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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm using Win 2000 Server with an ATI Radeon 7200
APG video card with 64 MB SDRAM. I'm really not sure how it runs on WinXP
Home. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is however very important to have a good 3D
graphics card with at least 32 MB RAM.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=chuckwagon@charter.net href="mailto:chuckwagon@charter.net">Chuck
Wagoner</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 07, 2002 6:03
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: RealFlight G2</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=730235710-07102002>Keith,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=730235710-07102002>Are you using <FONT size=2>Win XP Home
with RealFlight G2? What is your graphics card?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=730235710-07102002><FONT size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org">discussion-request@nsrca.org</A>
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Keith
Black<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 07, 2002 12:53 AM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: RealFlight G2<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob, I can't speak to the specific hardware
you're using, but I have RealFlight G2 and I think it's awesome! I initially
had some driver issues when I bought it Dec 2001, but after downloading
the update it worked fine.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Practicing patterns definitely has its
downfalls on any SIM when it comes to working on straight lines and the
overall pattern. The problem is that when you're zoomed in to see the
plane you can't see the landscape unless the plane is very low. Because if
this you can't easily tell when the plane is drifting off course. And if you
zoom out so you can see the whole field the plane gets too small to see.
What I do is split the difference and have a medium small plane and see the
ground most of the time. Where G2 really shines in my opinion is allowing
one to practice specific maneuvers or drills to improve muscle memory and
mental familiarity with certain things that may be twisting your mind when
trying them on the flight line. It's nice to be able to hit the escape key
while in mid-air and stop and think about which direction what should be
pushed and why. Another big benefit is in helping one to memorize a new
pattern.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Having said this keep in mind that the plane on
the SIM will never behave "just like" you're plane so the SIM won't help you
fine tune your precision, but it does have it's benefits.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I highly recommend it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith</FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rcaerobob@cox.net href="mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net">Bob
Pastorello</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mini-iac@yahoogroups.com
href="mailto:mini-iac@yahoogroups.com">IMAC</A> ; <A
title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">NSRCAMail</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 05, 2002 9:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RealFlight G2</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Would like to hear pro and con stories about this
sim....have been reading the horror stories on the KnifeEdge software
discussion boards....seems pretty intense.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Anyone running G2 on Athlon XP1.7
machine with Win XP Home ???</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Don't REALLY want to spend $200 for some lessons about
video driver installations...</FONT></DIV><FONT size=2>
<DIV><BR>Bob Pastorello<BR>NSRCA 199, AMA 46373<BR><A
href="mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net">rcaerobob@cox.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.rcaerobats.net">www.rcaerobats.net</A></DIV>
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