Mcstealth Posted December 14, 2021 Report Posted December 14, 2021 Just finished my first FAA approved simulator instrument training. The software was XPlane11, with three screens with 360° outside and instrument view, and a fourth screen just above the yolk that was strictly instruments. The experience was humbling. The CFII was generous stating I did well for a first timer, when all I needed to prove he was lying was look at my flight track on his screen. It looked like confused snake. Pretty wiggly. Autopilot makes a huge difference!!! Anyway, going back for more tomorrow.
N201MKTurbo Posted December 14, 2021 Report Posted December 14, 2021 Keep practicing. Once you get good in the sim, the airplane will be easy. 2
StevenL757 Posted December 14, 2021 Report Posted December 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, Mcstealth said: Just finished my first FAA approved simulator instrument training. The software was XPlane11, with three screens with 360° outside and instrument view, and a fourth screen just above the yolk that was strictly instruments. The experience was humbling. The CFII was generous stating I did well for a first timer, when all I needed to prove he was lying was look at my flight track on his screen. It looked like confused snake. Pretty wiggly. Autopilot makes a huge difference!!! Anyway, going back for more tomorrow. In what AC type?
EricJ Posted December 14, 2021 Report Posted December 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Mcstealth said: Just finished my first FAA approved simulator instrument training. The software was XPlane11, with three screens with 360° outside and instrument view, and a fourth screen just above the yolk that was strictly instruments. The experience was humbling. The CFII was generous stating I did well for a first timer, when all I needed to prove he was lying was look at my flight track on his screen. It looked like confused snake. Pretty wiggly. Autopilot makes a huge difference!!! Anyway, going back for more tomorrow. My airplane went into the avionics shop in the middle of my IR training, so I did the max of ten hours in sims while it was unavailable. Most of it was on an XPlane platform that was very good, and the rest on a redbird. I found it to be very productive, as we could do probably 3x the approaches and procedures, with the instructor selecting a varietyof interesting approaches from all over the country. She also threw in a bunch of random emergencies, like a bird strike right after coming out of the clouds on an approach, etc., etc. I found it to be really excellent training, and I thought it was fun to do things like take a break in the middle and just leave the airplane burning on the runway. 1
ragedracer1977 Posted December 15, 2021 Report Posted December 15, 2021 7 hours ago, Mcstealth said: Just finished my first FAA approved simulator instrument training. The software was XPlane11, with three screens with 360° outside and instrument view, and a fourth screen just above the yolk that was strictly instruments. The experience was humbling. The CFII was generous stating I did well for a first timer, when all I needed to prove he was lying was look at my flight track on his screen. It looked like confused snake. Pretty wiggly. Autopilot makes a huge difference!!! Anyway, going back for more tomorrow. Sims are fun. You get to do stuff you can’t go in your airplane. here’s me spinning (VMC roll) a 310. Not a maneuver I hope to ever try in my actual airplane. 1 1
Mcstealth Posted December 15, 2021 Author Report Posted December 15, 2021 20 hours ago, StevenL757 said: In what AC type? Set up for a 172 with a 530 on the screen and an actual 430 mounted to the side. I will say the touch screen 530 was a pain to manipulate, and the 430 was real hands on training. I liked that very much.
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