The theory is that the more realistic you can make your simulator setup, the more helpful it will likely be to your training. There are currently many vendors specializing in "inexpensive" simulator setups.
Posted on 01/22/2024 8:12:11 AM PST by fireman15
Tremendous fun flying F-15 Strike Eagle III back in the early 1990s.
One of us would perform the ground mission while the other flew MIGCAP.
The theory is that the more realistic you can make your simulator setup, the more helpful it will likely be to your training. There are currently many vendors specializing in "inexpensive" simulator setups.
The Museum of Flight on Boeing Field which my wife volunteers at very frequently has a LINK trainer on display.
We have an actual pioneer who was a key player in PC flight simulation participating in this discussion. He worked with Bruce Artwick, the Sublogic Corporation and others. He has not mentioned it in this thread.
I got a little time in a Delta 767/777 simulator 8-10 years ago. They would donate a little evening time to charities, who would sell it as part of a live auction (said charity at that time was having their event in the Delta museum at ATL, next to Delta TechOps).
While having a full cockpit on all the hydraulics is impressive, the graphics back then were not all that. What you have pictured is certainly superior.
Ah, computing power advancement!
Yes, the pdf of this version of the manual is 716 pages.
https://falcon.blu3wolf.com/Docs/AF%20manual.pdf
The game currently costs $6.99 on Steam, or you can get a collection including: Falcon, Falcon 4.0, Falcon A.T., Falcon Gold for $9.99. The Steam version runs on Windows 10 and probably 11.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/429530/Falcon_40/
There is also an active group keeping this game updated and modified so that it will run on modern hardware even using VR equipment. Their version may be superior to the Steam version.
Most of the abandonware downloads available seem to need Windows XP and/or considerable tweaking to get them to work.
Gog sells the same Falcon 4 collection for the same price as Steam. The advantage is that you don't need to launch the game through Steam. The advantage to Steam is that it allows a lot of Windows games to run in Linux.
I assume that you already realize that this game works best with a decent joystick.
How are the Falcon graphics? Same, or updated?
Is it just me, or is there a lack of combat flight simulators now-days compared to the 80s and 90s?
I know I had a pretty good joystick back in the day, but no HOTAS and rudder pedals....
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