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PC flight sim for training?
On 01/16/2006 12:10 PM, Denny wrote:
This is an old thread I stumbled across... Wanted to mention ASA's, ON TOP, IFR proficiency simulator... I also have FS2004Pro, but I prefer the instrument panel that ON TOP has... Besides, this is IFR practice, why are we rating sims on how realistic the scenery is? Anyway, I fly IFR in an old Apache, which is not on either sim, so I simply dial up a Bonanza or a Baron and use that... And I do not have a yoke, just use a joy stick... I do not notice the differences when getting in the real airplane... My reflexes are geared to accomodate the cockpit I'm in at themoment... It is procedures that need repetition, not power settings, joy stick versus yoke, etc... cheers ... denny The problem I have with the simulators (I use MS FS 2004) is that the yoke doesn't really represent the trimmed-out speed of the airplane (in that if you let go of the yoke/stick, the airplane will do what it is trimmed to do). As a result, I spend a lot of time getting the trim set to the point where the attitude will remain relatively constant. This can be really irritating when changing configuration (like when entering a holding pattern after cruise flight). I wonder if there is a way to tell the simulator to manage the trim a little better? I've looked some ... need to look more. -- Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane Sacramento, CA |
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