Comments on: Streamin’ Eagles: VFAT 2009

By: wqwewqaa

wqwewqaa — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:35:25 +0000

IIRC, Lock On does not simulate that since Black Shark doesn’t support it either. I don’t know about FSX, but its flight model is pretty crappy anyway so I doubt it.

By: Dustopedia

Dustopedia — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:12 +0000

Do these games model the turbulence created by the engines on these planes? I bet that is a key consideration for formation stunt pilots in the real world.

By: Bryan Peterson

Bryan Peterson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:20:26 +0000

Awesome Tim, thanks for bringing this to the forefront. There are still people out there that love simulations.

By: drcancerman

drcancerman — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:08:51 +0000

Lock-On; But with most Lock-on fans of today, Flaming Cliffs might be there as well.
and FSX, but it might as well be FS9 (flight Simulator)

By: TotalBiscuit

TotalBiscuit — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:17:41 +0000

If only it said that in the article…

By: Ifeten.u

Ifeten.u — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:12:08 +0000

What game are they using for all this?

By: Devan

Devan — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:56:27 +0000

That’s a nifty idea. I wonder what the future could hold for virtual performance. If the simulation requires the same skills needed to fly the real aircraft, then I don’t see why this couldn’t eventually become more prominent, mostly for reasons of practicality.
While viewing an air show in person is no doubt a more breathtaking experience, they are a really expensive way to entertain people. Then there’s all the pollution caused by the jet fuel, smoke trails and pyrotechnics. There’s a large international airshow near where I live, and every year the whole valley is choked with smog from the event.

Whether we like it or not, humans are going to have to start finding more sustainable pastimes like this VFAT event.

By: Iphigenia

Iphigenia — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:38:07 +0000

The Virtual Blues Brothers just lost a Mirage. Shame, they were doing some nice stuff.

By: ruaidhri.k

ruaidhri.k — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:52:32 +0000

it didn’t look intentional to me. but based on the quality displayed in the previous ten minutes it must have been.

By: Larington

Larington — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:41:41 +0000

Oh hang on, chat feed saying crash was intentional. Heh.

By: Larington

Larington — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:40:19 +0000

Someone was doing various fancy flying with an attack copter, he just managed to crash into a roll across tarmac, they’ve gone to a static poster image. Whoops.

By: Transportdaemon

Transportdaemon — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:59:38 +0000

Impressive, wow, who would of thunk there are virtual airshows? It almost makes me want to do some flight-simming but like other people commenting here I suck and generally end up stuck on the ground or landing into the ground forgetting about things like flaps, wheels, speed etc.

How do they film this and package it into something the general public can watch?