AviationBanter - View Single Post - Realistic Instrument Training using MSFS 2004

**Ray Andraka** · February 17th 07, 05:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.ifr

wrote:

I haven't sprung for the $250 required for the Elite simulator and
training manual. I still might in the future, but I'll try to get by
with MSFS for now. It sounds like the investment sure paid off for
Hai, so I may have to revisit this decision later.

FWIW, the Elite simulator suffers the same issues with the yoke inputs
not feeling realistic and being difficult to trim. I have a very old
version of Elite (4.0?) and a CH serial yoke. I found it easiest to use
the autopilot to set the trim and to more or less avoid making pitch
changes with the yoke. There is a way to manufacture a much more
realistically trimmed yoke, but I haven't seen any that do it.