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PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:17 am
by Charl
...he builds cockpit simulators.
What job would you do, to want thison your computer?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:31 pm
by greaneyr
Oh..... my..... word I wonder if it's going to be expandable?

I'm seeing a Wellington Tower add-on when I close my eyes already!

PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:13 pm
by NZ255
People build "sim-pits" for flight sim..........introducing......"tower-pits" for tower simulator!!





:D

PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:20 pm
by Ian Warren
Nic - Now that looks verysuperdamm COOL :thumbup: Jon Murchisons AI aircraft meshed with the entire package , visuals real-life and sim with a ATC package :)

PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:57 pm
by Kelburn
But that "tower-pit" is used for real world NZ ATC training

http://www.wilcopub.com/index.cfm?fuseacti..._towersimulator

PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:00 pm
by NZ255
Kelburn wrote:
QUOTE (Kelburn @ Apr 4 2008, 04:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
But that "tower-pit" is used for real world NZ ATC training

http://www.wilcopub.com/index.cfm?fuseacti..._towersimulator

I know...they use flight simulators or "sim-pits" for training real pilots as well.....but leave it long enough and everyone has one :)

PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:07 pm
by towerguy
yeah - I gotta go down to CH end of the month for a couple of days of training on our new cat3 and fog operations - duh it'll just be a blank white screen out the window!!!! <_<

PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:45 pm
by Ian Warren
towerguy wrote:
QUOTE (towerguy @ Apr 6 2008, 05:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
training on our new cat3 and fog operations - duh it'll just be a blank white screen out the window!!!! <_<

Sorry chap no fog :unsure: , a few stealthy guys ripped in there just for you and we dug some trench,s, :rolleyes: filled it with petrol , just give us the thumbs up , we'll burn the fog off for ya . :D

PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:21 am
by cowpatz
Tower Guy any idea when the stop bar lights are to be fitted at NZAA so that TO's with vis less than 350m can commence?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:12 pm
by towerguy
end of may is the latest I've heard so far - but things are always subject to change.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:23 pm
by mfraser
For anyone considering purchasing the Wilco / feelThere Tower Simulator mentioned in one of the posts above......... in one word DON'T! I did and certainly wish I had saved my hard earned cash! I won't go into the full details as the link below echoes all of my sentiments. In short, once you look past the glossy download site and nice graphics, you will quickly come to realise this is nothing more than a game - and a cheap, nasty, poorly coded one at that. Aircraft taxi way to fast and very jerkily, the flight dynamics are completely unrealistic (Think flat approaches, no landing flare, no nose rotation on takeoff), you only require about 7 of the 30-odd programmed commands to survive, there are no penalties for losses of separation, despite coming bundled with Voice Buddy and TrackIR they neither work well and worst of all no support is offered.......... and the list goes on! My advice - save your $95 and buy something for FSX! This post will also be posted under the non-FS forum as I would absolutely HATE for someone else to throw their cash at this dog!

Tower Simulation by Wilco Publishing is a Rip-Off