Originally Posted by
BOAC
...I would guess that even if they do manage the software for the B-Scope they will not be able to tie in the baboon stick. I would have thought, however, that a basic co-alt intercept would be achievable.
I can't believe this!!!!!
My first-ever flight simulator (called Air Commander) was written in Basic (I didn't write it but had to port it), ran on an Apple II, had credible flight characteristics (even if more like an F-86K than a Lightning), and had a B-scope that woiked!
I'm talking mid 1980s here.
A bunch of guys at the Brooklands museum was handed just the "cab" of the Filton Concorde simulator.
The idea was to use it as a museum cockpit display... none of the computers or interfaces were left. Then they went berserk and decided to bring it back to life as a simulator, and today it "flies" again (no motion, but it has visuals again and more and more of the systems work).
So come on guys, I'm sure it can be done!
CJ