Instrument Flight Simulator - How Using One Can Save You Both Time & Money


by Dave Whitaker - Date: 2010-06-14 - Word Count: 482 Share This!

Aviating an instrument flight simulator is a whole lot inexpensive than aviating an actual aircraft. You don't have to buy fuel. You won't put wear and tear on a real airplane. You aren't pay aircraft rental costs. An instrument flight simulator can save hundreds of dollars towards your training.

An instrument flight simulator also saves lots of time, enabling you to obtain your instrument rating more quickly. It is a lot easier to log time with simulators. And you have no weather constraints to hinder or stop you from training, since you wouldn't be prevented by bad weather conditions.

Sans simulator, you are at the mercy of delays caused by to weather, availability of the aircraft, availability of the instructor, and your own financial obligations which may prevent you from completing your training.

The computer software programming required in the engineering of simulator programs has developed over the decades to the point where the line between the simulation and the real airplane have become shortened.

Operating the aircraft solely by referring to the instruments is practically the same experience between a simulator and the real thing.

With regard to all of the advancements in computer software technology that we have available in this day and age, in the 21st century, one of the greatest and most essential tools that every pilot, irregardless of whether he or she is a new pilot or an ace pilot, must have at his or her disposal, is a trustworthy flight simulation program.

A flight simulation program can help to bridge the gap during those unexpected periods of indeterminate downtime in between flights.

It could even allow you to improve on your skills, help you maintain your proficiency, and could even empower you to earn some additional practice in those areas in which you could use some improvement.

Flight simulation software can help you become a better pilot.

They can even help you save money, as well as time, on unnecessary training or unnecessarily having to repeat performing the same practice maneuvers over and over again.

The good news is that, flight simulation software technology is so advanced, that piloting a simulator is just about every bit as realistic as piloting the real thing. The instrument panel is identical. The control inputs are identical. The world "map" built into the simulation is based on real world cartographic data. The manner in which the aircraft reacts to various internal (weight and balance, fuel, aircraft performance) as well as external (weather phenomena, air temperature) forces is intended to simulate real world scenarios.

For many people, a flight simulation program is merely a very high-tech video game. And in many respects, it can be enjoyed in that capacity. After all, you never have to concern yourself about crashing the plane in a simulation program!

But for many others, a flight simulation program is a heavy duty learning tool, and for counltess professional pilots, it is an integral pillar of their aviation career.

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