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#3592896 - 06/16/12 09:06 PM All those visual aids in the game  
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In some games there are visual aids to where you are to go. And other things like this. Well, reality has caught up with games. Today, a friend took me up in his small single engine plane, a Skycatcher. Nearly all the gauges and such are on two displays, much like Ipads. These were Garmin products. On one you give it your from spot and destination. It then came up with something like a video game image of the landscrape and rectangles to fly through.
See https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=153&pID=66916

Which leads me to think that having some second monitor that would just have for us gamers a display of the instruments.
Just an idea.


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#3592906 - 06/16/12 09:24 PM Re: All those visual aids in the game [Re: Uriah]  
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Garmins were very rare in WWI! biggrin

It's crazy what is possible these days. Whey flying in the UK I use a smartphone as a navigation backup in case I get lost. And I recently read that some US Airforce pilots use ipads....


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#3592908 - 06/16/12 09:28 PM Re: All those visual aids in the game [Re: Uriah]  
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Garmins were very rare in WWI! biggrin

It's crazy what is possible these days. Whey flying in the UK I use a smartphone as a navigation backup in case I get lost. And I recently read that some US Airforce pilots use ipads....


The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams
#3592919 - 06/16/12 09:46 PM Re: All those visual aids in the game [Re: Uriah]  
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