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Re: Using flight sim as an affordable means to learn to fly.

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 8:42 pm
by designrs
Come to think of it... my process:

I stated wanting to fly helicopters.
Brought a RC heli and airplane simulator.
Brought a RC helicopter.
Brought a desktop flight sim.

On my first airplane intro flight the instructor knew that I flew a sim because I added back pressure with bank.

Continued to use sim during real-word flight training.

Re: Using flight sim as an affordable means to learn to fly.

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:15 am
by MrMorden
I did a lot of simming before learning to fly. I think the main use is in learning how to navigate and fly a pattern. Not so much for how to really fly a plane, the feel of a sim is just not the same as a real airplane. You can learn some good basics, but you can also ingrain some bad habits.