tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post8677704307952859358..comments2024-03-22T07:12:47.560-07:00Comments on Pitchpull: "Blue Canoes" and Their ProgenyGreybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-78378109839425199952008-10-27T17:47:00.000-07:002008-10-27T17:47:00.000-07:00Tumo my Bro, good to have you pop up.When the Army...Tumo my Bro, good to have you pop up.<BR/>When the Army started using full-motion sims for helicopters, the Chinooks actually had cameras that followed a huge terrain board and projected an image on the windshield. Operators would mess with students by moving a cow to the rooftop of a barn on the terrain board to keep students alert and interested.<BR/><BR/>A groove in the runway that is duplicated on the sim?<BR/>Far out!Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-32851891548492643632008-10-27T17:26:00.000-07:002008-10-27T17:26:00.000-07:00Hey Greybeard. Simulators have become even a big f...Hey Greybeard. Simulators have become even a big factor in the training of Military drivers. Earlier this year I completed the transition from C-130 to the C-17. I was required to log 115+ hours and I think it was something like 28 different profiles where flown in the sim before even thinking of driving the real thing. The 35 million dollar sim provides a very realistic ride. It even sims the cracks in the runway. There is a groove in a runway at Pope you can feel on landing and it feels the same in the sim..They can run us thru any imagined situation and do it without killing us. They save time and money by being able to run thru a senerio over and over again without all the extra flying.....just back up the program and start at what ever point you want. Still not as cool as the real thing but pretty damn close...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-52149173335901108242008-10-24T16:26:00.000-07:002008-10-24T16:26:00.000-07:00Wow. What a cool post, GB. I love seeing where w...Wow. What a cool post, GB. I love seeing where we've come from, ya know?<BR/><BR/>I saw a show today about future law enforcement technology and it made me feel the way the new simulators must make you feel - old and a few steps behind the times.<BR/><BR/>cjhCJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798965643027904154noreply@blogger.com