PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Simming before PPL
View Single Post
Old 24th Nov 2021, 08:39
  #112 (permalink)  
Less Hair
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,080
Received 66 Likes on 40 Posts
How reliable can knowledge obtained from some entertainment software be? A cockpit might look "real" for an outsider but it might work different. Look at trim indicators in game simulated aircraft, sometimes they just work in the opposite direction, or rudder deflections that are plain wrong. Look at you tube videos and how rude "expert" gamers fly and operate their complex aircraft. But spinning wheels, gear doors and the fasten seat belt signs are modelled in every detail. These things are made by computer nerds but they are not necessarily working like the real thing. And they are entirely missing instruction, procedures, regulations and certification. Therefore it's better to forget games and learn the real thing from scratch.
Less Hair is offline