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> proficiency is a fundamental issue Have y'all considered that a fully digitized, fly-by-wire aircraft, of the type that you're proposing to build, would also
by cfiggers 2y ago
> proficiency is a fundamental issue
Have y'all considered that a fully digitized, fly-by-wire aircraft, of the type that you're proposing to build, would also essentially be a ridiculously high-fidelity flight simulator whenever and wherever it is sitting still with the engine off?
This could be part of your pitch—the pilot could program in a flight plan and then fly it in simulation, practice all the radio work etc., using the actual physical controls they would use to do it for real, then go do it for real all in the same chair.
- n_ermosh 2y agowe've definitely thought about that! the force-feedback fly by wire makes it really easy to replicate the feel of flying the real thing very well. What you see outside though will be fixed, so maybe for instrument training it would be good, though I'm not sure about using the actual plane vs recreating the cockpit in an indoor simulator
- cfiggers 2y agoMy aviation major roommates in college drilled for their upcoming flights with, I kid you not, a large poster depicting their instrument panel taped to the wall of our quad and a folding chair. Training does not require VR-like immersion to be supremely valuable. :) Especially when it comes to practicing radio calls, it's the repetition that breeds competence and therefore confidence.