09.02.2008, 10:01
Everyone-please consider this:
changing FM is possible. It must be
There are many planes we feel are "wrong". if it were to be changed, how do we know it is "right"? By how it "feels"? matching raw data to flight tests? Anecdotal evidence? Best guess?
The overwhelming majority wants changed FM in some way. Do we understand what this really means, and what it entails? We claim it's for "accuracy" most times
I am very sorry but my feeling is that there is nobody in the community who has the credentials, on their own, to say what is actually "right" or "wrong" on overall FM for any plane. I cannot just accept that somebody who can change an FM (and with the purpose of "correcting" it) will do so and also make it "correct". How many Aeronautical Engineers are here? How many AEs here have practical knowledge of these planes? I studied AE for a time, and I know a lot about some of the planes in the sim and I know that I do not know enough to accurately modify FM. I can tell you where a few things are probably wrong, and an even smaller group is definitely wrong- but does the knowledge or belief that it is "wrong" also empower me to know what's "correct"
No, it does not
I fear the hack for one reason only: that we will change the FMs, and 100% without question I can safely assume that this will be in an attempt to make things "right", but we will instead of getting something "right", we will simply exchange an old error for a new one. An old pet peeve of the community will be changed, I fear it will be changed in good-intentioned error, and we will have a new innaccuracy- but since it is new it will be accepted as correct. "New" does not equal "correct", gentlemen!
Can anyone here claim to be impartial to FM and aircraft performance, and also savvy enough in the engineering principles AND the practical side of these aircraft? How do I know that anyone who changes FM is anything more than an armchair engineer who saw a show on the History channel, and now knows everything? This is like turning off the lights and firing a gun into the room. Who knows what you'll hit
This is dangerous territory in my mind. We'd do well to talk these things out with guys like the 1% Team for CFS3
changing FM is possible. It must be
There are many planes we feel are "wrong". if it were to be changed, how do we know it is "right"? By how it "feels"? matching raw data to flight tests? Anecdotal evidence? Best guess?
The overwhelming majority wants changed FM in some way. Do we understand what this really means, and what it entails? We claim it's for "accuracy" most times
I am very sorry but my feeling is that there is nobody in the community who has the credentials, on their own, to say what is actually "right" or "wrong" on overall FM for any plane. I cannot just accept that somebody who can change an FM (and with the purpose of "correcting" it) will do so and also make it "correct". How many Aeronautical Engineers are here? How many AEs here have practical knowledge of these planes? I studied AE for a time, and I know a lot about some of the planes in the sim and I know that I do not know enough to accurately modify FM. I can tell you where a few things are probably wrong, and an even smaller group is definitely wrong- but does the knowledge or belief that it is "wrong" also empower me to know what's "correct"
No, it does not
I fear the hack for one reason only: that we will change the FMs, and 100% without question I can safely assume that this will be in an attempt to make things "right", but we will instead of getting something "right", we will simply exchange an old error for a new one. An old pet peeve of the community will be changed, I fear it will be changed in good-intentioned error, and we will have a new innaccuracy- but since it is new it will be accepted as correct. "New" does not equal "correct", gentlemen!
Can anyone here claim to be impartial to FM and aircraft performance, and also savvy enough in the engineering principles AND the practical side of these aircraft? How do I know that anyone who changes FM is anything more than an armchair engineer who saw a show on the History channel, and now knows everything? This is like turning off the lights and firing a gun into the room. Who knows what you'll hit
This is dangerous territory in my mind. We'd do well to talk these things out with guys like the 1% Team for CFS3