From: Vivian M. <viv...@li...> - 2010-12-01 15:01:29
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Martin wrote > tho...@jy... wrote: > > >> One example that strikes me is the c172p, though I'm biased as one of > the > >> maintainers of the aircraft, and it is rated accurately according to > >> your criteria :) > > > > Compared with, say, the A-10, the F-14b or the Tu-154b (which is not in > > the GIT repository) - how would you rate the c172p cockpit? Would you > say > > that it has the same quality, would you say that it is better or worse? > > I don't know how the real A-10 looks like, I'm having some 'historic' > documentation on the F-14 (including a really interesting book I bought > on a school trip to London, more than 20 years ago) - but this probably > still doesn't qualify for rating the cockpit model in FlightGear. > > On the other hand I _do_ know, among others, the C172-cockpit which is > modelled here and I may tell you that FlightGear's C172 cockpit is done > quite accurately - the real ones do indeed look pretty cheap, > consisting of just a painted metal sheet with a plastic cover in the > upper region. Not only the cover is pretty realistic, also the gauges, > audio panel, avionics and switches are (the real switches are providing > a rather 'cheap' haptic experience as well). > I thought I was a native English speaker, but I had to look up "haptic". Nice one! So an old dog (me) can learn new tricks :-). Vivian |