Mxsmanic wrote:

Sam Spade writes:


Well, not exactly, at least for FAA-approved flight simulation.


I don't need FAA approval.


Lots of folks who know a WHOLE lot more than you do who work for the FAA
and other nations' aviation authorities that would strongly disagree
with you.


They have their egos, too. But no doubt there are people who know a lot more
than I do. It's unfortunate that so few of them post to this newsgroup.

Egos were worked out of full-motion flight simulators long ago. There
is just too much money and safety involved.


It is not even a good game.


That's probably true, although I'm not a very good judge of games. It lacks
many of the characteristics of a good game.


PC simulator is an oxymoron in the world of compentent aviation operations.


Hardly. PC simulators are useful just as other simulators are useful. It
depends on what you require.

They are training devices, at best. You keep saying "simulator." Try
saying "flight simulator," then try finding out what ""flight simulator"
means.


There are some PC training programs that have some value, such as the
Elite product line.


Elite looks interesting and I'm sure it's very useful for the purposes for
which it is intended. It's an example of very specialized simulation, whereas
MSFS is much more generalized. Overall, the more you try to simulate
accurately, the less accurately any specific area of the simulation will be,
unless you have unlimited hardware capabilities.


Elite actually models winds aloft correctly, unlike the crude,
unsophisticated, incorrectly written code for MSFS.

Unfortunately, the Elite software is very expensive and it apparently requires
a hardware key. The basic software is already $499. The FAA approval applies
only to specialized hardware and software, which is ten times more expensive.

All of that is a lot to pay for something that is only very slightly more
accurate than MSFS in a few domains. But if someone gave me one I wouldn't
turn it down.

Slightly more accurate? You just don't get it. When are you going to
be finished "checking out" the fundamental errors in MSFS I provided to
you here several weeks ago?


MSFS is useless, for specific reasons I have
previously mentioned to you and which you have chosen to ignore in your
usual ignorant (if not stupid) manner.


I don't lend much credence to emotional overgeneralizations. "Useless" is so
obviously incorrect that it is not worth addressing.


Was that in a 48 Desoto?


No, a Baron 58, my favorite tin can.


What are your FAA ratings and total flight time?