Flight simulators

[axelthefox]

I wonder who has played/used these.

I have flown planes like a cessna in x plane 11, the really big planes are harder to fly and land then the smaller planes.

 

[lordjeff]

I just bought a flight simulator device from an online store. Have not unboxed yet.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I wonder who has played/used these.

I have flown planes like a cessna in x plane 11, the really big planes are harder to fly and land then the smaller planes.

I think I "flew" a 767 once, in a simulator (or it might have been an Airbus, I don't remember).

I did co-pilot a real Piper, I think it was, some years ago.

 

[St. Helens]

About six years ago I used to play on a fight sim. Got the lawn in my tires every time. I wasn't very good at it.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

I kept crashing. So I gave up.

 

[chevyontheriver]

I kept crashing. So I gave up.

I crashed almost all of my landings too. Which is why I decided I was never going to try being a pilot for real.

 

[timewerx]

I wonder who has played/used these.

I have flown planes like a cessna in x plane 11, the really big planes are harder to fly and land then the smaller planes.

Yea, the big planes are faster on landing and you are sitting much higher....So the runway "looks" a lot smaller and a more difficult target to hit with the big planes!

Try the Beechcraft Baron, I think it's even easier to fly than the Cessna but with better performance and nice looking interior. Just the wings blocks some of the view.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I crashed almost all of my landings too. Which is why I decided I was never going to try being a pilot for real.

As a pilot of small planes (Piper Cherokee, Cessna 150) I think landing an actual plane would be easier...you see the runway in 3D; better spatial perception.

 

[chevyontheriver]

As a pilot of small planes I think landing an actual plane would be easier...you see the runway in 3D.

Maybe. but with a simulator I just reload and I'm flying again. No messy bent metal to deal with, and no bloody mess.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Maybe. but with a simulator I just reload and I'm flying again. No messy bent metal to deal with, and no bloody mess.

A fair point.

 

[sunshineforJesus]

In wii sports resort there is a game on there where you can fly a plane
which is really fun.

 

[timewerx]

As a pilot of small planes (Piper Cherokee, Cessna 150) I think landing an actual plane would be easier...you see the runway in 3D; better spatial perception.

Not to mention, you have "perfect" control hardware (orders of magnitude more expensive than the desktop joystick!) that provides realistic force feedback, greater resistance at higher speeds. Actual G-forces, infinite visual resolution (that one is actually very important)

The sim is only easier in terms of being more forgiving in damage. You can probably touchdown at -1000 fpm without a scratch. An entirely different outcome in real life.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Maybe. but with a simulator I just reload and I'm flying again. No messy bent metal to deal with, and no bloody mess.

Here's a fun video of gyroplane landing training. Great visuals. It's my next flying project once this virus thing is over. I watch it in Chrome, won't play in Internet Explorer.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

oops

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

I crashed almost all of my landings too. Which is why I decided I was never going to try being a pilot for real.

My son trains pilots for the military, He took me to work one day and put me on the flight simulator . I never successfully got off the ground.

 

[timewerx]

My son trains pilots for the military, He took me to work one day and put me on the flight simulator . I never successfully got off the ground.

In the absence of flight manual, I would pseudo-randomly push buttons until something works