MiG-29 Fulcrum
Fausto Romeo's Review
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While the well-known buzzword
interactive cockpit
can lend itself to a variety of interpretations, it can be stated that Novalogic has rather opted for the implementation of a magnifying function instead of the possibility to 'activate' toggle switches, 'push' buttons and 'rotate' dials with a mouse pointer.
This is probably more the result of practical considerations than lack of accuracy by Novalogic, since the real MiG-29 cockpit already imposes a fairly high workload on the pilot, and undoubtedly requires both a respectable amount of manual dexterity, and a very thorough knowledge of the onboard instrumentation.
If anything approaching actual MiG-29 cockpit operation was to be achieved in a military flight sim, prospective 'players' should then also be prepared to memorize flight manuals consisting of at least a couple hundred pages! This is obviously an impossible proposition, especially for a piece of software that is intended for use by a reasonably wide audience.
A final word about the MiG-29 cockpit modeled in Novalogic's flight sim, which will definitely be of interest to all die-hard players: what you see in front of you is essentially a MiG-29 Fulcrum-C cockpit, and not the one of a MiG-29 Fulcrum-A, even though the differences are almost unnoticeable!
If anything approaching actual MiG-29 cockpit operation was to be achieved in a military flight sim, prospective 'players' should then also be prepared to memorize flight manuals consisting of at least a couple hundred pages! This is obviously an impossible proposition, especially for a piece of software that is intended for use by a reasonably wide audience.
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