Spockie-Tech
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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*Free* R/C Aircraft Model Simulator
I mainly thought of Jeff J when I saw this (since I know he likes RC planes and things), but anyone who wants to crash (well, until you figure out how to fly them )some RC AirPlanes (and Helicopters !) should check this out
http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index_e.html
Quite a nice RC Simulator for free. Lots of different types of funky aircraft to hoon about with, Choppers too and seems fairly realistic to me.. Pity theres no guns or opponents to dogfight with, but I guess RC Modellers usually dont do that sort of thing anyway..
Make sure you spend some time checking out the keyboard controls from the control's pull down menu for a quick start, (or RTFM).
Apparently if you want more control-realism, you can connect the "buddy box" output of your radio control Tx to your computer (through a little interface widget you have to buy, examples here.. http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZbrutusn
It reminded me of why I *dont* like model aircraft though. As soon as your model dissapears into a tiny dot in the distance its no fun anymore..
In the sim you can hit the "C" key to change camera views to a closeup (but not in real life ), and there seem to be a few other keys for Altimeter instruments (A) and other stuff..
Worth a look _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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