NZFF

...still trying to work exactly what it is but it seems to be real aircaft flying a virtual course. NZ developed it seems with a race in Auckland. Wholly virtual FSX option for flight sim?. Check out the vid. Appears to be using Real NZ scenery (do they have a license Robin?)...

http://www.skychallenge.com/#/?page=home

Boggles the mind...all kinds of questions: safety first.
Heck we can't even txt and drive, these pilots have to keep reminding themselves it's not a computer game, and there is no reset button for RW flying!

Lots of simulation possibilities..the F1 teams are already using "hardware-in-the-loop" simulators because their RW testing is limited by the FIA.
The calibration is pretty good I believe.

Not sure how fair it is to pit a RW pilot against someone sitting comfortably at 1.0g in front of a PC...
How about a full-size radio-control aircraft, with pilot-view relay?
Already there are iphone-operated quadricopters which you can own today.

How expensive do you want your toys to be?

Nah that is not the same city as the one i built ,though this one does have a good look to it but im unsure it looks like FSX at all

Hi - check out this video - it explains the Sky Challenge Air Race system and how it works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6zd9M0-3KA

Welcome to NZFF pn88 , nice find ... just think another couple years they maybe have UAV races .

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Aug 4 2011,2:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Welcome to NZFF pn88 , nice find ... just think another couple years they maybe have UAV races .

That would be good - and technically quite possible ! Accidents would be allowed.