11-12-2009, 01:10 AM
I used to ponder this very same thing.
But what I think is going on in our flight Simulator is the fact our aircraft is flying a Straight Line from Point A to B. But our Simulator Earth is Somewhat Round, I Think our aircraft is making adjustments at some point in it's Plot from straight line A to Straight line B to C to D exc... just try to put short sticks in a line to encircle a globe. Our simulator aircraft has to Correct height above or below in order Not to fly off into space. Strange, it is always aprx + - 200ft. depending on air speed
I also think that those of us who always fly LONG overseas flights, notice this anomaly more often, and when I fly the Concorde at FL650, that anomaly is happening more frequently, now that I think of it. our flight path is constantly being adjusted with reference to the center of the simulator Earth. I read somewhere our computers don't do such a good job on drawing perfect circles. Again I am just guessing at this. I am just taking what I know about things in general. I will be following up on this Now my curiosity is peaked
That is a great brain teaser vic
But what I think is going on in our flight Simulator is the fact our aircraft is flying a Straight Line from Point A to B. But our Simulator Earth is Somewhat Round, I Think our aircraft is making adjustments at some point in it's Plot from straight line A to Straight line B to C to D exc... just try to put short sticks in a line to encircle a globe. Our simulator aircraft has to Correct height above or below in order Not to fly off into space. Strange, it is always aprx + - 200ft. depending on air speed
I also think that those of us who always fly LONG overseas flights, notice this anomaly more often, and when I fly the Concorde at FL650, that anomaly is happening more frequently, now that I think of it. our flight path is constantly being adjusted with reference to the center of the simulator Earth. I read somewhere our computers don't do such a good job on drawing perfect circles. Again I am just guessing at this. I am just taking what I know about things in general. I will be following up on this Now my curiosity is peaked
That is a great brain teaser vic
