"pjbphd" wrote:
I'm a student pilot and have heard mixed reviews of Flight Sim
software.
Some say it's great for a little on the ground practice. Others say
it's
really a waste of time.

I don't expect it to really take the place of air time, but I'm
wondering if
anyone out there can tell me if it's really useful,

It was not useful to me; flying a computer sim is very unlike flying
the real thing. Sims are of some use for practicing instrument
procedures.

On the other hand, I had a couple hundred hours flying radio control
before I started flying lessons, and I found that gave me a very useful,
intuitve understanding of aircraft behavior.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM