Does microsoft flight simulator X allow the gamer to fly by using and calculating with the instruments.?

I need a simulator for a retired pilot who wants to exercise and retain his flying skills - is this game good enough for an ex pilot?Does microsoft flight simulator X allow the gamer to fly by using and calculating with the instruments.?Absolutely.

While the flight physics are not perfectly realistic, the instruments, procedures and navigational aids are excellent and 100% accurate.

Though not recommended for primary training for students, many pilots use MS Flight Sim X for instrument practice.

(I would recommend the 'Deluxe' edition, as it offers an option for an instrument training panel)

For a more realistic experience, using a yoke and rudder pedals helps.

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There are some other commercially available simulators that have some features geared toward professional pilots, but they are more expensive.

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EDIT: When I did my instrument training, I used MSFS 2004 with actual approach charts. Worked perfectly. I went through the whole approach plate book multiple times. Flying 4-5 approaches per night. I did not find any errors with the frequencies of navigational aids, approaches or procedures.

I will still use MSFS X to practice approaches to unfamiliar airports before using them in real life.Does microsoft flight simulator X allow the gamer to fly by using and calculating with the instruments.?
What skyhawk and the others said.



I am a real life pilot and I use MS Flight Sim 2004 regularly to practice various instrument procedures such as published departure procedures, approaches, and holds. For the most part, the instruments function the same as the real thing, even in more advanced aircraft with flight management computers/flight directors that you program exactly the same way as you do in the real aircraft.



The biggest thing that's lacking is an interactive air traffic control and even that can be done in MS FS 2004 using VATSIM if one is so inclined (but at that point, you might as well just go out and fly for real IMO).



While it's no substitute for the real thing, it's still a great tool to keep your brain circuitry sharp for when you do fly the real thing.Does microsoft flight simulator X allow the gamer to fly by using and calculating with the instruments.?All versions of Flight Simulator allow this.



However, for a retired pilot, what you really need is Flight Simulator plus some of the ultrarealistic add-on aircraft sold by companies like PMDG, Level-D Simulations, or Dreamfleet. These add-ons are vastly more accurate than the standard aircraft that come with the sim, so much so that it's like having an entirely new sim. They are accurate enough to keep a retired pilot happy, and they can definitely help with staying in practice for things like instrument flight. In some cases, the functioning of instruments in the sim is identical to that of the real world (such as GPS units, for example).



You can get add-ons like this for all sorts of aircraft. PMDG and Level-D, for example, specialize in add-ons for "big iron," such as 737s, 767s, and 747s. Companies like Dreamfleet or Carenado specialize in add-ons for small general-aviation aircraft, like Pipers or Cessnas, or Bonanzas. They are all very good, and the add-ons are designed by expert software developers who also work with real pilots and technicians to make sure that the add-on behaves like the real thing.



So get MSFS (I recommend FS2004 rather than FSX, but either will do), get some realistic add-ons, and your pilot friend should have a ton of fun flying around under Instrument Flight Rules. Instrument flight, incidentally, is what desktop simulators simulate best.



If he wants to practice with radio communication, too, have him join VATSIM once he gets the sim and add-ons. He can then talk to real people acting as controllers online, following real-world procedures. (The built-in ATC in the sim is okay, but not nearly as realistic as VATSIM or IVAO.)Does microsoft flight simulator X allow the gamer to fly by using and calculating with the instruments.?
Yep, you can practice your instrument skills on MSFS. (You will be the recipient of scorn from some flight snobs, but while it's not certified, it will keep you fresh.)



CFI-CFIIDoes microsoft flight simulator X allow the gamer to fly by using and calculating with the instruments.?Yes, its far more realistic..but beware, they really need a good computer for it to work....

Buy him a rudder pedal and flight yoke so that he can make it "AS REAL AS IT GETS"...!!

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