Real vs. Sim Pilot

[Svsmokey]

Just lost a YouTube couple whose only video I saw was their discussing selling their Pietenpol to get a 140 .

The very next video i saw was Blancolirio discussing their fatal crash in the 140 due to stall/spin at a very high density altitude near Williams , Az .

Very sad , and yes real flight is very unforgiving of the smallest mistake .

[Ala13_ManOWar]

Yep, that's quite a difference between RL and virtual .

 

 

Anyways, despite all the comments written, mine included, personally I wouldn't discourage anyone willing to learn to fly IRL, on the contrary if you like it go for it all the way. Just, remember knowledge and experience is the only thing between you and death, so learn well and with the right people. Sadly that's the part you can't "simulate" on a PC.

 

S!

[IkarusC42B Pilot]

Worth a bump

[C3PO]

Can't speak clearly for DCS, but for the past 15 years was heavily involved in racing sims, iRacing rF2, ACC etc...In racing sims the sim racer always goes over the edge first, crashes, and works backwards. The real driver works slowly up to the limit, for obvious reasons. But the fidelity of racing simulators is clear, especially if they have a  good tyre model: there is a one-to-one correlation between what inputs you put into the real race car and the inputs you put into the wheel and pedals of a simulator. That was what triple Le Mans winner Darren Turner (who also runs a pro simulator facility) told me once.

 

Three years ago I was lucky enough to drive a real life F1 car - Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus (Renault) from 2012 - amazing experience. What sims taught me was learning the track and knowing how fast the scenery flies past you. In my very brief experience I didn't even warm the tyres up  If you're interested, how I got on is in the link below:

 

 

Edited April 28, 2021 by C3PO

[Lace]

2 hours ago, C3PO said:

Can't speak clearly for DCS, but for the past 15 years was heavily involved in racing sims, iRacing rF2, ACC etc...In racing sims the sim racer always goes over the edge first, crashes, and works backwards. The real driver works slowly up to the limit, for obvious reasons. But the fidelity of racing simulators is clear, especially if they have a  good tyre model: there is a one-to-one correlation between what inputs you put into the real race car and the inputs you put into the wheel and pedals of a simulator. That was what triple Le Mans winner Darren Turner (who also runs a pro simulator facility) told me once.

 

Three years ago I was lucky enough to drive a real life F1 car - Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus (Renault) from 2012 - amazing experience. What sims taught me was learning the track and knowing how fast the scenery flies past you. In my very brief experience I didn't even warm the tyres up  If you're interested, how I got on is in the link below:

 

 

 

 

Paul Ricard is my local circuit when I'm at my place in France, I regularly cycle up that way

 

They used to do L39 flights from there too.

 

[C3PO]

18 minutes ago, Lace said:

 

Paul Ricard is my local circuit when I'm at my place in France, I regularly cycle up that way

 

They used to do L39 flights from there too.

 

 

Paul Ricard is a great track ... super fast straight too in Le Mans config.

[Lace]

12 minutes ago, C3PO said:

 

Paul Ricard is a great track ... super fast straight too in Le Mans config.

 

Never done the full circuit but I've been on the karting track a few times.

[IkarusC42B Pilot]

Kek