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Simflying The Avro Lancaster Bomber Sitting Behind Your Very Own Computer Desk
The day I write this I am 64 years old and so is the peace that followed the Second World War. This means that I'm "post war", and that's the way I want to keep it! It also means that I only saw the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber in peaceful fly-by's which is a scarce enough happening anyway, considering that there are only two (!) flyable Lancs left in the whole wide world. There's very little airtime to be shared among the enthusiastic candidates, so there are probably not even a dozen people who get to fly a real Lancaster from the left seat every once in a while.
The closest us sorry ground hogs can come to flying an airborn Lancaster, is via simulation. I am dedicated to Microsofts Flight Simulator X, in which I fly "my own" version of the Lancaster bomber, a hybrid based on the "Wings of Power" version for exterior and flight model, and for the panel on just about everything up to and including the kitchen sink. Out of dozens of available panels and gauges that I collected during the years, I conceived a strictly individual panel version.
Panel rearranging required!
There are two reasons to design my own panels. Mainly because there's no existing Avro Lancaster panel available that looks to my liking. Secondly because available panels put the simulated eyepoint somewhere in the lateral center of the cockpit, like straight behind the throttle controls. That's no good: it takes away much of the illusion or immersion. Although my real world flying experiences are sadly confined to single engined pipsqueeks like Cessna 172 and Piper Cherokee, I know that Lancaster pilots did not sit with their valuable parts shoved painfully into the throttle/propeller quadrants of their Avro Lancaster bomber!
My own panels deliver a much more natural pilots position, and considerably enlarged gauges. Simulation, including flight simulation, is make-believe - and I don't give a fig about the panel lay-out being realistic: I want it to look and feel realistic within the confines of a computer screen!!
The physical controls
In order to produce a sufficient level of realism, flying your digital Avro bomber with the keyboard or mouse won't do. If you can even remotely afford it, a steering yoke is an absolute must, with a set of pedals as a perfect second. Fortunately such hardware add-ons are available in a wide price range, from very indestructible but equally expensive, to somewhat wobbly but easily in the affordability sector of most of us.
And now I have a confession to make. Some six years ago I got the cheapest yoke and pedals that I could find, and I'm still using them without a problem and to my continuing joy! In those years I must have acquired a couple of thousand dollars worth of other simulator expansions, but I never saw any reason for discarding my old and faithful pedals/yoke set! Sure, eventually I'll replace them, even if it is only on account of normal wear and tear from almost daily use, but it's not necessary yet.
A very flustered face!
I won't say that a relatively simple computer simulation like MS Flight Sim can ever give you the joy of flying the real thing, but sometimes it comes surprisingly close. I've made many a simulated landing under conditions that turned my whole head red with concentration, and sweaty with almost physical fear! Nor am I the only one with such experiences. I think it was around 2004 that an RAF flight crew performed an MS-simulated historic Dam Busters raid. Those jet pilots and "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime" types left their unique simulator after their final flight with a healthy respect for MSFS-X, and for the good old Lancaster. You won't see them looking down on "that game" or "that old bomber" anymore!
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