Rant

[flydaddy]

Hi all,
can somebody tell me what RANT is, I take it from reading on here it is some kind of book or similar.
Thanks.
Flydaddy

[High Wing Drifter]

It stands for Radio Aid Navigation Tutor...www.oddsoft.com

[buzzc152]

It's a thing you load on to your PC.... not really a flight sim but it's good for revising instrument stuff.

I must say, I shelled out £90 on the latest RANT for my IR and then hardly used it. I'm sure it will come in usful one day though.

[Matron]

I found RANT to be v useful. Not just for passing the IR (I used to practice all my routes before flying them) but also for ongoing currency.

I consider it money well spent.

[Nearly Man]

Used it loads for practicing holds and hold entry .. really good

[Aim High]

Yes, I recommend RANT XL

It is handy if your instructor is familiar with it as he/she can help teach with it too

Thought it was £70?

[BroomstickPilot]

I bought RANT but formed the view that to use it you really needed to have at least a computer joystick. Something I didn't have at the time.

Perhaps those who have found RANT useful would advise us what additional hardware gizmos they use, or what gizmos they would recommend.

[High Wing Drifter]

Hmmm. I suppose it depends how you approach the problem. I didn't think a joystick was relevant at all, that is for flight sims like Elite, FS etc. I treated a RANT session as purely an instrument interpretation and situational awareness exercise.

[flyfish]

Broomstick
I use rant over some of the other 'sims' on the market because a joystick is not important.
I think the idea is to let you concentrate learning the principles without the added problem of accurate IF flying.