▲ 1121 ▼ Flight sim people are on another level (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world 157 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PilferJynx@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (3 children) Man, at some point it might be cheaper to buy a plane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (2 children) A plane. A cheap, 2-4 seat prop plane. A full sim rig can fly ANY PLANE and spaceships too! I am not in any way a sim gamer of any of these sorts. My inputs are keyboard, mouse, or controller. And I suck at everything I play, and I try to limit my gaming time (and expenditures on gaming). But I kind of get it, you know? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I would love to work on a project to build a thing that could reconfigure itself to match any existing cockpit. That would be sick. Maybe like a bunch of self-arranging robot building blocks and each has a different kind of switch or dial. Or each one can simulate it, hopefully in 3D with force feedback. They crawl into position and lock arms to form the cockpit. Send a command and the F-16 rearranges itself into an airbus 380. Or a corvette. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I see you dying in an accident testing the g-force simulator you built. 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Do a Magneto and target the iron in people’s blood. A little electromagnetic field play, and suddenly your body “weighs” 8 times the normal amount. That or manipulate the inner ear fluid somehow. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Abird1620@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children) But I feel like the sense of really flying and being able to go places would be far more rewarding. Even if it is just a prop plane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago You're probably one of these people who likes to go outside instead of playing localcarsimulator 4000 permalink fedilink source parent [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) A real plane would be most definitely satisfying in its own way, but Sim planes let you perform crazy maneuvers, fly places you wouldn't be allowed to in real life, and fly aircraft that you would never even get a chance to see. Not to mention, the whole threat of death with real life flying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Abird1620@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Really good points that you bring up. I can agree with you fully now. Especially on the point of being able to do crazy tricks at no threat to your own real safety. permalink fedilink source parent [–] citrusface@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Yeah but I won't die in a sim rig unless that panel falls and crushes me to death permalink fedilink source parent [–] evranch@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Oh, the plane is cheap. Aviation fuel and maintenance are where they get you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (2 children) A plane. A cheap, 2-4 seat prop plane. A full sim rig can fly ANY PLANE and spaceships too! I am not in any way a sim gamer of any of these sorts. My inputs are keyboard, mouse, or controller. And I suck at everything I play, and I try to limit my gaming time (and expenditures on gaming). But I kind of get it, you know? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I would love to work on a project to build a thing that could reconfigure itself to match any existing cockpit. That would be sick. Maybe like a bunch of self-arranging robot building blocks and each has a different kind of switch or dial. Or each one can simulate it, hopefully in 3D with force feedback. They crawl into position and lock arms to form the cockpit. Send a command and the F-16 rearranges itself into an airbus 380. Or a corvette. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I see you dying in an accident testing the g-force simulator you built. 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Do a Magneto and target the iron in people’s blood. A little electromagnetic field play, and suddenly your body “weighs” 8 times the normal amount. That or manipulate the inner ear fluid somehow. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Abird1620@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children) But I feel like the sense of really flying and being able to go places would be far more rewarding. Even if it is just a prop plane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago You're probably one of these people who likes to go outside instead of playing localcarsimulator 4000 permalink fedilink source parent [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) A real plane would be most definitely satisfying in its own way, but Sim planes let you perform crazy maneuvers, fly places you wouldn't be allowed to in real life, and fly aircraft that you would never even get a chance to see. Not to mention, the whole threat of death with real life flying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Abird1620@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Really good points that you bring up. I can agree with you fully now. Especially on the point of being able to do crazy tricks at no threat to your own real safety. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I would love to work on a project to build a thing that could reconfigure itself to match any existing cockpit. That would be sick. Maybe like a bunch of self-arranging robot building blocks and each has a different kind of switch or dial. Or each one can simulate it, hopefully in 3D with force feedback. They crawl into position and lock arms to form the cockpit. Send a command and the F-16 rearranges itself into an airbus 380. Or a corvette. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I see you dying in an accident testing the g-force simulator you built. 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Do a Magneto and target the iron in people’s blood. A little electromagnetic field play, and suddenly your body “weighs” 8 times the normal amount. That or manipulate the inner ear fluid somehow. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I see you dying in an accident testing the g-force simulator you built. 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Do a Magneto and target the iron in people’s blood. A little electromagnetic field play, and suddenly your body “weighs” 8 times the normal amount. That or manipulate the inner ear fluid somehow. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Do a Magneto and target the iron in people’s blood. A little electromagnetic field play, and suddenly your body “weighs” 8 times the normal amount. That or manipulate the inner ear fluid somehow. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Abird1620@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children) But I feel like the sense of really flying and being able to go places would be far more rewarding. Even if it is just a prop plane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago You're probably one of these people who likes to go outside instead of playing localcarsimulator 4000 permalink fedilink source parent [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) A real plane would be most definitely satisfying in its own way, but Sim planes let you perform crazy maneuvers, fly places you wouldn't be allowed to in real life, and fly aircraft that you would never even get a chance to see. Not to mention, the whole threat of death with real life flying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Abird1620@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Really good points that you bring up. I can agree with you fully now. Especially on the point of being able to do crazy tricks at no threat to your own real safety. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago You're probably one of these people who likes to go outside instead of playing localcarsimulator 4000 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) A real plane would be most definitely satisfying in its own way, but Sim planes let you perform crazy maneuvers, fly places you wouldn't be allowed to in real life, and fly aircraft that you would never even get a chance to see. Not to mention, the whole threat of death with real life flying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Abird1620@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Really good points that you bring up. I can agree with you fully now. Especially on the point of being able to do crazy tricks at no threat to your own real safety. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Abird1620@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Really good points that you bring up. I can agree with you fully now. Especially on the point of being able to do crazy tricks at no threat to your own real safety. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Yeah but I won't die in a sim rig unless that panel falls and crushes me to death permalink fedilink source parent
[–] evranch@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Oh, the plane is cheap. Aviation fuel and maintenance are where they get you. permalink fedilink source parent
