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Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by TiffanyInLA
This is hilarious!!!
You guys are STILL talking about hobbyists' home flight sims, aren't you?
There IS a large sub-culture out there, it seems....I've seen some of these dudes ('dudettes?) post their efforts on YouTube.
I've seen a website/blog sort of thing, where a guy is BUILDING an entire Boeing cockpit replica, to integrate with his HOME computer programs.
These things are, of course, going to mimic the "real" thing....but, so what??
I'm not a computer programmer, but can't just about ANY computer language be used, by a professional programmer, to accomplish the same "simulation"??
IOW...you can run Windows software on a Mac, right?
Is there a computer techhie out in the world who would NOT notice the difference, between teh two softwares???
Load Flight Data Recorder File
X-Plane is sometimes used in accident investigation or re-creation, and in that case people need to be able to take the data from a black box and put it in a format that X-Plane can read. That format is the Flight Data Recorder (or .fdr) format. Unlike the SMO files, which are compressed binary, and the MOV files, which are for showing movies only, the FDR file is text. This means that users can make their own FDR files as easily as possible from whatever data they have and then re-create these flights in X-Plane. Look in the Instructions folder within the X-Plane directory for the file “Example FDR file.fdr.” This is a sample FDR file.
You can literally load the .fdr file from the NTSB into Xplane and watch the aircraft fly.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
BUT, IT ONLY WORKS IN ONE DIRECTION!!!
These plugins where written in 2003 and were hosted on my other web site
They allowed you to record and playback a flight in Xplane V7.
That flight data file could also be used in FS2002 using the apps that I created in Borland C++ Builder.
The files recorded on FS2002 could also be played back in XPlane.
www.xpluginsdk.org...
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by TiffanyInLA
You still don't understand???
So what??? "Record and playback"?? Do you even understand what you're typing?
Here....adding this, from another thread....even though it HAS been linked many times, no one seems to bother to take time to read and understand it....seems more appropriate here, anyway:
www.ntsb.gov...
[edit on 24 August 2010 by weedwhacker]
So yes Weed, as the lady suggests with a data frame layout and the ability to re-write code, you too can record/playback files and recreate simulations just as the accident investigation software does.
In any case, it has been proven without a shadow of a doubt that Level D flight sim can produce data frames exact to the airline's specific design.
Originally posted by weedwhackerHOW can this data, this information, be IN the SSFDR files, IF it "came from " a Level-D FFS???
The simulator can also display fuel quantity and fuel flow dynamically as it would be used based on throttle position.
b[]Just as there are no engines, fuel, oil, etc. The simulator records this information. It can calculate fuel loads, fuel use, EGT Temps, etc. even
though no such fluids exist.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
Remember, I am the one who is the pilot, not you "conspiracy" guys!!!
Get this, please: In a real airplane (and in the SIM, since the "boxes" are the same units)....and this is where your confusion probably begins. The FMC, and its CDU are a combined unit....I have a picture of it posted, already [another thread]. SO, they can "talk" the same computer language to the FDAU in the airplane.
The FMC (as one function, of many) monitors fuel quantity, and "looks" for discrepancies. IOW....once initialized at the gate, beginning of flight, it "looks" at the real F/F, and continually calculates what it thinks the fuel quantity should be. This is the same as in a SIM...since there isn't any REAL fuel, there.
Now....in a real airplane, say you had a fuel leak? In a part of the system where it's not going to affect the F/F readings...say, just a hole in a tank section somewhere. (BTW, when we "dump", this is the same as a 'leak', to the FMC).
Eventually, when it reaches pre-determined point, it triggers an alert. The FMC will alert the crew (message on the FMC, and in EICAS) that what it "sees" in the fuel gauges isn't the same as what it calculated, from its independent readings.
everything from the so-called "wooden wonders" (just plywood, with more of those photos cut out, and glued to the surfaces...a sort of "mock up", with a few desk chairs to sit on) to some that integrate some of the electronics...all the way to the most technically advanced, but still NO MOTION --- the "CPT". Cockpit Procedures Trainer. I guess that's a dated term, nowadays..."FTD"...Flight Training Device.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
So....really, I can't give a rat's behind about the "proper" terminolgy
With automated scenario execution and enhanced data recording, this Frasca FSTD will generate detail-rich reports for post-flight analyses. Flights can be replayed on both the FSTD and remote Debrief Station, including playback of audio communications and cockpit video. Time-stamped event logs will include aircraft configuration, control inputs, attitude, location, and weather conditions. These tools will enable researchers to study complex circumstances in precise detail and identify meaningful trends.
The B747-400 simulator is equipped with a specialized
system for collecting run data during a simulator
session. A list of variables and the rate at which they
will be captured is created on the IBM RISC 6000-560
data collection computer before the session. The name
of the list is then entered on the EOS to initiate the
recording of the data.
Insight|Animation includes all the functionality of Insight|Analysis, as well as provides a compre-hensive and interactive real-time flight animation system that visualizes raw binary data from aircraft and/or full flight simulators.
Recovery is a bit level editing tool designed for accident investigators. It allows bit editing of tape-based and solid state recordings to recover data problems associated with dropouts and synchronization losses due to power interruptions and error codes.
Originally posted by turbofan
Wow, I've never seen such a disregard for proven evidence as this Weed!
Originally posted by TiffanyInLA
Originally posted by turbofan
Wow, I've never seen such a disregard for proven evidence as this Weed!
Excellent work turbofan.
This is a bit off topic, but weedwhacker et al have repeatedly been claiming that Rob Balsamo lived in your basement and that you kicked him out of your house (they do this regularly when they cannot debate the facts).
Is this true?
Who lived in your basement and how long did Rob Balsamo stay at your house? Did he pay rent?
Did you "kick" him out? Or did he leave voluntarily?
I would appreciate a reply to these questions so I can have a link to post to those who try to obfuscate issues they refuse to answer. Those who blindly support the OS seem to elect libel as their foremost tactic.
Thanks.
[edit on 25-8-2010 by TiffanyInLA]
Originally posted by turbofan
Well Tiffany, I'll provide those answers if you can post up another photo
of yourself to prove your identity. Since you have no trouble showing
your photo in the avatar to the left, please upload another with you holding
a sign that says "ATS".
I'd hate to respond to quesitons to those who claim they are certain
individuals, and turn out to be someone else. I'm sure Mr. Balsamo
would appreciate the fact checking before I answer these questions.
Further to this, we should probably get his permission. I don't want to
rehash any of the past as there were some issues with confidentiality
with personal information and it became quite intense.
I hope you understand.
Originally posted by turbofan
.I'm not going to reply to any further questions regarding Mr. Balsamo as
there were some intense confidential/personal issues in the past and
I am not about to begin discussing the past - especially without his permission.
Sorry, I don't need the hassle and not for what I went through.