Originally Posted by
matjes
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I was a bit disappointed that when the plane banked the display did not indicate that but stayed level, and that it always showed as if at altitude (ie, before takeff and while landing the display of the scenery in the background was always from a highviewpoint).but the other instruments etc seemed to work fine. All that was missing was additional traffic (other planes) and maybe weather (storm cells etc) being indicated.
Well, these video systems are never connected to the actual flight control systems, so they do not know directly about bank, pitch angle, etc. All they can do is best guess about rate of turn from the changing (GPS) position of the aircraft, and if the turn is fast enough, it will miss it. As for the altitude though, that seems like something that should be knowable and simulated correctly...