Flight sim pilots make sure you stay in proactice

[patrick24601]

You may be needed someday.

http://www.aopa.org/asf/epilot_acc/lax05la151.html

 

[cheesehead]

Woah.

Memo to self: Buy new joystick.

 

[Kalmah]

I always wondered if playing msflight simulator enough would make a person 'able' to fly a plane if the need arises.

The thing is, every plane has its own speeds and altitute rules for landing.. like, certain times to put the flaps down(which speed, heigth and percent of flaps).. Without knowing the guidlelines for that specific aircraft you pretty much are guessing anyways no matter how much practice you've gotten I believe.

 

[jammur21]

Originally posted by: Kalmah
I always wondered if playing msflight simulator enough would make a person 'able' to fly a plane if the need arises.

The thing is, every plane has its own speeds and altitute rules for landing.. like, certain times to put the flaps down(which speed, heigth and percent of flaps).. Without knowing the guidlelines for that specific aircraft you pretty much are guessing anyways no matter how much practice you've gotten I believe.

I thought I was the only one who wondered if I might have to bust out my X-plane skills someday

I'm pretty sure you could contact the tower and they would give you landing speeds and settings. Or have someone else check the flight manual.

 

[JMWarren]

Yeah, most planes carry a POH that will give approach speed, but you should be able to figure it out based on the gear, flap speeds and stall speeds. I'd like to think I could have landed a plane before I started to pursue my PPL.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Didn't this happen in Snakes on a Plane?

 

[biggestmuff]

I was heavy into flight simming a few years back and used the 767 Pilot in Command add-on for MS FS. During the height of my hobby, I felt confident that I could use the FMC to navigate to an airport and land, manually or with the auto-pilot. The regular MSFS is great, but 767PIC was ultra-realistic. An online buddy of mine has a father that flies 767/757s for AA. His father could was able to fully use his AA 767 SOP to start up the plane, take-off, fly and land.

 

[patrick24601]

Just got back to this...

The tower might be one of your worst resources. Try to find another pilot that is in the air at the time.

 

[The Stigenator]

well its good to have some skills.. but yeah tower is good for resources on declaring an emergency, but after that a pilot is a better choice.. unless the ATC has a trained pilot there.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I plan on getting MS Flight Sim X as soon as I can come up with the time and money to get it. It's supposed to be ahead of Flight Sim 9 by leaps and bounds with better graphics and a lot more ATC and AI traffic.

I'm hoping to get my PPL next year if I can find a way to make more short-term cash to fund it.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Reminds me of a stand up bit by an Irish guy whose name I can't remember.
He was saying that the pilot might die, but he never tells you how to fly the plane because he's selfish.

 

[JRich]

Just give me vectors to the runway and I'll land it

 

[Ayah]

Originally posted by: JRich
Just give me vectors to the runway and I'll land it

Mud runway, raining, at night. 1.2KM long. You have to land a loaded 777-300.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Ayah

Originally posted by: JRich
Just give me vectors to the runway and I'll land it

Mud runway, raining, at night. 1.2KM long. You have to land a loaded 777-300.

Nose up stall at the very edge at zero altitude relative.
On impact; full reverse thrusters.
To hell with the landing gear

 

[AaronB]

Originally posted by: Ayah

Originally posted by: JRich
Just give me vectors to the runway and I'll land it

Mud runway, raining, at night. 1.2KM long. You have to land a loaded 777-300.

There is no conceivable circumstance where this would occur. You might as well land in a forest because you are going to overshoot the runway big time.