When to give up

[cessna l plate]

This was a very interesting thread a couple of months ago. Perhaps Mad Bear would update us a little. Did you carry on, jack it in, what??

[sternone]

Flight simulator

Originally Posted by cessna l plate

This was a very interesting thread a couple of months ago. Perhaps Mad Bear would update us a little. Did you carry on, jack it in, what??

I have read these 7 pages completely and what i'm missing to this bear guy maybe the advice to start also home on Flight Simulator ? I know many of you will protest but isn't it a way ahead if you completely master everything on the computer ? it helped me looking at to much different things at the same time...

So my advice also is get those products: ( i have them both and love it)
CH Products Pro Pedals USB Flight Simulator Pedals
CH Products Flight Sim Yoke USB

Flight simulator X is very very nice, i love it alot, i also fly X-plane since i'm on mac (yes i run MS Flight simulator X on my intel core 2 duo MAC in dual boot)

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/

and:

http://www.x-plane.org/
(much more realistic feeling than FSX)

It helped me to achieve faster quality time in the air.. good luck!

[sternone]

Originally Posted by sternone

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/
and:
http://www.x-plane.org/
(much more realistic feeling than FSX)

also don't forget that the new FS X has now Garmin G1000 support!!

[cessna l plate]

At the risk of accusing you of hi-jacking the thread, most pilots or students on here will agree that whilst MS flight sim is "useful" for instrument work, as an exact facsimile of the real thing it sucks! I watched a programme the other night interviewing the people that write the software, and they start well enough, but then admitted "dumbing down" what it does so as not to overload those that aren't pilots in the real world.

The basis of this thread is someone with a passion for aviation who is (was) struggling to justify the expense to himself, and on the whole we were providing a degree of support to him in the hopes that he will join our ranks and enjoy his flying. So Mad Bear, where are you??

[sternone]

Originally Posted by cessna l plate

At the risk of accusing you of hi-jacking the thread, most pilots or students on here will agree that whilst MS flight sim is "useful" for instrument work, as an exact facsimile of the real thing it sucks! I watched a programme the other night interviewing the people that write the software, and they start well enough, but then admitted "dumbing down" what it does so as not to overload those that aren't pilots in the real world.
The basis of this thread is someone with a passion for aviation who is (was) struggling to justify the expense to himself, and on the whole we were providing a degree of support to him in the hopes that he will join our ranks and enjoy his flying. So Mad Bear, where are you??

Yes i agree, it sucks completely compared to the real deal !! But i hope you got my point, PS: that's why X-plane is more realistic, the lead programmer is a Cirrus pilot....give it a try, you can download a trial verison from the site