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[Nickbat]

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... 

Separate link to the video on the product page:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuVU34GEAOg[/media]

[BigAl]

You should have warned about the "anorak" level of that site !
Have you looked at the specials  - you have got to be really into your sims for that sort of commitment

[Chris_H]

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... 

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).

[karlus 693]

but it did get me thinking, Do you think someone out there has invented a canal boat version? how exciting would that be. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Nickbat]

but it did get me thinking, Do you think someone out there has invented a canal boat version? how exciting would that be. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  You may mock, but I bet you wouldn't turn down the chance to have a go! 

[Kevin Wood]

but it did get me thinking, Do you think someone out there has invented a canal boat version? how exciting would that be. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  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.

Kevin

[Dishevelled Den]

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.

[karlus 693]

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
 

[Dishevelled Den]

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)

[karlus 693]

"TIGHTENER"

is that the technical word for "a severe clenching of the buttocks"

[Chris_H]

but it did get me thinking, Do you think someone out there has invented a canal boat version? how exciting would that be. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  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.

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!

Talk about slow-motion!