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Viperdoc writes:
Unless you're in a full cockpit multi screen model, it's still just a game. Following that reasoning, unless you have full motion, it's just a game. In fact, unless the air pressure in the simulator with altitude, it's just a game. And so on. I did initial Baron training at Flight Safety, and even though there's no motion, I found myself leaning, clutching the yoke, and sweating during a VMC rollover. What did you train with? In MS Flight Simulator something relatively slow and stable like a Baron (which I fly) is not too bad, but the Extra model is terrible (the real one is a lot quicker than the PC version in roll and pitch). I've tried the Extra and it seemed extremely fast to me, but I have no idea how the real one might be. I'm not very interested in acrobatics so it's not a big deal. Regardless, the visceral feedback and visual cues from flying a real plane are a lot different than sitting in a chair in front of a screen. For the cost of a good computer, screen, and peripherals you could be more than half way to having a real pilot's license. Hardly. A pilot's license here would cost me at least ten times more than the best computer around. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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