what I did...
Here's what I did...
Got "X-plane" version 5.4. Cost: $29.
Got the Saitek "X45" joystick and throttle (seperate devices, packaged together). Cost: $80.00
Works pretty well! You can customize the panel in X-plane so I customized the Citation X. I've got gear, flaps, brakes, reversers, and nav1 freq. changes programed to the buttons on the joystick and throttle, so I don' t have to touch the keyboard. I think it's a good way to go for practicing IFR stuff...well, at least it's affordable!