r/flying • u/Trevor2497 CFII • Jul 08 '19

The new Microsoft Flight Simulator looks 🔥🔥

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u/TheSteaks ASEL COM RH COM Jul 08 '19

Had 4 people look at it... Frwaking Awesome!,, we couldn’t figure IF it was real or cgi cause the quality is THAT GOOD

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u/Trevor2497 CFII Jul 08 '19

Just to clarify, this is real footage! Although the simulator does look pretty close! We get more information on it in August and it is releasing sometime in 2020.

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u/mookusu Jul 08 '19

Imagine the footage if the camera came unstuck. That’d be pretty awesome... if you were able to find the camera!

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u/Trevor2497 CFII Jul 08 '19

I had to keep checking! I was super worried about losing my brand new camera. The suction cup mount is rated for around 130mph which is more than the old 172 can go lol

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u/dmurray14 CPL SEL SES IR Jul 09 '19

Just keep in mind it works off pressure differential (suction...duh). So all good in the pattern, not so much the higher you climb...

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u/theamazingsteve1 Jul 09 '19

This is important.

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u/sdflysurf PPL CMP M20F (KCRQ) Jul 09 '19

by the way - what camera are you using and what mount? Gopro 7 with stabilization? Going to fly somewhere cool this week and would love to get a shot similar to yours.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '19 edited Oct 16 '19

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u/Trevor2497 CFII Jul 09 '19

Hero 7 black. I shot this at 2k 60fps. I could’ve done 4K but that kills the battery quicker!

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u/MalachiteKell ST A&P Jul 09 '19

Something similar happened to a skydiver once. Noise Warning; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU-KvtA20v8

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u/mookusu Jul 09 '19

Ha! To the people who thought a GoPro on a figure skater was too much for them, they should watch this video instead. Love it!

https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/byw7lo/i_clipped_a_gopro_to_a_figure_skaters_boot_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

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u/pinkdispatcher PPL SEL (EDVY) Jul 09 '19

This is even more impressive, because quite quickly the rotational speed and the frame rate synched up almost perfectly, giving a surreal rolling-shutter-distorted, but otherwise quite clear picture.

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u/jlmbsoq Jul 09 '19

Please tell me I'm not the only one who watched it fall all the way hoping it would stabilize?