Hello Rotorheads,
What is your take for using Microsoft Flight Simulator (2004 or FSX) for helicopter pilot training ? It is hard for me to say how realistic the flight model is. I am not a heli pilot. It might be perfectly realistic but I can't say it. It might also be all unrealistic. I can't say that too. Probably only the pilots who fly a R22 or Bell 206B helicopter in real life could say. Those are the ones available in FS2004 by default.
Do you think FS can be used (seriously) for :
- Learning hover skills (e.g. landing from a hover, hovering turns)
- Straight-and-level flight
- Vertical reference training
- Shallow and steep approaches
- Autorotations
- Take-offs
- Engine failure
What do you think it is missing or completely wrong in FS ?