Posted: 5/11/2010 5:47:44 PM EDT
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We've been having a lot of Blue Angels threads lately so I thought I might post something you haven't seen before. This video is from back in '06 by a group of PC simulator pilots known as the "Virtual Blue Angels". It is really quite amazing. Almost as much so as the real thing. These guys have meticulously recreated the entire Blue Angels routine - flying online, using the same communication, coordination, and even guidance from real Blue Angel pilots. You might not think it, but flying these formations on a computer screen poses many equally challenging problems to the straneus g-forces the actual pilots must deal with. For one there is no real depth perception, there is no actual cockpit... and of course lets not forget LAG! So to pull off what these guys have done takes some real dedication and teamwork. Enough of my babbling, enjoy:  |
There's actually many different virtual demonstration teams like this from around the globe that participates online every year in the Virtual Festival of Acrobatic Teams. Oh and yes there is a Virtual Thunderbirds team and yes the Virtual Blue Angels are still better.  |
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Quoted: There's actually many different virtual demonstration teams like this from around the globe that participates online every year in the Virtual Festival of Acrobatic Teams. Oh and yes there is a Virtual Thunderbirds team and yes the Virtual Blue Angels are still better. I watched it a year or two ago...I laughed so damn hard when I saw a SU-25 take off for a solo demo, do a big climbing loop and then just smash into the runway like 30 seconds into the display... That guy probably cried so hard, made it all the way to the VFAT and just....well, I was going to say either nose dived or bombed, but I cant think of an adequate comparison that isnt a pun  |
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There's actually many different virtual demonstration teams like this from around the globe that participates online every year in the Virtual Festival of Acrobatic Teams. Oh and yes there is a Virtual Thunderbirds team and yes the Virtual Blue Angels are still better. So are you a member of this team? |
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Quoted: Quoted: There's actually many different virtual demonstration teams like this from around the globe that participates online every year in the Virtual Festival of Acrobatic Teams. Oh and yes there is a Virtual Thunderbirds team and yes the Virtual Blue Angels are still better. So are you a member of this team? Ah hell naa... even virtual flying of that kind takes some serious skill. I'd just crash and burn or end up ejecting into the tailpipe of the lead plane.  |
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Quoted: Quoted: What flight software are they using? Is it LOMAC? Yeah, I believe the Flaming Cliffs version... I did like that game but the tutorial missions were so buggy you could never learn how to properly fly in that game. Edit: I never played Flaming Cliffs just the original. |
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Quoted: Quoted: There's actually many different virtual demonstration teams like this from around the globe that participates online every year in the Virtual Festival of Acrobatic Teams. Oh and yes there is a Virtual Thunderbirds team and yes the Virtual Blue Angels are still better. I watched it a year or two ago...I laughed so damn hard when I saw a SU-25 take off for a solo demo, do a big climbing loop and then just smash into the runway like 30 seconds into the display... That guy probably cried so hard, made it all the way to the VFAT and just....well, I was going to say either nose dived or bombed, but I cant think of an adequate comparison that isnt a pun So basically, it's just like real life then? Russian planes crashing at airshows and all that. |
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yeah, this is lomac, modded to fly the F/A-18 3d model with the F-15C cockpit and flight model...
There is also the virtual thunderbirds, who are equally good or even better.. one of their members was recently wounded in a V-22 crash.. I hope he got better by now. I was part of a virtual accro team, when we were only a couple out there 2003-2004-2005).. we were the Virtual Haute Voltige Team.. we've been going in Japan (Motegi) and UAE (Al Ain) with Haute Voltige for live demos ! we were flying the Fw-190A5 from the Il2 FB 1946 flight sim series.. I can say we were quite good too ;) ! this was us : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR9BZfNyGhs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdDkZBr4FWk i'd be glad if someone can embbed these.. |
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Quoted: I think the second video is not what you think it is...yeah, this is lomac, modded to fly the F/A-18 3d model with the F-15C cockpit and flight model... There is also the virtual thunderbirds, who are equally good or even better.. one of their members was recently wounded in a V-22 crash.. I hope he got better by now. I was part of a virtual accro team, when we were only a couple out there 2003-2004-2005).. we were the Virtual Haute Voltige Team.. we've been going in Japan (Motegi) and UAE (Al Ain) with Haute Voltige for live demos ! we were flying the Fw-190A5 from the Il2 FB 1946 flight sim series.. I can say we were quite good too ;) ! this was us : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR9BZfNyGhs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdDkZBr4FWk i'd be glad if someone can embbed these.. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I think the second video is not what you think it is...yeah, this is lomac, modded to fly the F/A-18 3d model with the F-15C cockpit and flight model... There is also the virtual thunderbirds, who are equally good or even better.. one of their members was recently wounded in a V-22 crash.. I hope he got better by now. I was part of a virtual accro team, when we were only a couple out there 2003-2004-2005).. we were the Virtual Haute Voltige Team.. we've been going in Japan (Motegi) and UAE (Al Ain) with Haute Voltige for live demos ! we were flying the Fw-190A5 from the Il2 FB 1946 flight sim series.. I can say we were quite good too ;) ! this was us : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR9BZfNyGhs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdDkZBr4FWk i'd be glad if someone can embbed these..  It COULD still be his team |
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Quoted: There's actually many different virtual demonstration teams like this from around the globe that participates online every year in the Virtual Festival of Acrobatic Teams. Oh and yes there is a Virtual Thunderbirds team and yes the Virtual Blue Angels are still better. Obviously you haven't seen the Virtual Red Arrows  |