singapore flight simulators
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I knew right from the start it was going to be a SGI platform .. those things are great.
You must talk to them about project penguin! .. very hush hush project from the leaders up north ... -
link doesn't seem to work.Originally posted by technowizardry: -
you need to download acrobat reader for the pdf file.Originally posted by Flight Cadet Officer:link doesn't seem to work. -
There are things in the public domain that are not very well known... you could probably do a search in Google using 'singapore and simulator' and get lots of hits.Originally posted by kenhor:I knew right from the start it was going to be a SGI platform .. those things are great.
You must talk to them about project penguin! .. very hush hush project from the leaders up north ...
Did you know the Canadians did the Malaysian's Mig-29N simulator? Russian airframe, French Avionics, Canadian training equipment. Haa haa...
SGI machines are powerful, yes, but they are on the bleeding edge and they are fragile. PCs on the other hand are designed to take user abuse...
Project penguin? You mean about the south pole expedition that Malaysia is planning? Yes?
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Nope .. the expedition is over .. project penguin is the next gen in AI development ..
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Unfortunately, too many people talk about AI, but very few understand it.Originally posted by kenhor:Nope .. the expedition is over .. project penguin is the next gen in AI development .. -
Hopefully this one will be different ..
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SGI is on the way out, during the days of jurassic park, sgi machines were hot as they are the only ones capable of rendering high quality stuff. but like the dinosaurs of jurassic, they are being overtaken by cheaper and more powerful machines.
software are also getting more capable now, for US$79 u could get X-Plane which is FAA approved for ATPL, CPL and IR rating. And its being used as the simulator for burt rutan's SpaceShipOne.
anyway for those interested, the projector used for the simulator is JVC's D-ILA projectors -
Yep you are right .. the days are over when the sight of a huge SGI supercomputer filled the animation people with awe ..
I once sold a 4 CPU 512MB, 20GB HDD, SGI graphics supercomputer to some animation house in Philippines. Back in 1994. That cost a cool million .. nowadays, we can build a PC with the same specs for less than 10k. sigh .. such a difference 10 years make. -
*ahem*Originally posted by cavsg:
x-plane can never compete with serious simulators... especially military ones. Flight is only one component of the system. You have to do enemy / malfunctions / avionics / debrief / semula (repeat) stuff...
As for the hardware, just consider the difference between driving a real car an playing grand prix on the computer...
And it smells like they're selling snake oil. You can tell that from their cocky claims. -
tell that to burt rutan, tell that to FAA, your knowledge of flight simulators are only limited to your dreams, you think the rsaf dog fight simulator very facy full? it can simulate emergencies? u think that thing can have the a-4, f-5 and f-16 avionics all at the same time. u think the f-5 simulator can fully simulate a dog fight? u think the st simulator can simulate a dog fight with 360 degree view. u ever went into the superpuma simulator and they play that bungee jump simulation from raffles city. u think a real superpuma can do that? there are alot of simulators out there. each has a different job. there is no all in one simulator. some simulators are used to train what pilots call, motor skills, things like emergencies which straight away the pilot can react to it. some are used to train knowledge skills like IF/NAV, where u need to use the working memory. the FAA approved simulator is used for training Instrument flights in a full motion enviroment not a pc. if u think simulators are for seasoned pilots, you are wrong again. trainees also go thru simulators. so do they need such facy things like enemy? debrief is a software feature, what makes u think that its not in a x-plane? ms flight sim also have debrief.Originally posted by technowizardry:*ahem*
And it smells like they're selling snake oil. You can tell that from their cocky claims.
just like u said the difference between a real car and grand prix, no simulator can fully simulate flying. I never touch simulators when i learn flying cos no simulator can simulate the dynamic enviroment you find when you are flying. the instructor can throw things at you in a simulator but can he set the enviroment as unpredictable as mother nature? -
Originally posted by cavsg:
Haa haa...
I never touch simulators when i learn flying cos no simulator can simulate the dynamic enviroment you find when you are flying. the instructor can throw things at you in a simulator but can he set the enviroment as unpredictable as mother nature?