Christmas 2008... my list is started

[bravodelta79]

DreamFlyer...

WOW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R556T8NTcTs

http://www.mydreamflyer.com

[darrenf]

Dork!

[MQAAord]

Why not just, I dunno, go learn to fly a real plane?

[zmiller4]

This thing looks like it would do an awesome job of teaching really uncoordinated turns.

[tonyw]

Originally Posted by MQAAord

Why not just, I dunno, go learn to fly a real plane?

Simulated flying to me is like masturbation.

It'll get you the same result but the real thing is so much better.

[darrenf]

Originally Posted by tonyw

Simulated flying to me is like masturbation.

It'll get you the same result but the real thing is so much better.

So I take it you're buying one of these things??

[Doug Taylor]

Originally Posted by tonyw

Simulated flying to me is like masturbation.

It'll get you the same result but the real thing is so much better.

Yeah, but you don't have to worry about some airplane following you around during lunch break telling you it's in love!

[WestIndian425]

Originally Posted by darrenf

Dork!

rofl!! That's crazy! That takes it to the extreme!

[88MPH]

Really?

3 G's?

Really?














I'd rent one though,

[Micaoct]

Originally Posted by zmiller4

This thing looks like it would do an awesome job of teaching really uncoordinated turns.

I think it only does Pitch and Bank, no Yaw, at least that's what I thought it said in the video.

It would be cool to try it once...or twice...but no simulator can truly replicate the real thing.

[Fly4Pay]

Originally Posted by Micaoct

I think it only does Pitch and Bank, no Yaw, at least that's what I thought it said in the video.

Exactly. That's what zmiller meant by saying it would teach uncoordinated turns. Someone flies that for a while, figures he knows how to fly an airplane, then ignores the rudder in a real plane and flies uncoordinated.

EDIT: Although looking at it, it seems it DOES have rudder pedals--it's just that it doesn't emulate that access. SO... it may be okay after all as far as that goes.... TBD....

[tonyw]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

Yeah, but you don't have to worry about some airplane following you around during lunch break telling you it's in love!

Here's a joke for ya!

What's the difference between [group you want to insult] and a toilet?

A toilet doesn't follow you around after you use it!

[zmiller4]

Originally Posted by Fly4Pay

Exactly. That's what zmiller meant by saying it would teach uncoordinated turns. Someone flies that for a while, figures he knows how to fly an airplane, then ignores the rudder in a real plane and flies uncoordinated.

EDIT: Although looking at it, it seems it DOES have rudder pedals--it's just that it doesn't emulate that access. SO... it may be okay after all as far as that goes.... TBD....

I think it does, but did you notice when the guy banked it, he had to try to hold himself upright? Unless the thing can simulate G forces, the "feeling" in a bank in this contraption would be the same as a slip in a real airplane, right?

[ftyflyboy]

If it makes me look as cool as that guy…sign me up!
What a ######

[juxtapilot]

Originally Posted by zmiller4

I think it does, but did you notice when the guy banked it, he had to try to hold himself upright? Unless the thing can simulate G forces, the "feeling" in a bank in this contraption would be the same as a slip in a real airplane, right?

I think you're exactly right.

[Fly4Pay]

Originally Posted by zmiller4

I think it does, but did you notice when the guy banked it, he had to try to hold himself upright? Unless the thing can simulate G forces, the "feeling" in a bank in this contraption would be the same as a slip in a real airplane, right?

Yeah, the motion thing in general seemed pretty useless to me, anyway!

[firebirdswm]

"The DreamflyerTM captures the motion based on simple gravitational movements of
the chair initiated by the user in response to the views on the screen. Close to what pilots
do in the air. By using gravitational force to generate motions, the The DreamflyerTM has
eliminated the need for hydraulics and motors and associated costly maintenance"


Wait....so I simply lean in the direction of the pitch or bank and it does it? That's just a bunch of metal bars that pivot. This looked cool initially, but now it just sounds like a ripoff.