How true Andy...

Here is an interesting Link and why motion is required to be a Flight Simulator...

http://www.pilotfriend.com/aeromed/medical/spat_disorientation.htm

Some interesting statistics there also...

Without motion FSX sitting on a desk top with flight yokes, rudder pedals etc. can not duplicate pilot disorientation, not even the old girl rocking my computer chair while I am using FSX can duplicate pilot disorientation...

Here is another two interesting Links...

http://airspeedonline.blogspot.ca/2009/02/spatial-disorientation-simulator.html

http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/sa17.pdf

http://www.prepar3d.com/prepar3d-license-comparison/

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Excludes the likes of us?

Paul.

Flying Trucker wrote on Apr 25^th, 2012 at 7:59pm:


Flying Tucker,

If you meant to say, "Here is an interesting Link indicating why motion in a simulator used for flight crew training is required by the Government", I would agree with you. I have sat, as President, on military Accident Investigation Boards where Vertigo was the major contributing factor to the cause of an accident. In most instances the pilot was not instrument rated.

Flying Trucker wrote on Apr 27^th, 2012 at 7:39pm:


Is Microsoft Flight a Flight Simulator? Here are the answers from 33 Flight Simmers.

Yes  7 (21.2%)
No  13 (39.4%)
Sort of  10 (30.3%)
Not sure  3 (9.1%)

Here is some discussion and my interpretation of the results.

Flight means Flying through the air like a bird or plane?

Simulator or simulate means making something appear like the real thing?

Flight Simulator means to replicate a real airplane flying (moving) through a simulated atmosphere over a simulated landscape?

Do MF and FSX fit in with these statements? The answer to all three is yes.

Do they meet the requirements to train flight crews for the Army, Air Force, Marines, or Navy?  No, To meet these requirements the flight simulator operator (pilot) must experience realistic physical flight movements (up/down/left/right/stall/spin).

Go to this site and you will find a man and his home built $150,000 Flight simulator in his garage. It has a real Boeing 737 cabin, real 737 panel and real 737 flight controls.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/18/boeing-737-flight-simulat_n_1434665.htm...

Like FSX and MF, flight simulation is accomplished using a computerized program and by physically moving the controls replicates flight through and over a simulated atmosphere and landscape. And like FM and FSX, One's body does not move. Is this very expensive Home Build really a Flight Simulator?

Here are two statements I am quoting from the Microsoft Flight web site

"Whether you’re at 20,000 feet or just inches above the surface, you’ll experience visually stunning and realistic real-word landscapes with authentic weather patterns, terrain, landmarks and flight physics. See the world from inside a highly detailed and accurate cockpit, or zoom out and fly using the exterior airplane view."

"Microsoft Flight has a deep heritage with flight simulators and has built in many new features and honored traditional features for both casual and experienced virtual pilots alike."

Although Microsoft refers to MF as a game, they link it to Flight Simulation.

Now my interpretation of the results.

We have 13 No's leaving no room for change.
We have 10 Sort Of's leaving no room for change
The 3 Not Sure's could be either way so are not counted.
The 7 Yes's, as a minimum, could be considered as Sort Of's.

Adding the 7 yes's to the 10 Sort of's gives us 17 Sort Of's as compared to 13 No's.

This poll was quite informative and I can can agree that Microsoft Flight can be considered as a Sort of Flight Simulator.

Another thing is:its all there.
In FSX and other sims we can create gauges to interact with real life buttons,PMSG and accusim have proven that accurate systems can be simulated.

It can be made into a comercial sim,it just hasn't been done yet...

I voted yes because to me Flight offers the sensation of flying together with the use of VORs and ILS. The area in which it is possible to fly is more limited than  FSX but that doesn't prevent Flight from being a simulator.