Santa delivered Flight Simulator and a Cyborg joystick this year. I
plan to use it to help maintain instrument currency when I don't have
time for the real thing. I'm finding the learning curve for FS to be a
little steep initially and it is taking a while to get things like the
joystick sensitivity set properly. It was initially WAY too pitch
sensitive compared to any 182 I've ever flown and somewhat sensitive in
roll as well. I haven't yet figured out how to control the rudder so I
can't speak to that. I don't see a joystick control for that, so it
must be on the keyboard somewhere. Also, it seemed to me that FS should
come with enroute and approach plates, however, that doesn't seem to be
the case either. It makes it hard to fly some of the canned routes with
no charts!

Can any of you who are seasoned FS users point me to a forum, newsgroup,
etc. that would be helpful to an FS newbie?


Matt