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Mid7night — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:17:34 +0000

Flying from a fixed point of view is definitely challenging at times (mostly when the airplane is coming at you, and right=left and left=right), but with practice and repetition it's like anything else; you develop a nature for it. When I'm flying, I imagine the pilot point of view, and control based on that. That way, no matter the orientation of the plane, you always have track of left/right/up/down. Not to say I never get mixed up, but that's the idea. ;)

What always amazes me about this… (reply)

Vortech — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 06:16:24 +0000

You can have the experience you describe in the middle 'graph by using an RC car.

I find it hard enough to deal with the abstraction in 2 dimensions with a car. I'll have to wait for the RC planes that support video goggles.

What always amazes me about this… (reply)

Beorn — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 02:09:42 +0000

…is being able to (at least somewhat) accurately determine the direction and altitude of the plane from your fixed location on the ground. Making sure the plane is lined-up to land must be a bit of a trick.

If I were driving a race car around a track while standing on a podium in the middle, I'm pretty sure I'd crash into anything and everything.

One of my dad's engineering friends had a whole stable of scale model planes that he built himself and he'd take them out to fly every now and then with my dad and me. I was always too young to take control, though, which I found to be frustrating. Maybe it's easier than I'm picturing it, though.

Now you are making me want to go fly. (reply)

Up North 65 — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 22:20:47 +0000

Almost melted off enough to head back up here

A-4 Skyhawk

Mid7night — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 08:18:03 +0000

I flew a thing...