Flight Sim 2.0

Brake not comming off? What, a bug in a Microsoft program? Inconceivable!!!

Leslie Deana

I assume your voice was going through the Apollo headset mic? That totally sold it! It really sounded exactly like what I remember from being in the cockpit of an actual 172.

Circuitmike

I got my PPL almost 20 years ago. Flight sims can help you understand -- and master -- the mechanics of flight but what they DON'T give you (unless you have actual flight controls hooked up) is give you muscle memory. It's like learning piano on an on-screen keyboard. Yeah, you're playing music, but you can't easily perform the same on a real keyboard. Flying is a physical skill as well as a mental skill. Add in unexpected g-forces and your brain behaves VERY differently than in your static living room. Part of flight training is de-sensitizing your brain to forces which can trick you into doing the wrong thing. Just getting used to steering with the pedals vs the yoke instinctively when you start out is a challenge for your head. There's nothing better than actual flight time. You can minimize the cost by having the course material in your head by pouring over the books (I recommend the Jeppessen PPL manual) and some sim time before you start so you're not paying CFI+flight time for that. It will minimize your ground school hours and get you in the air sooner and cheaper.

lohphat

You are getting better. In a 172 you want to be going about 76 knots when 500' AGL (Above ground level). Then between 62 to 66 knots when crossing over the end of the runway. You really should take a lesson or two with a CFI just to be introduced to the basics.

Michael A Klaene

Impressive! I never got beyond a very simple landing simulator on an Atari 400. I don't think I ever landed without crashing.

David Peaker

The video seems pretty much glitch free to me Audio a bit crackly but that may be my LoFi speakers or even an intended effect put in by the sim Obviously there are still some SIM and/or control issues.

Dr Andy Hill

Genuinely thought this was about Flight Simulator v2 from the 1980s! 😂

DextersTechLab

I remember flying through wire-frame cities on an Amiga computer in the mid1980s. Had to start somewhere! SubLogic was the software provider. Apparently that company was bought out a bunch of times and wound up the heart of early versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator. You would have an easier time flying a 737, 747, 757 or 767 simulator. All you have to do is take of and set the autopilot. Trim, attitude, speed and everything else is taken care of. Then you can have fun pushing the autopilot to its limits.

Matt Wietlispach

Wow, I remember the predecessor on a Commodore 64. It has come a long way.