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Originally Posted by dmaher
Hi Diamond,
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In fact, Lockheed Martin is about to begin distributing Microsoft’s flight simulator for professional applications...
Danny
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In fact, Lockheed Martin has been selling it's Prepar3D (Prepared) flight sim for some time. It's a rewrite of MS flight sim and includes a regularization of copyrighted material. Apparently, MS Flight Sim had a lot of violating materials incorporated (eg logos and trademarks) that had to be removed. I am told that is a much more stable platform after the rewrite.
Lockheed's license restricts Prepar3d to 'professional' applications. When I discussed this with The Guy responsible, he said that the difference between professional and entertainment uses is that for professional applications, you are 'not allowed to have fun'. This is a direct quote!
I want to make a Harmon Rocket model using a modified control-loading yoke. In fact, I am looking at installing a load cell in my HR-II in order to datalog the control forces over the flight envelope. This datalog can then be used to create a control loading model for flight training devices (FTDs). It is likely that this model would translate to other RVs with some adjustments. Currently, I am not aware of any commercial FTDs that support control loading, but I am working on a plan that will change that.....