Path: utzoo!dciem!king
From: king@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (Stephen King)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Flight Simulator
Message-ID: <2433@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca>
Date: 22 Aug 89 14:50:20 GMT
References: <89081507583636@masnet.uucp> <486@cditi.UUCP>
Reply-To: king@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (Stephen King)
Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada
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In article <486@cditi.UUCP> ewp@cditi.UUCP (Rick Prins) writes:
>I would suggest contacting your SGI rep or SGI in CA.  The code I have
>(executable only) was here when I started (11/88).  
SGI will probably be reluctant to release the source code for 'flight' or
'dog', as these are really demos and not supported applications.

>I think that SGI is looking for realism in the simulator 
I would disagree with this, as the program, being only a demo, does not
take into account all of the flight characteristics of the aircraft. In
some cases (F16/18) these characteristics may be classified information.
I have seen the F18 flying slowly at low altitude with a high angle of
attack - very much like a kite - and the simulation won't do this at all.

>I don't think that SGI engineers will want to be bothered.
Probably not, but they sure spend a lot of time playing 'dog' themselves -
they have become real aces at ACM (Aerial Combat Maneuvers) on the simulator.
(I found this out when I visited SGI for a training course)

And, of course, all you have here are my opinions...
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