Typhoon - 360 degree panoramic photo of cockpit
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Thanks for your thoughts Dave and backseat. I can see how the sheer performance of the Typhoon would put a smile on your face but always wondered if the older generation of ac somehow gave you a closer connection to, don't really know how to phrase it, maybe the flying experience or enjoyment. Backseat, I can see how you "don't like it no 2nd seat and all that" never mind you got closer than I ever did
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Can't beat gliding for that 'direct connection' feeling. Get in a good glass ship and you really do forget you're in an aircraft. Wrap round canopy, reclined seating, short throw stick, it's like having your own wings.
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Tom,
Don't over look the fact that some of the more modern aircraft can do things that simply weren't possible by a previous generation, high alpha stuff in particular springs to mind. The pirouette in a F-18 is staggering (and in a Harrier or Sea Jet would be somewhere between impossible and a sure sign of well developed departure).
You might have to take my word for it, but despite the fact that none of the controls are working in the classic direct sense (jet knows what you mean and makes it so using whichever surface it thinks best) you in no way feel detached from it. It's quite a ride!
Don't over look the fact that some of the more modern aircraft can do things that simply weren't possible by a previous generation, high alpha stuff in particular springs to mind. The pirouette in a F-18 is staggering (and in a Harrier or Sea Jet would be somewhere between impossible and a sure sign of well developed departure).
You might have to take my word for it, but despite the fact that none of the controls are working in the classic direct sense (jet knows what you mean and makes it so using whichever surface it thinks best) you in no way feel detached from it. It's quite a ride!
