I've flown the FAA approved stimulator that is in a trailer and based
on MS-Flightsim. Its pretty much bull****. The Jetranger model they
have flys nothing like the real machine. The thing crashes when it
should not, and doesn't kill you when it should.

I did have a whole lot of fun shooting autos to rooftop helipads though,
something I'd never get a chance to try in the realworld.

About the only thing I can see being useful about that sim is practicing
IFR procs. You can shoot a lot more approaches in one hour in a sim than
you can in the real world.

Bart