byut must be write enable so
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that score files can be written to it. It is an ass-i-nine policy that
would cause me to recommend that everyone stay away from this game.
wmc
Yes, I have F16 CP myself. The copy protection is very annoying in that I
have to keep swithing back and forth between the pilot data disk and the
game disk. This seems somewhat different than what you described, so there
may be different versions. Still, it will not install on a hard drive and
will not even log out the pilot data to the hard drive. The fact that I
cannot land it is more attributable to my lack of skill than anything. One
of these days I might get out of the training mode and get to play.
—–Paul—–