On Feb 28, 4:18 pm, "Tony" wrote:
That's it. It was as fulfilling an experience for me as eating cotton
candy -- there just wasn't much there. It simply didn't provide the
kinds of feedback I'd want, and I'm not going to buy a yoke with force
feedback and rudder peddles (sims who use a joystick instead of a yoke
in airplanes that come with yokes are another step removed from at
least what is my reality.

Yuck. Using a flight (or driving or whatever) sim with a keyboard is
like, well, using a GUI without any kind of mouse device. Doable, but
boring. A real-life pilot simply should not use or judge a flight
sim without a yoke and pedals.

As Jay and many others here can tell you though, if you have some
extra stuff laying around (like a monitor for the panel, and a
projection TV for the outside view), and/or you invest in add-on
terrain and visual details, a sim can be huge fun for pilots when
you're stuck at home and can't go up for real.

It's also highly beneficial for practicing approaches at unfamiliar
airports, even in its stock form.

Kev