Old Sim in a New Simulator

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codeseven

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Took a tour of the USS Midway the other day. On the Hangar Deck they have state of the art simulators that two people sit in side by side, they close it shut, no windows and the whole thing twists and turns, spins and elevates up and down to the inputs you do to the flight controls. Outside there is a monitor you can watch that shows what the 'pilots' inside are seeing. My wife and a friend of ours took a spin in it as I watched from outside (I've got a broken leg). I was waiting for the monitor to come on and see what the coolest new flight-sim software was gonna be when lo and behold the software they were using in these new simulators was good ol' Combat Flight Simulator 2! Story boards and all, familiar theme music and graphics it was kind of cool to see my good old flight sim still alive in 2013.

Just thought I'd post this here, my ol' sim forum. By the way, my wife and friend said they had a blast and it was 'like real life air combat!' :)


Codeseven
 
They have the same setup at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It speaks well for CFS2 that it was the simulator of choice. Now, if I could just figure out how to put one in my den.....
 
CFS2 is also aboard the USS Intrepid (CV-11) Sea, Air and Space Museum flight simulator here in NYC too.
 
By the way, since I'm stopping by I'll ask, did the old 'AI landing on an aircraft carrier' problem ever get figured out?

Years ago I could get AI to start, takeoff and land on a carrier, even moving carriers, but never could I get them to stop after landing before rolling off the deck. I know it's possible because I saw it with my own eyes. I was messing around one day and had AI taking off and landing on a static carrier. I would mess around with different aircraft settings and try again. I had spent several hours watching plane after plane land, slow down (never saw an AI catch a wire either) to almost a stop and then suddenly turn (usually to the right or starboard) and just roll off the deck near the bow. Then out of the blue a stock Wildcat as AI took off, landed, slowed down and stopped! what?!! I tried to get it to do it again but it never would :( Just a fluke I guess.

Anyway, after all these years 'if' it could be done I would think one of the guru's would have figured it by now.


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