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Article #2083Re: Training on PC's (repost)
From: Matthew G Wheeler
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:52
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:52
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In article <1993Jan6.183336.20971@klaava.Helsinki.FI> linkosal@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tapio Linkosalo) writes: >Brian Marshall Sadler (bms7y@ggsun.ee.Virginia.EDU) wrote: >> I was surprised when I got no reply (over the holidays) >> so here I go again... >> >> Anybody using Microsoft Flight Simulator for training? >> How about other software? > >I just flew MS FS today, but there are a few snags in using it for >model training: the plane changes to a point too soon as you >fly away, and if you lose horizont (easily!) you have no idea >how high you are. Nice simulator, though. > Just hit the '+' and '-' keys occationally to zoom in and out to keep the field of view that you want. I've put in many hours training for RC flight using the MS FS. I think it sped up my learning a lot. With the aircraft design feature you can set up a plane to have similar flight characteristics and colors to your model. Matt
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Newsgroups: rec.models.rc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!author.ecn.purdue.edu!mgwheele From: mgwheele@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Matthew G Wheeler) Subject: Re: Training on PC's (repost) Message-ID: <1993Jan8.175224.24018@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network References: <1993Jan6.134147.14504@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1993Jan6.183336.20971@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:52:24 GMT Lines: 22