skouras Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I'm also a real life pilot. I flew Mig-29, F-15C, Su-27 and now I'm deployed to one of the A10C squadrons. Have thousands of flight hours. NO! NO! IT'S TRUE! I'M A REAL PILOT AND I HAVE SCREENSHOTS TO PROVE IT! :megalol::megalol::megalol::megalol::thumbup::thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]W10(64bit)Asus Rog Strix Z370-F - i7 8700K - Dark Rock Pro 4 - 16 giga ram Corsair vengeance 3000 - MSI RTX 2070 Super - Asus Rog Phobeus soundcard - Z906 Surround speaker - Track ir5 - HOTAS Warthog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc338 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Flown the 767 and 737. Now fly a very large bus. I know a ex F/A-18 pilot who fly's a lot of sims. Also a ex military test pilot who saw combat in Vietnam who plays a little. ARM505 you'll enjoy the 800, much nicer cockpit than the 400 but not as forgiving to land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I used to fly Learjet 35s doing air ambulance work and we used to have a lot of fun in uncontrolled airspace with no patient and a willing nurse. :) Now I fly Boeing's... 737-200 and 300 I remember the flap at the O'Club when you got your licence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRFirefox Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 im flown once out of the pub - a real "mudmover-flight" and the landing without Gear (Hands) down was very hard - but the fuel in this pub was real terrible!:music_whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headspace Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Of course it counts! Me too, not an instructor but instrument-rated PP in the 172/182. The thing I like about the DCS A-10 is that the flight model is recognizable to a small-time pilot. It's not fly-by-wire and has limitations, of thrust, of airspeed and AOA. You have to trim it. You can't fly inverted or throw it around the sky. It feels like a "real" airplane. Yeah the elevator trim tab is practically in the same place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoJoe Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Of course it counts! Me too, not an instructor but instrument-rated PP in the 172/182. The thing I like about the DCS A-10 is that the flight model is recognizable to a small-time pilot. It's not fly-by-wire and has limitations, of thrust, of airspeed and AOA. You have to trim it. You can't fly inverted or throw it around the sky. It feels like a "real" airplane. Yes! Plus the, ahem, "modest" thrust-to-weight ratio makes it so you really have to plan your energy in the A-10, just like any small single-engine Cessna or Piper. Not to mention the adverse yaw! (All the fighter jocks right now are saying "The adverse what?"). Gotta keep it coordinated! I have to fly the A-10 sim with my feet almost as much as with my hands. :thumbup: I'm really (really really) looking forward to a Pointy-jet DCS sim, but I just LOVE the stick and rudder flying of the A-10! --NoJoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Hole Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) I currently fly B737/-5,-7,-8,-9,-900ER. Previously DC10, A320, EMB-135/145. Someone mentioned that military pilots don't like to admit they fly sims. But I think it is true that few really do fly sims. 30% of First Officers I fly with are ex- (occasionally current) fighter guys and practically none fly sims. It makes sense that they don't. There is sort of a been-there-done-that attitude. Plus, the first hint of silliness or unrealism (which even DCS has plenty of) is an immediate turn-off. I did recently fly with a guy who still flys F/A-18s in the Navy Reserves. His first exposure to "jets" was Flanker 2.0. He seemed to think that the Flanker experience really helped him initially in pilot training. I tried to turn him on to Rise of Flight and Black Shark but he was pretty married to his xbox. Rise of Flight, I think, is perhaps the strongest draw to "real" pilots because the flying is so completely different than anything in current experience BUT nearly all current BFM techniques still apply. Edited March 14, 2011 by Smokin Hole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I fly a Citabria. Tim "Stretch" Morgan 72nd VFW, 617th VFS Other handles: Strikeout (72nd VFW, 15th MEU Realism Unit), RISCfuture (BMS forums) PC and Peripherals: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RISCfuture/saved/#view=DMp6XL Win10 x64 — BMS — DCS — P3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tord Hoppe Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Private pilot, flying Eurocubs and Dynamic WT-9. Actually have flying on pause atm due to prioritizing my kids/family until they are big enough to tag along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarneyUK Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Does gliding count? Have flown solo in K21 and K18. Never really had the money to become a powered pilot, and am too old now to go for Military pilot :mad: Also had an hour in a real Cessna 172 after my wife bought me it as a gift when I had FS2004. "The sky is not the limit.....it's my playground!!" @paraglidecass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaman Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I am flying Cessna 172, I have practiced mud moving with Cessna ;) 1 51PVO Founding member (DEC2007-) 100KIAP Founding member (DEC2018-) :: Shaman aka [100☭] Shamansky tail# 44 or 444 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 100KIAP Regiment Early Warning & Control officer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airea Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I fly paragliders for some years but that does not count either I suppose:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eedenn Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) any flying counts... it doesn't matter if its on the space shuttle or a paraglider, its still the experience of flight! I once heard a cliche story about a cessna 172 private pilot applicant who looked up at the king air and said i wish i was up there. Then there was the guy in the king air looking at the nice shiny CRJ's taking off out of his regional airport and saying i wish that was