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Old June 25th 09, 11:18 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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On Jun 17, 4:35*am, Tom Duhamel wrote:
haribole wrote:
Hello


Would appreciate any recommendations for a realistic PC basedflight
simulator that can be used to learn the principles of flying.


Any experience on using a PC basedflightsimulator to enhance the
learning experience would be welcome.


Thanks
Hari


The debate is over two of them currently:

MicrosoftFlightSimulator

This one is by far the most popular. You can buy version 10 (called X)
for $50 to $80, depending of the area you live in. If you computer isn't
exactly the best on the market, you could consider version 9 (2004)
since FS X is very demanding on the machine. I don't know if you can buy
it new anymore though.

X-Plane

A nice competitor is X-Plane, which I haven't tried myself so far but
most people who did will try to convince you it is equal, or better than
MS FS. This one has a commercial version which is FAA approved, but the
standard edition is less expensive than MS FS as I understand.

For more information or help, please join alt.games.microsft.flight-sim
We are very friendly and mature. Some of us are even more friendly than
me, and some are much more mature (see both definitions of the word
here). And heck, we even have fun together!

Hope this helps,
Tom


sir,
i am working on flight dynamics in iit madras. in my project i
need fly the aircraft from angle attack 0 to 90 deg. and get all the
stability derivatives.
so which soft ware i prefer x plane or MSFS ?