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Comment Re:Another Cirrus (Score 1) 30

I seriously considered going twin, but there are lots of disadvantages. Money is a huge one (cost, fuel, maintenance, insurance). But it's really not clear if twins (especially light twins) are actually any safer.

1) If you lose an engine on takeoff, there is a certain risk that you auger in, especially in a light twin, especially if you are not super current. Landing straight ahead in a field might actually have more survivability (depending on the surroundings for your airport).
2) The most common reason that engines quit is fuel (bad fuel, out of fuel) and the twin doesn't help with that.
3) If you do lose both engines, now you have a heavier aircraft and a higher approach speed. The energy of a crash is mass * velocity^2. A lighter and slower aircraft will do better.

Comment Re:I'll never understand risks like this (Score 2) 30

I'm a former skydiver and a current pilot, so I'm not afraid of risk. I certainly do my best to manage it. All life is risk vs reward. You can die sitting at home. You can die in a car. When I found myself not jumping enough, I retired from skydiving. Over the years the fun went down and the risk went up (due to me doing it less often).

Comment Re:VR? (Score 1) 142

Sorry, you are correct. I ordered the HP Reverb 2 which is about 9 million pixels. I have just learned that it is just a tad bit more on the pixel count than a 4K display. So that's great news really. It is 2.5x more pixels than the Oculus Quest which I have and enjoy but am bothered by the pixelation. I hope that will help. But at "only" about 9 million pixels it won't be much tougher than a 4K display for the GTX 3090 playing Flight Simulator.

Comment Correct but only in single-monitor situations (Score 4, Insightful) 142

This is correct; 8K is overkill for a single monitor. But as somebody who is just getting into the new Flight Simulator I can tell you there are other scenarios:

1) Three 2K monitors in a wrap-around configuration for simulators is 6K of resolution.

2) The upcoming HP VR headset is 4K per eye, or 8K total. As an Oculus Quest owner I'll tell you that 2K per eye isn't all that clear.

But for a single TV sure. I have a 4K OLED TV (55") for my gaming monitor and sit about 3 feet away and it's plenty big and 4K is plenty detailed.

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