Best of luck with it. If the sim is used in conjunction with a good CFI
input along with it, I think it can be quite useful.
DH





Michael Ash wrote:
In rec.aviation.student Dudley Henriques wrote:
Michael Ash wrote:

My apologies if you thought I meant that all pilots should expect to have
trouble in sims, and I hope the above better explains my full opinion and
experience with them.
No problem at all Mike. I didn't take it that way. My post was simply a
general explanation on how pilots interact with the simulator as we
envision it when working on the program through the eyes of a flight
instructor.

Glad to hear it, I just wanted to make sure we were on the same page. I
appreciate the perspective.

There is a fine book on all this which I happened to review for ASA.
It's called "Flight Simulator as a Training Aid" by Bruce Williams.
If you search my name at www.simflight.com or the book itself on ASA's
web site, you can read that review if interested.

Thanks for the pointer, that looks like an interesting book. With the
right techniques I'm sure it can be a useful tool for instruction.

Incidentally my glider club was considering setting up a simulator for
students. It would have had a bit fancier setup than I have in order to
help with some of the drawbacks, including a TrackIR (head-mounted
pointing device) which is supposed to help make it a bit more natural to
look around the environment in the sim. I was sort of skeptical, but other
clubs have had some success with sims. Alas, the person who was working on
it ended up moving out of the country for a couple of years, and I don't
believe anyone had managed to try it on a student before he left. Maybe
when he comes back we'll be able to try again.



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Dudley Henriques