Gig 601XL Builder wrote:

Gatt this thread and many others lately are here because of posts written by
an idiot named Anthony aka msxmaniac who not only has never flown and
aircraft and has no desire to, thinks that most of us that do fly don't know
what the hell we are talking about because our real world experience doesn't
jive with his playing of MSFS.

There is no doubt that MSFS is great for use as you describe but it doesn't
make anyone an aviation expert as Anthony thinks it does.

I don't know Anthony, but his posts have been informative and well
written. He also hasn't personally attacked anyone, or made
misrepresentations of his flight experience (real or not). I know a lot
of real pilots that think they're aviation experts when in fact the
little guy with glasses sitting behind his computer desk flying flight
sims has a lot more knowledge, even though he lacks seat time.

I fly both sims and Cessnas, I find that the flight models to be good
enough to simulate (that's what it's doing, right?) flight in a manner
that feels like it does in reality. The plane stalls when and how it
should, P-factor is there, and I can fly by the numbers just when I do
when flying real approaches.

I always know I'm flying a sim, and I guess for some people it's always
just going to be a game until one can't tell the difference between the
sim and real life. Thankfully I have a great imagination and I can fill
in the gaps. If only I could press the Y button and slew when flying in
real life...

Randy
KSTS Sonoma County CA
PPSEL