[Wing] Salmon Arm Fly in (fwd)

[Jim Jewell]

Hello Austin,

Go to  http://www.chproducts.com/index.html and root around in their site to 
see what you can find. Give them a call to find out what you need for a good 
basic but solid flight simulation system before you spend significant cash.

Properly equipped with a good system including rudder pedals and the joy 
stick or control system of choice, you might find a whole new world of 
personal entertainment that still has to a reasonable relationship with 
aviation.
A fairly up to date computer system with a lot of memory and a good high end 
graphics card is almost a must.
There is almost no limit to what can be spent but a moderate sum will have 
you flying and enjoying.
Some help with setting up the components can be found on the web. Google to 
flight simulation, flight Sims or similar queries to find info.

There should be a flight simulation geeks club {[g-) or group in the area 
that would provide some valuable input. Ask at some of the neibourhood or 
local computer stores for contacts with other flight simulation people.

Anyone out there have other suggestions?

Happy simulating,

Jim in Kelowna


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Austin" <austin at uniserve.com>
To: "Van's Air Force Western Canada Wing" <wing at vansairforce.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Wing] Salmon Arm Fly in (fwd)


> Hi Tedd,
>                Since you are our RV computer guru, I wanted to ask you
> about Microsoft computer flight simulators.
> I actually have a couple of them and never play them because I don't get
> much fun out of them.
> I wonder if it is because a player has no peripheral vision for a game or
> whether you need the manual nearby or memorize what keys do what since the
> stick only has a limited number of buttons on it and can't respond well.
>     Until I got my new computer, the stick would not even respond to
> aileron and it just annoyed me to fight a stick which would not act as a
> real a/c would.
> I even crash when I should not, and this in a lousy Piper Cub !
>    Needless to say, combat, or landing on a carrier is a disaster...I 
> can't
> see how players get any skill or fun out of these things, but some kids
> actually do !
> One thing that really pisses me off is I don't seem to be able to set the
> trim properly on the stick, which is a Microsoft stick, and must 
> continually
> hold back stick to keep any a/c level, or it will nose down...that should
> not be....
> Any comments ?
>
> Austin.
>
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