yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) (03/09/90)
I know this topic was probably discussed before. But, has anyone seen the F-16 Combat Pilot simulator? Is it better than Falcon? I currently have Falcon and like it very much except I haven't quite got the knack of landing yet. I guess what I'm asking is what is the best flight simulator for the Amiga, feature for feature? Thanks in advance =Mike = Michael K. Yee =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- = OPEN Software Foundation -- 11 Cambridge Center -- Cambridge, MA 02142 = Phone: 617-621-8831 Email: yee@osf.org or uunet!osf.org!yee "Take all that you need, and leave the land as it was." - Amer. Indian saying
mcdonley@dinl.uucp (alan mcdonley) (03/14/90)
I have been flying MicroSoft or Sublogic not sure which Flight Simulator II on the amiga 1000 for about 30 hours now. I really think it is the best way to learn to fly, land, live. There is a book Flying Flight Simulator which is based on the Amiga version which takes about 20 hours to fly all the lessons. the author takes you from nothing to a successful landing the first flight and first hour of flying! (I crashed a bunch in hours 2-10. I can now takeoff, land, navigate, figure out where I am and what heading to fly to the airport. At 25 hours I picked up the book Flying Commercial Flight Simulator and am honing skills on maintaining altitude in high bank turns (standard rate turns are higher than the first book used), climbing and diving by throttle, etc. Flying Commercial has five checkrides to hone / test your skills before heading off with passengers/cargo. I am about to purchase Falcon but more as a novelty than anything else. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan McDonley, Martin Marietta Information and Communication Systems (303) 977-3347 mcdonley@inlatlas.den.mmc.com P.O.Box 1260 ncar!dinl!mcdonley Denver,CO 80201-1260 Opinions are my own, not my employer's. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) (03/15/90)
In article <1545@dinl.mmc.UUCP>, mcdonley@dinl.uucp (alan mcdonley) says: > >I have been flying MicroSoft or Sublogic not sure which Flight Simulator >II on the amiga 1000 for about 30 hours now. I really think it is the >best way to learn to fly, land, live. > Agreed. Flight Sim. II is wonderful. >I am about to purchase Falcon but more as a novelty than anything else. > This I want to try to talk you out of. If you want the best combat flight simulator for the Amiga (IMHO), get F/A-18 Interceptor. This is one helluva program. I spend hours just flying it around, aside from the combat missions. The detail in this game is just staggering. Kurt -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- || Kurt Tappe (814) 862-8630 || "This town needs an enema." || || 600 E. Pollock Rd., #5705 || - Joker, "Batman" || || State College, PA 16801 --------------------------------------|| || jkt100@psuvm.bitnet or jkt100@psuvm.psu.edu || || or jkt100%psuvm.bitnet@psuvax1 QLink: KurtTappe || ----------------------------------------------------------------------
jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Jules Cisek) (03/15/90)
In article <90073.150212JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>, JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes: > In article <1545@dinl.mmc.UUCP>, mcdonley@dinl.uucp (alan mcdonley) says: > >I am about to purchase Falcon but more as a novelty than anything else. > > > This I want to try to talk you out of. If you want the best combat > flight simulator for the Amiga (IMHO), get F/A-18 Interceptor. This > is one helluva program. I spend hours just flying it around, aside > from the combat missions. The detail in this game is just staggering. F/A-18 is fantastic, but it is certainly NOT a simulator. If our planes were that advanced, than you could call it a simulator: 1. Radar is not that powerful. 2. Real planes don't fly that steady. 3. You can't make a horizontally level turn at high speed. 4. Your enemy is not this pathetic. Any combat flight simulator which lets you kill 4 migs in practically every mission is just a very fancy shoot-em up. A real pilot may make 10 kills in his entire career! In the Vietnam war, there was a pilot (I forget his name) who made 16 kills, and was considered an ace. In 18 started F/A-18 missions (that I haven't gotten killed in) I shot down more than 50 MIGs. Falcon, on the other hand is a simulator. When you down a MIG, you feel real accomplishement. You constantly have to be aware of your energy, you must beware of blackout and redout and GLOC... Both are excellent programs, and I must admit that the F/A-18 missions are much more unique and interesting, but to me, it's just not a simulator. -- |\ | // Julius A. Cisek jac423 | /| | | \X/ ->crunch<- SUNYA, NY USA @leah.albany.edu | | O | IB...M I do think it's good... | O