MS flight Simulator and the future of map building

[Syt]

The next world update early September will be the DACH countries - Germany, Austria, Switzerland (it's based on the international international vehicle registration codes, D, A, CH, and Dach is also German for roof ).

Vienna is one of the cities redone with 3D photogrammetry

[Valmy]

Does this mean you can crash your plane into your own apartment?

[Syt]

Maybe

[Jacob]

Wouldn't it be awesome if you could crash it into your own appartment with you in it... playing flight sim... crashing into your own appartment with you in it... playing flight sim....

[grumbler]

Lord Jacob: What the hell am I looking at? When does THIS happen in the sim?
Col. Syt: NOW. You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now.
Lord Jacob: Go back to then!
Col. Syt: What?
Lord Jacob: THEN!
Col. Syt: I can't!
Lord Jacob: Why not?
Col. Syt: We passed it!
Lord Jacob: When?
Col. Syt: Just now!
Lord Jacob: When will then be now?
Col. Syt: SOON!

[Syt]

 

[Syt]

Here's a good one, the bridge connecting the island of Fehmarn with the mainland in Schleswig-Holstein:



It's about 960 meters long:



More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Sound_Bridge

The reason this amuses me is that every Schleswig-Holsteiner knows this bridge from the traffic news, even if they've never crossed it. In case of heavy winds (which happen a fair bit up North) there'd be the staple announcement, "Die Fehmarnsundbrücke ist für leere LKW und Wohnwagengespanne gesperrt." (The Fehmarn Sound Bridge is closed for empty trucks and for cars with camper trailers.) It was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this screenshot.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Did you try landing on it?
In FSX I flew a Piper Cub from BWI to Raven's stadium to catch a game.
I actually flew from my parking area to the end of the runway because it was faster than taxiing across the whole damn airport. ATC wasn't too happy with me. 

[Syt]

I haven't downloaded the scenery pack yet. 

[Caliga]

I got rudder pedals last week so my 'physical' simulator is now complete, though I guess at some point I could start adding instrument panels too.

It's pretty weird driving a vehicle on the ground with only your feet.   Much easier than trying to use the keyboard, though.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I'm pretty jealous. I have neither the space nor time to justify getting a whole simulator setup. 
But once I do, I'm getting everything and justifying it as cheaper than actual flight lessons.

Which brand(s) did you go with for your rudders, etc.?

[jimmy olsen]

Here's a good one, the bridge connecting the island of Fehmarn with the mainland in Schleswig-Holstein:



It's about 960 meters long:



More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Sound_Bridge

The reason this amuses me is that every Schleswig-Holsteiner knows this bridge from the traffic news, even if they've never crossed it. In case of heavy winds (which happen a fair bit up North) there'd be the staple announcement, "Die Fehmarnsundbrücke ist für leere LKW und Wohnwagengespanne gesperrt." (The Fehmarn Sound Bridge is closed for empty trucks and for cars with camper trailers.) It was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this screenshot.

Can you land on it?

[Caliga]

I'm pretty jealous. I have neither the space nor time to justify getting a whole simulator setup. 
But once I do, I'm getting everything and justifying it as cheaper than actual flight lessons.

Which brand(s) did you go with for your rudders, etc.?

My yoke is a Honeycomb Alpha, my throttles are the Logitech/Saitek Flight Throttle Quadrant, and rudder pedals are Logitech G Pro Flight Rudder Pedals.

[The Brain]

Played it for the first time. It didn't have presets for my stick, so I had to set it up manually. A bit of a missed opportunity at control settings, it would be helpful if the descriptions weren't just a repeat of the semi-cryptic name of the control. There's plenty of room for it. In a complex system like this you want to use all Points Of Learning available to you.

OTOH it did flatter my old computer by choosing High settings.

[Caliga]

On my virtual world tour, I am now in Castrillón, Spain, having landed at Asturias Airport.  It's really neat how the dry central Spanish plateau transitions so suddenly to green mountains and then drops straight into the sea, pretty much.

I entered Spain from Tangiers after stopping at Gibraltar.  I then flew to Sevilla, then to Cordoba*, then to Madrid, some rural airstrip outside of Segovia, and then on to Asturias.

Madrid is HUGE.  I guess I didn't realize what a big city it was before.

* the 'airport' I landed at there turned out to be a small airstrip used by regional firefighting services.  Whoops.