New Simulator at Tauranga

[ZK-MAT]

Here's an article on the local website about Bay Flight Aviation's new $140,000 full motion flight training simulator, called the Redbird.


Article and Video here

[Ian Warren]

I do like the energy and concept idea , the better they want it , the better we go , the more real it gets , maybe VLC and a bitta RealNZ

[morrisman1]

Im not a fan. Personally I think they should scrap the full motion (because really it will suck) and spend the money on setting up a proper cockpit with full wrap around (using projectors) visuals. At this level I believe that full motion is absolutely unnecessary and even at ZFT simulator level I would consider it a luxury rather than a necessity. The money would be much better spent making it a better simulator than making a crappy simulator move around.

[Ian Warren]

My Brother Rick was very very impressed , well not sure , invited him with daughter thanks to Alister C .... with the Flight Experience and words .. non .. just a WOW

[AndrewJamez]

For $140,000 smakaroo's id expect a bit more than a small multiple monitors and a bog standard FSX scenery.

[AlisterC]

I was thinking $140,000 is very cheap actually Even the flight experience sims were at least twice that and they were fixed base. So for $140,000 with movement, seems like over half of that will be wasted on the movement. I'm with Morrisman too, movement is overrated lol

[Ian Warren]

Following Alister on this one .. think you need try Flight Experience .... was bloody mind blowing Experience , and to turn my younger brother Rick around was the flight Al organized at FE

[J7G]

The big question is: can you loop it? If not, I don't want to know!

Seriously though, this just looks like a marketing gimmick.

[morrisman1]

Is there a simulator anywhere in the world that simulates the G forces? Acceleration and deceleration is a gimmick but if I can roll a simulator into a max rate and black out, then flip the plane over and find all the money left on the floor then I MIGHT change my mind about full motion

[Ian Warren]

I think you would be pushing the limits there unless you you get a backdoor key to the UASF/NASA centifuge .

[mfraser]

It doesn't look all that different from my home simulator - except mine doesn't move!! In my home sim, sitting in front of 3x 22" widescreen monitors still provides an amazing amount of realism - and I prefer the crispness of LCD's over the projectors used in commercial simulators (I've also been on the FE simulator). I wish there was a little less talking and more video of it actually moving - if you're going to make a report on a fantastic new MOVING simulator then show us how it MOVES for cripes sake!! LOL

[happytraveller]

QUOTE (mfraser @ May 17 2011,8:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It doesn't look all that different from my home simulator - except mine doesn't move!! In my home sim, sitting in front of 3x 22" widescreen monitors still provides an amazing amount of realism - and I prefer the crispness of LCD's over the projectors used in commercial simulators (I've also been on the FE simulator). I wish there was a little less talking and more video of it actually moving - if you're going to make a report on a fantastic new MOVING simulator then show us how it MOVES for cripes sake!! LOL

Yep, I agree, they should have shown it operating, and also id does look rather like a home simulator. I just hope that I do not end up spending $140 000 on mine, although a full motion base would be nice. From memory, I think that you can buy the full motion bases for about 5000 euros, so a good FSX set up and a full motion base would be well under $140 000. I am still happy with my (non full motion) FSX set up.

smooth landings.