[simpits-tech] Interesting sim software....

[Cris Harrison]

On 12/29/2011 6:16 AM, Brian Sikkema wrote:
> On 12/13/2011 12:38 PM, Sean Galbraith wrote:
>>
>> https://sites.google.com/site/samsimulator1972/home
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>> SeanG
>>
>>
> Finally got a chance to play around with this a bit. Pretty 
> interesting stuff, but the learning curve is very steep. Unfortunately 
> from what I can tell the manuals cover the operation of each of the 
> different missile systems, but fail to talk at ALL about the basic 
> operation of the program. This led to much wasted time playing around 
> in the "practice" mode which, amusingly enough, does not allow you to 
> shoot any missiles. "Live practice" does, however.
>
> Another major drawback of the manuals is they jump back and forth 
> between talking about how to operate the sim, and the 
> history/technical information on the SAM being simulated. I actually 
> threw the manual into Adobe pro and removed all of the pages not 
> related to actually operating the sim to make it a bit easier. It 
> would have been nice if he organized the manual a little differently, 
> segregating the information.
>
> Once you get the hang of it, though, it's quite interesting to 
> experience. A few of these SAMs are in use out here in my AOR, so it's 
> quite interesting to see how they are operated. From a pilots 
> perspective (even sim pilots), SAMs are just this deadly thing that 
> suddenly flies up at you. ;) It's kinda cool to see the intricacies of 
> operating it, even against a non-jamming, non-maneuvering target.
>
> It would be REALLY cool to be able to integrate this sim with a flight 
> sim... but alas I doubt that would ever happen. Sounds like an 
> excellent flightgear project, though. ;)
>
> Brian
>
>
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hey Brian,, what up.. hey it claims to have shot down one of my 
birds..... NEVER HAPPENED... guess its on the SAMs wish list... well 
they cant try any more they are all retired...
have a good new year.. and by the way try and keep that gas can in the 
air....
Regards
Cris.
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