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Originally Posted by bugstrider
Thanks John,
I gots some research to doooooo. Some many platforms, so little time......mmuuhhhaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Many years ago I had the chance to use the F-18 sim at Lemore NAS. Talk about a blast. Rolled inverted and flew under the Coronado Bridge, totally unrealistic act but seriously fun to challenge myself only feet above the water at high speed. Hey, the Commander dared me to try...in fact, I believe his words were, "that's nice, but you don't have a hair on your arse unless you do that inverted". A challenge is a challenge, right? Yanking and banking in between the buildings in San Diego was fun to. Was the most expensive realistic video game I will ever have the chance to try.
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I did that at the one in San Diego. Was inverted at mach 1.1 and after going under started an inverted bunt and promptly broke a wing off. My daughter was along for the ride and was not impressed by our sudden tumbling ballistic arc and bruised the bone on my shoulder. When we got out one of the retired Naval Aviators asked her if she was going to be a Naval Aviator since she handled the ride well. She was 9 or so at the time. Now, everytime we get in a full motion sim she cinches the belts as tight as she can. When the attendant tells her she doesn't need to get them that tight she argues back, "Yes I do!".
