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Old 28th December 2010 | 00:48
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Sciolistes
 
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Is there anybody out there who is developing a realistic flight model for a desktop light aircraft flight sim ? Forget about the visuals it would be nice if there was a program where you could fly the aircraft sensibly on instruments in order to practice IFR procedures.
ELITE Pilot is your best bet. I have used it for years, the flight models are designed specifically for that aircraft and match the POH. The avionics and systems controls are fully simulted, the failures are can be very insidious, the genview visuals are good enough to compare to a CAA chart, the weather system easily configurable but the winds are a little coarse. Finally, setting up proper IFR scenarios is so much easier than in MSFS and so much less tme consuming generally. I found MSFS and irritating faff for the most part.
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