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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Nickbat on 24 June 2010, 10:06:03
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This looks like a fun package, albeit a tad pricey:
http://www.fspilotshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=2425
Includes five accurate real-world routes: Bath-Templecombe, Oxford-Paddington, York-Newcastle... :y
Separate link to the video on the product page:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuVU34GEAOg[/media]
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You should have warned about the "anorak" level of that site !
Have you looked at the specials :o - you have got to be really into your sims for that sort of commitment
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This looks like a fun package, albeit a tad pricey:
http://www.fspilotshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=2425
Includes five accurate real-world routes: Bath-Templecombe, Oxford-Paddington, York-Newcastle... :y
Separate link to the video on the product page:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuVU34GEAOg[/media]
That is awesome and at the same time tragic (that someone has the time and focus to produce it). :)
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but it did get me thinking, Do you think someone out there has invented a canal boat version? how exciting would that be. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz :)
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but it did get me thinking, Do you think someone out there has invented a canal boat version? how exciting would that be. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz :)
;D ;D You may mock, but I bet you wouldn't turn down the chance to have a go! ;)
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but it did get me thinking, Do you think someone out there has invented a canal boat version? how exciting would that be. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz :)
;D ;D You may mock, but I bet you wouldn't turn down the chance to have a go! ;)
The whole point of simulators, IMHO, is to be able to crash things spectacularly without getting hurt. I used to spend hours on flight simulator when I was a kid - mostly trying to hit the office blocks with the greatest possible air speed. Never dreamt that it would be done in real life. :(
Now, canal boats ? Not sure I like that idea. How spectacularly can you crash one of those? ;)
Oil tankers, perhaps. Trains, certainly. :y
Kevin
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I used to watch a German satellite channel, Hessan-Rudfunk as they broadcast images - when normal television programming ended for the evening - of journeys on the German rail network taken from the driver’s perspective.
I found this to be compelling and strangely therapeutic. :y
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I never thought of trying to crash a canal boat...........but down on the harbour a slow collision generally makes for a lot of excitment (much screaming and shouting) then out with the hooks to fend the other boat away before a dull thud......................then silence.........................then more loud shouting :)
all happening at 4 knots :)
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Mass, even at relatively slow speeds can lead to a 'tightener' as it's known in the trade;
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IJUNW7Kq4&feature=related[/media]
On the other hand, little mass at high speeds can provide a similar experience.
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoProCamera?v=bd7wvpyzNc0&feature=pyv&ad=5191682564&kw=boat%20crash&gclid=CJLi1J3TuKICFVKZ2AodeSMB6Q
(Wouldn't embed, sadly) :(
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"TIGHTENER"
is that the technical word for "a severe clenching of the buttocks" ::)
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but it did get me thinking, Do you think someone out there has invented a canal boat version? how exciting would that be. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz :)
;D ;D You may mock, but I bet you wouldn't turn down the chance to have a go! ;)
The whole point of simulators, IMHO, is to be able to crash things spectacularly without getting hurt. I used to spend hours on flight simulator when I was a kid - mostly trying to hit the office blocks with the greatest possible air speed. Never dreamt that it would be done in real life. :(
Now, canal boats ? Not sure I like that idea. How spectacularly can you crash one of those? ;)
Oil tankers, perhaps. Trains, certainly. :y
Kevin
Back in the early 70s I was 'doing' the Avon Ring in a 1-berth long boat.
When it was my turn to cook the evening meal, I had a large pot of vegetables on the boil 'down below'. It had taken absolutely AGEs to get it boiling and, unbeknown to me, a mate had given the helm to his g/f to take us into a lock! Need I say more?
Yes the veggies took on a life of their own and boiling water was going everywhere!
Needless to say, there were hoots of laughter from upstairs, and my negative attitude was a mystery to all! ;D
Talk about slow-motion!