me. The guy in the CRJ looked at the brand spanking new 777's taking off out of the international he was feeding into and said thats where i want to go. The 777 pilot up at 41,000 feet towards the end of his long haul cruise, looked up and saw the sun glint off the windshield of the space shuttle, and said...i wish that was me. The astronaut in the space shuttle, thousands of hours of experience, including test pilot, to low time, bumping-through-the-night cargo charter, (while flying over a little airfield) looked down and said, thats where i learnt to fly...wish i was down there flying a 172! eedenn Edited March 14, 2011 by eedenn Intel i7-980X 6GB 2000MHz DDR3 Windows 7 Home premium 64bit GTX560TI 1GB DDR5 Single Monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirtma Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I'm also a real life pilot. I flew Mig-29, F-15C, Su-27 and now I'm deployed to one of the A10C squadrons. Have thousands of flight hours. NO! NO! IT'S TRUE! I'M A REAL PILOT AND I HAVE SCREENSHOTS TO PROVE IT! True, and I was his wingman! :lol::clap_2::cheer3nc: Gigabyte Z490 Gaming X | i5 10600K@4700 | 32 Gb DDR4 @ 3200Mhz | Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11G | MONITOR IIYAMA 24,5" LED LCD @ 1920 x 1080 | Windows 11 | Saitek X-55 Rhino | TrackIR 5 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Okay, I'm the exception. I'm a professional pilot with a little over 7000 hrs of military, corporate and airline time. I love flying computer sims and have just all of them. I went through flight school in 90-91, wish we would have had these sims back then. 1 Paco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyro-AWG Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Military Sea King Mk5 here, plus a bit of civil aerobatics when I get the chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weil Undi Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I'm training to become to get a Private Rotary Wing License, and I'm really hoping to go commercial at some point. Haven't gotten my Solo rating yet, but, I'm pretty confident in the little R22 they let me fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrspawn Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) I once emailed Keith Rosenkranz (author of vipers in the storm and Gulf War veteran with 30 combat missions under his belt in an f-16) and asked him if he ever played Falcon or knew anyone that played Falcon. He said he doesn't play it but knows of it and is highly impressed by its realism. He also mentioned he worked on a Falcon project at one point (after Allied Force) but the funding got cut and it was canceled. I'd expect more combat pilots to fly games like Falcon, considering I know literally dozens of infantry and ground pounder types who play ARMA and Steel Beasts. Edited March 14, 2011 by tyrspawn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetz Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I've only got 9 1/2 hours towards my PPL, but my cousin used to fly CF-18's back in the day, now he flies a desk in Ottawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimFreak Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I got about 20 hours in DA20, 20 more in C172, about 2 in yak52, 1 hour in RC22, 100 in PC9 and 100 in BE400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effte Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 ...but I am staying at a Holiday Inn tonight. :D ----- Introduction to UTM/MGRS - Trying to get your head around what trim is, how it works and how to use it? - DCS helos vs the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ec-swr Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I fly paragliders for some years but that does not count either I suppose:) +2 :thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC].youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtail Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 PPSEL Cessna 172. A little over 200 hours. Earned my wings in 1999 at KTEB. Flew for a short time but had to put it on hold due to finances. Greatest thing I've ever done was live my boyhood dream of becoming a pilot (even if for a short while). I had the joy of giving my three children their first flight ever. Enjoyed flying the Hudson river VFR corridor in NY/NJ and had the pleasure of sight seeing the Statue of liberty, Coney Island and the WTC several times! What an awesome sight flying past the WTC at 1000' msl yet you were below the top of the twin towers! RIP. Love DCS A-10 more than any other sim I've had.....and I've had them all going back to my teenage years on a Commodore-64. FS4,ATP transport pilot, solo flight, F-16 combat pilot, hornet, flanker, Falcon (Amiga version), Falcon 3.0&4.0, X-plane, FSX....etc, etc, etc. I predict DCS-F16 is the next module! ~Redtail~ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglecash867 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I'm also a real life pilot. I flew Mig-29, F-15C, Su-27 and now I'm deployed to one of the A10C squadrons. Have thousands of flight hours. :megalol::megalol::megalol: Kenan! You RAWK, dude! I still want some of your "porked" placards. Ya never know, we COULD get FAA approval for those when we do an MEL. :thumbup: NO! NO! IT'S TRUE! I'M A REAL PILOT AND I HAVE SCREENSHOTS TO PROVE IT! EVGA Z690 Classified, Intel i9 12900KS Alder Lake processor, MSI MAG Core Liquid 360R V2 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler, G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series 64GB DDR5 6400 memory, EVGA RTX3090 FTW3 Ultra 24GB video card, Samsung 980PRO 1TB M2.2280 SSD for Windows 10 64-bit OS, Samsung 980PRO 2TB M2.2280 SSD for program files, LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray burner. HOTAS Warthog, Saitek Pedals, HP Reverb G2. Partridge and pear tree pending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumfire Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I used to fly Learjet 35s doing air ambulance work and we used to have a lot of fun in uncontrolled airspace with no patient and a willing nurse. :) Now I fly Boeing's... 737-200 and 300 LoL, Mile High club here we come :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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