Mxsmanic wrote:
"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com writes:

It only stands to reason that if the simulation matched what you experienced
in the real world, then if you could land a real airplane, you could land
the simulation.

Yes.

So, if what you wrote is true (a lot of real pilots can't land an aircraft
in MSFS) ...

That's what many real pilots have said to me, although I haven't
actually observed this firsthand.

... I would take it to mean that MSFS is not duplicating a "real" aircraft
very well.

It could simply mean that something they normally depend on to fly or
land the plane (such as sensations, or certain types of visual
information) is missing in the sim.

The interesting point here is that, if they truly depend on sensations
or vision to fly, they will never be able to fly by instruments alone.
I should think that an experienced instrument pilot would be able to
land any aircraft in MSFS fairly quickly, with only a few trial runs.
Someone who depends on sensations and (to a lesser extent) vision
might not be able to do this. If someone in the latter category ever
gets caught in IMC while flying for real, he's doomed.

But the point you are missing is that none of the pilots of single
engine planes ( the vast majority of the posters here ) land a plane by
instruments alone. Instrument rated pilots use the instruments to get
down to a low level but land using visual and sensory cues. Only the
big iron pilots land without those cues and then they don't land the
plane, it lands itself.