Kev writes:

Yuck. Using a flight (or driving or whatever) sim with a keyboard is
like, well, using a GUI without any kind of mouse device. Doable, but
boring. A real-life pilot simply should not use or judge a flight
sim without a yoke and pedals.

A keyboard will work if you're mainly interested in instrument flight with
automation and large aircraft. I flew like that for years, but it's true that
I avoided anything that required a lot of manipulation of the controls because
it was so awkward with the keyboard.

Flying with a mouse is much easier, even though it is very different from
flying with normal aircraft controls. However, the mouse couldn't be used on
this way in some versions of MSFS (I understand it's back in FSX).

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