On 2/17/2015 6:45 PM, Califbill wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/16/2015 6:31 PM, wrote:
On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 12:25:26 PM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
The big difference between simulators/real airplanes and RC airplanes - in sims or
real planes, the nose of the plane is in front of you. With an RC plane, at least
part of the time, the nose is pointed at you. That means the left and right controls
are reversed. This, I believe, is what causes the most problems, at least for me.
Another related difference is that pilots in a real plane has a seat of
the pants, first person view. Not so with RC.
Something that helps newbies to RC is that when the airplane is flying
towards you and the controls are reversed, your can turn your body so
the transmitter is faced the same way as the plane, but look back over
your shoulder at the plane. That way the stick moves to the right, the
plane moves to the right. It's a crutch, but with some more stick time
it'll come naturally.
I don't think there's much at all in common comparing RC flying and
flying a real airplane. Speed scale is totally different. Turns
and maneuvers are not anything close to being realistic to flying an
airplane.
I see it as a fun hobby for many but to compare it to actually flying
an airplane it isn't even close.
I have flown PC flight simulators and have an hour in a 3 axis 707
simulator. The 707 was Western Airlines simulator. Totally different
animals. Biggest problem flying a real simulator that acts just like a
real airplane. Is response times. MS simulator you move the stick the
plane turns quickly, and responds quickly. Real airline plane has mass and
momentum. You have to plan ahead and turn to stop the turn before the turn
is complete.
You can change the sensitivities in the Microsoft Simulator ... or at
least you could back when I was messing around with it. I found that
customizing the settings from the defaults resulted in a much more
realistic feel to the controls. I used to fly the real thing, then
go home and fly the same airplane on the simulator for practice.
The flight school encouraged it.