Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft model/cockpit rating

[Tim M. <tim...@gm...>]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Martin Spott <Mar...@mg...>wrote:

> tho...@jy... wrote:
>
> > What do the numbers mean?
> > =========================
> >
> > Roughly, anything below 5 means that it isn't really finished and that I
> > think they should be alpha status. 7 and 8 are really nice cockpits, and
> 9
> > an 10 usually create a spontaneous  'wow!'.
>
> I think the risk of doing harm by "rating" aircraft and their cockpits
> after just a quick test is rather high compared to the potential
> benefit - especially when you're too unfamiliar with some of the
> respective real-life references. To put in into different words: By
> assigning too many inappropriate ratings, you're putting the entire
> effort at the risk of not being taken as seriously as you would expect.
>
> If I were you, I'd refrain from posting ratings as 'delicate' as this
> one.
>
> I for one really enjoyed the list and plan to check out some of the more
highly rated ones with which I'm not familiar. I can't believe that the
ratings will come as a surprise to any aircraft developer, and I hope that
their egos aren't so fragile as to be discouraged by a low rating!

Tim

> Cheers,
>        Martin.
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