Looking at the manual it appears to have a somewhat outdated panel = and setup. Rather limited and non-flexible. The only thing = close to glass panel is the GNS unit – they appear to have copied = a huge amount of the Garmin manual for this and it takes up many pages = in the manual.

I would think one of the most valuable uses of a simulator would be = providing experience with glass panel flying – especially for = experienced pilots who have most of their time with steam gauges – = like me.

I would hate to think I have to start out my flight time in my L IVP = getting used to the a/c with its complex systems and unforgiving flight = envelope at the same time I am experiencing initial orientation to glass = panel stuff.

Is it possible the software is programmable for different MFD = units?

My $.02,

John Barrett

From:= = Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of = Colyn Case
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:04 = AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: = flight simulator

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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