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I pretty much learned to fly on PC-based sims. There are differences between r/w flying and flying sims, but once you understand them, you can derive tons of value from flying a sim, even if the airplane you're flying isn't the same as your real world ride.

Colyn nailed a lot of the benefits in his post.

I recently developed a venture called PilotEdge which allows you to fly your sim on an online network with other pilots and live air traffic controllers. Check out http://pilotedge.net for more info, or have a look at these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AEE39473A0E1AEFA

The difference between flying a sim offline vs online cannot be overstated. I've had real world IFR pilots fly on the network and find weak spots in their flying that they didn't know they had.

Regards,
Keith

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Colyn Case <colyncase@earthlink.net> wrote:

Ralf,

I don't have any time on this Orbx product but have flown FSX several hours.

Although the flight response compared to the airplane I was flying was not very accurate, I still found the sim extremely helpful. Caveat: it depends what skills you are trying to perfect.

If you are mainly after "Can I keep the plane right side up in the presence of conflicting sensory inputs." obviously there's limited value because most of the sensory inputs are missing.

On the other hand if you are interested in refining things like the below I find it exceptionally helpful and far more efficient than training in the air:
- am I looking at the right thing at the right time?

- are the magnitude of my corrections on an instrument approach about right?
- did I execute my approach checklist effectively?
- am I organized for the miss?
- am I organized for a nearby alternate?

- do I prioritize correctly in emergencies (helpful to have a buddy control the emergency part of the sim)?

Colyn

On Mar 23, 2011, at 8:47 AM, <bronnenmeier@GROBSYSTEMS.COM> wrote:

Dear subscribers,

Since I am close to flying now I wanted to ask you if you have any experience with this flight simulator software.

How much money do I have to spend. Does it help? – is it an instrument that can keep you current.

The Instrument set up they have in there is very similar to my airplane.

I just remember when I took my instrument rating I had 1 hour of simulator – it did not do much for me at this time and I never tried it again.

Thanks for your help

Ralf
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