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06/06/2003, 10:02 PM Bob Hanson Joined on 11/11/2002 Posts 66 A quick poll... Just a quick straw poll to begin with. Who would admit to using a PC flight sim on a regular basis?    Report

07/06/2003, 6:06 PM Jonathan Howes Joined on 13/04/2003 Posts 18 Re: A quick poll... Most days, if I have the time to get on. With a broadband connection you can plan to meet others online and arrange a fly out to different airfields    Report

07/06/2003, 11:41 PM Tim Ball Joined on 04/06/2003 Posts 25 Re: A quick poll... Yes ,most days ,but with all the add -on's now available it makes hitting the P.C "off" button a real hard deal once you are into it .I Enjoy the Pilotweb sim reviews too !.    Report

10/06/2003, 12:19 AM Jane Giffould Joined on 18/05/2003 Posts 118 Re: A quick poll... Gave up with Flight Sim although instructor urged me to use it some years ago. Found that with only mouse and arrow keys I could not get the aircraft off the ground! Even when on the proper thing at the club and with an instructor to help me the main thing I was good at was crashing! I felt that I was better an flying a real aeroplane than a virtual one.    Report

10/06/2003, 7:44 PM Jonathan Howes Joined on 13/04/2003 Posts 18 Re: A quick poll... If you use a Joystick with Throttle and twist action for rudders its easy    Report

10/06/2003, 8:38 PM Tim Ball Joined on 04/06/2003 Posts 25 Re: A quick poll... Landing a 707 at Geneva can prove to be a bit tricky for some reason    Report

10/06/2003, 8:39 PM Jane Giffould Joined on 18/05/2003 Posts 118 Re: A quick poll... First possess a joy stick! However, as commented before, even with all the correct mod cons I still did not find it easy and thought that real aircraft were rather easier and more reliable if rather more expensive!    Report

06/07/2003, 8:26 PM Lee Butcher Joined on 05/07/2003 Posts 10 Re: A quick poll... All the time, quite partial to combat flight sims, namely Il2 Sturmovik:Forgotten Battles. I have FS2K2 and often take it for a spin, but I find the navigation a bit tricky as so far as I can tell, there it is nothing in the game other then 'top down view' to help you navigate.    Report

18/08/2003, 7:13 AM Bob Hanson Joined on 11/11/2002 Posts 66 Re: A quick poll... I tend to fly in Spot view using the HUD (Shift + Z) for information. Much more fun and you have a panoramic view of the world....    Report

30/08/2003, 9:44 AM David Poulter Joined on 28/08/2003 Posts 94 Re: A quick poll... Me    Report

02/09/2003, 10:04 AM Chris Stokes Joined on 12/06/2003 Posts 18 Re: A quick poll... IL2Sturmovik:Forgotten Battles. - is the best by far. Save the sight seeing and Nav. for the real plane....    Report

03/09/2003, 3:43 PM the shen Joined on 05/09/2003 Posts 64 Re: A quick poll... Bought the VFR scenery, bit gutted to find my house reduced to nothing more than half a dozen pixels. Just have to wait to get my PPL and do it properly    Report

03/09/2003, 3:45 PM the shen Joined on 05/09/2003 Posts 64 Re: A quick poll... I use it to help memorise checks etc for circuits but as for flying, you might as well sit in an armchair wiggling a broomhandle.    Report

18/12/2003, 3:09 PM Tom Howard Joined on 25/11/2003 Posts 4 Re: A quick poll... Flight sim 2004 is a tool to practice general handling but when it comes to stalls spins and most aerobatic manouvers I find it fairly inaccurate. However, flying with others is great fun when in formation online.    Report

27/08/2005, 11:09 PM Duncan Appleby Joined on 26/08/2005 Posts 8 RE: A quick poll... though i do not currently have my computer set up, as soon as it is i will be up and running with MFS 2004! check out that awesome GPS system. take notice all: surclaro.com has a ton of stuff, airlines, cfs aeroplanes, adventures, scenery, etc younameit. have fun...    Report

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