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Mxsmanic wrote:
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All the flight simulator game sellers are quite explicit in saying what
they are selling is a game.

No, they are not. Visit the Web site for X-Plane, which tries hard to give
the impression that their simulator is certified by the FAA. (In fact,
X-Plane can be _part of_ a certified simulator, but you cannot just download
it and log the hours.)

Wrong, X-Plane is not part of any flight simulator certified by the FAA.

It is part of a Personal Computer-based Aviation Training Device, which
is something else entirely.

What they actually claim it is is "an engineering tool that can be used
to predict the flying qualities of fixed and rotary wing aircraft".


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Jim Pennino

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Wrong, X-Plane is not part of any flight simulator certified by the FAA.

It is part of a Personal Computer-based Aviation Training Device, which
is something else entirely.

No, it's not something else at all. It's a simulator. All training devices
are simulators.

What they actually claim it is is "an engineering tool that can be used
to predict the flying qualities of fixed and rotary wing aircraft".

They claim a lot of things, including "... since X-Plane has been approved for
flight-training in many countries to many levels, you should be able to use
it to build your own flight simulator ..." which tacitly acknowledges the
equivalence between the two.

Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

Wrong, X-Plane is not part of any flight simulator certified by the FAA.

It is part of a Personal Computer-based Aviation Training Device, which
is something else entirely.

No, it's not something else at all. It's a simulator. All training devices
are simulators.

If you are going to post to a real aviation group instead of a sim group,
at least learn the language.

A PCATD is not a flight simulator.


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Jim Pennino

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writes:

Wrong, X-Plane is not part of any flight simulator certified by the FAA.

It is part of a Personal Computer-based Aviation Training Device, which
is something else entirely.

No, it's not something else at all. It's a simulator. All training
devices
are simulators.

What they actually claim it is is "an engineering tool that can be used
to predict the flying qualities of fixed and rotary wing aircraft".

They claim a lot of things, including "... since X-Plane has been approved
for
flight-training in many countries to many levels, you should be able to
use
it to build your own flight simulator ..." which tacitly acknowledges the
equivalence between the two.

Doesn't matter what they claim anyway wanna be, it a game and you're a wanna
be.