Flight Simulator

[prii]

hi,
i am planning to buy a flight sim with a joystick for instrument approaches.
i'd like to have a feedback on the diffferent versions of sims just to make my selection easy. kindly post info about your sim here.

[Speedbird1014]

buy Microsoft Flight simulator X,
If u wanna fly airliners, dont fly default planes, they are crap, buy pmdg addons...they are the most realistic out there..... precisionmanuals.com

[Viraaj Shah]

Flight Simulator 2004 and Flight Simulator X as of now.

You can opt for Flight Simulator X: Pros: More Airports, better graphics, detailed aircrafts, flying missions, more aircrafts etc. Cons: Very bad frame rate and not that much third party softwares for FSX to enhance the experience as compared to FS2004.

Please go through these links if you want to have realistic flying experience and virtual ATC support.

Jet Airways Virtual: Jet Airways Virtual | Flight Simulator X Online in India (http://www.jetairwaysvirtual.net/)

Air India Virtual: AIR INDIA VIRTUAL (http://www.airindiavirtual.net/index.php)

Virtual ATC and Events: VatSim: VATSIM - The International Online Flying Network: Welcome to VATSIM (http://www.vatsim.net/)

Flight sim addons: 1] VATSIM - The International Online Flying Network: Welcome to VATSIM (http://www.vatsim.net/)
2] Flight Simulator Downloads: Flight Simulator X, FSX, FS2004, CFS3 Aircraft, Addons - Fly Away Simulation, Flight Simulator #1 (http://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads.html)
3] FlightSim.Com - World's #1 Flight Simulator Site For Downloads, Files, News, Reviews, Add-ons (http://www.flightsim.com)


Professional Aircrafts: 1] PMDG Simulations (http://www.precisionmanuals.com/)
2] Flight Simulator add-ons Airbus Boeing Embraer Cessna, A380 simulation, VRinsight, Instrument panel, Tower - Wilco Publishing since 1997 (http://www.wilcopub.com/)

Flight Planning Software: Home - vroute premium - ultimate tool for virtual flight planning (http://www.vroute.net/)

FMC current database and maps:Navigraph (http://www.navigraph.com/www/default.asp)

There's a new Flight simulator on the way (Hopefully by this year end)

Microsoft Flight: Welcome to Microsoft Flight from the Microsoft Games Studio! (http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/)


Good luck, its fun. See you in the sky :) :cool:

[prii]

het thanks..amazing stuff mentioned!!

[superdunkaroos]

for instrument flying and radio navigation Xplane 9 beats microsofts software in every aspect

the faa certified simulators in the states and canada use x plane for instrument training

[Pullstandard]

i would say FSX with PMDG planes downloaded from precisionmanuals website. has an almost fully functioning FMC on its 747 package. have a friend who flies 744s and he was quite impressed with it.

[Sciolistes]

Xplane and MSFS (all recent versions) are mildly useful for the most basic skills, but incomplete from a training/learning point of view at best and misleading at worst. You would be far better off ditiching those and baggage that comes with them and get a copy of RANT Oddsoft Ltd (http://www.oddsoft.co.uk) or if you really want to practice your scan as well as interpreting the instruments the ELITE Simulation Solutions - The PCATD Leader (http://www.flyelite.com) is the best available IMHO.