ABC TV: Good Game Episode 9, Nov 14 2006 | Partial transcript
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Good Game host JUNGLIST : "This week we present a Flight Sim Masterclass by MiGMan."
Microsoft Flight Simulator X launch party
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"... and if there's anything he doesn't know about flight sims... "
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To the tune of "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"
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" They go uppity up up, they go downditty down down..."
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JUNGLIST : "We're checking Microsoft Microsoft Flight Simulator X. We've just gone for a flight in a DC-3 and are going to check out how the sim compares to the real thing."
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JUNGLIST : "What were you thinking MiGMan?"
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MiGMan: "I thought it was pretty smooth, and we're looking forward to checking out the simulator."
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JUNGLIST : "Let's check it out!"
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We survived!
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JUNGLIST: "How would you compare the sim with the real thing?"
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MiGMan: "The real... the virtual world... I get them mixed up sometimes!"
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JUNGLIST: "Let's get back to the studio and do our Masterclass."
Masterclass
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JUNGLIST: "What is it about flight sims that's so... addictive?"
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" Addictive... is it addictive?"
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: " ... I think it's because of the freedom in the genre. The freedom to do anything you want to do in an aeroplane."
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JUNGLIST: "Is it easy to get in to?"
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: " Yep. If you get some guidance, and most of the sims now have good instructional material built in."
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JUNGLIST: "Take us through your rig."
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: " This is the MINI-MIG-RIG!."
Takeoff
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JUNGLIST: "First thing to do in a flight sim is the takeoff. Can you show us how to do that?"
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: " Sure thing!"
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" We've made sure the throttle's pulled right back... "
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" There's no old ladies crossing the runway... "
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" Throttle smoothly forward, 250 kilometres per hour, this is a HOT machine! "
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" 350, let's pull back on the stick.... hold it back.... 10 degrees nose up... "
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" Positive rate of climb, gear up. Let's go outside and have a look. Here we come! "
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JUNGLIST: " Flawless! "
Combat
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: " We'll fly right up and ..."
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JUNGLIST: "Gun him down!"
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: " They're breaking left, right and every which way!"
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" A bit of a yo-yo here.... and... I'm still behind them."
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JUNGLIST: " Can you tell us about the high G yo-yo?"
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: "I'm coming in high and fast. You see me and pull hard right."
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" ... and you turn real quick... "
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" ... and I fly right past you... and get shot down! "
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" Let's do it again. This time I convert speed to altitude.... "
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" Then I can roll inverted and down. You can't see me, and I shoot you!
That's the high G Yo-Yo. "
Landing
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" The key to any good landing is in the setup. "
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" The computer gives us speed and altitude... "
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" In the landing phase the controls are reversed. "
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" Use the throttle to control altitude and Rate of Descent and the stick to control speed. "
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JUNGLIST: " You're landing at about 300 kph... "
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I'll see you online for a dogfight! "
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" Check Six! "