Casey Wilson writes:

In MSFS, if the gamer does not enter inputs for trim and/or W&B the
aircraft data revert to defaults.

Actually, both can be saved and then reloaded later when loading a
flight or aircraft.

That's not what I meant, though.

To some naive people the word simulator elevates the game's status far
beyond its reality -- it is a game, nothing more.

It's a simulator. If it were a game, it would be making a lot more
money.

In the US, the FAA does not recognize any time spent on the game as
valid time for anything.

There are a lot of things the FAA doesn't recognize, but the FAA isn't
any kind of final authority on aviation.

I loaded MSFS onto my computer and spent several hours with it using
yoke, rudder pedals, and throttle controls. I did a serious comparison of it
to the Cessna 172SP that I was flying at the time and as a legitimate
simulation I rated it poorly.

Other people report just the opposite.

I still have it on my computer although the only use it gets is
when my grandson comes for a visit.

Of course.

Since he has many hours in the right
seat of 172s with both his dad and me, including lots of stick time, I once
asked him what he thought about flying the 172 in MSFS. Using the cliche --
out of the mouth of babes -- came the quote: "It's bogus."

You're clearly both far, far above this mere game.

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