Flight Simulator

[youngsc]

OK need some input. Has anyone used the microsoft flight simulator? I'm intrested in it and flying in general but have never done either. Is the simulator really difficult to grasp or after you do it a few times it will become like everything else with repitition? For those that do you use, do you have any websites for reference or tutorials or books you recommend? TIA

[Tradition_F]

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its pretty easy to get if you use a joystick...its just like flying a real plane:)

[4thgenowner]

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I use it daily, I have thousands of hours in it. LOL. Its fun but not exactly realistic. Dont get me wrong its an almost exact simulation of the planes. But being a pilot myself I can tell the difference. www.flightsim.com will have some good info. If you want to fly go to your local airport and a discovery flight or something.

[youngsc]

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ill def check it out. i don't know why I just all of a sudden have gotten more intrested in planes. Guess it's because I moved so close to the airport.

[4thgenowner]

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I fly out of Sanford. Ha!




Theres a landing in to Sanford in an F-16 for you!

[youngsc]

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nice, that's using the ms flight sim? I went to that website that you mentioned but I don't see anything that mentions starting out or just learning. You got any websites bookmarked that might be quick reference for me. I understand the physics of it, i think, it's just refining what each componet does to make it a little easier for me. Now I feel like those noob's that post in here that don't know crap about cars. Doh! I hate that

Hey if you move back from that pic about 1-2 miles my condo should be directly below there.

[4thgenowner]

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lol yeah its in ms flight sim. http://forums.flightsim.com/dc/dcboa...topics&forum=6

try there.

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/airplane1.htm that will shed some light on the physics of flight.

[youngsc]

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cool beans thanks man

[dafirebird]

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For anyone who uses a flight simulator, check out "acesim.com", and look up the "joyrider". It is a motion base you can build to control pitch and roll using a "flight stick". I found it while researching for components to build a motion simulator for my 3D theator - it works good, but the actuators I have are a bit slow. This "joyrider" is controlled by you, and moves as fast as you move the stick. Looks like a lot of fun, and totally immersive!

[youngsc]

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Looks pretty cool. How much does that whole setup cost?

[StrtRacer98]

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Im a pilot also, but i dont like flight sim... I do much better with real surroundings haha.

If your becoming interested in planes you should go out and do your discovery flight like 4thGen said.. to get your private pilots license can cost as little as $3,000 dollars.

[vanbibber]

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still waiting on my airplane ride matt....

[youngsc]

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I am intrested in it. The only thing with me is that if it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all. So the thought of me piloting a airplane thousands of feet above the ground would not be too comforting to those that know me and even myself if I think about it too much.

[StrtRacer98]

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still waiting on my airplane ride matt....

Im still waiting for you to cook me a big *** steak

[youngsc]

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Alright so I went and done it. I bought the deluxe sim x version. I think I finally went to sleep at about 130 after playing it for so long. The tutorials that it has are very good and makes it a lot easier to use, I was thinking it would be like the trial version and thank god it wasn't. Thanks again for the input, let me know if there is anything else you would recommend for me to look at.