22-02-2006, 09:19 PM
Oh fun discussion
I use time acceleration all the time on flights over 1 hr, i just don't have the time to sit in front of the computer for 4 hrs (well unless i get
paid for it like at work). There are many things that are cheats within flight sim, i went RL flying this weekend, i didn't see a pause button
(although i looked really hard).
However, i rather like the idea Drew had, log only the time that you actually fly, so DON'T log any time that you are on Autopilot, since you aren't
actually flying, you might argue that real aeroplanes have autopilots, but that isn't really the point, it's about the flying.
I use time acceleration all the time on flights over 1 hr, i just don't have the time to sit in front of the computer for 4 hrs (well unless i get
paid for it like at work). There are many things that are cheats within flight sim, i went RL flying this weekend, i didn't see a pause button
(although i looked really hard).
However, i rather like the idea Drew had, log only the time that you actually fly, so DON'T log any time that you are on Autopilot, since you aren't
actually flying, you might argue that real aeroplanes have autopilots, but that isn't really the point, it's about the flying.