"gatt" wrote in
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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"LWG" wrote in message
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I got vectored around pretty much the same as when I
fly under the hood. I thought that was absolutely fantastic, and all
for about a nickel's worth of electricity. No instructor or safety
pilot needed.

Yep, but it wasn't flying, which is the whole point, right?

It can make the actual flying/instructing time a bit more productive.

I'm taking LWG's position on this because, just like a "real"
simulator, it's useful to be able to simply back up and do an approach
again, or try an approach with an instrument failure or things you
wouldn't want to spend $100/hr practicing. It's not going to replace
actual flight time, but I found it helpful in practicing the ability
to cross-reference instruments in "IMC" (sort of like the instrument
examples in the Instrument written exam.)

Useful for learning the instrument panel and practicing navigation
without outside reference. Definately a secondary or tertiary
source; it could replace neither practical experience or instruction
but you can learn to use an ADF, VORs or the Garmin GPS with it.


There, you've said it..

ADF's are the one thing i've found them fairly useful for, specially if
I haven't done one in a while.


Still, it's not the same...

Bertie