Flight Gear Flight Simulator ? sophisticated, professional

Posted by Nextleve Racing on December 9th, 2017

A flight simulator is a device that recreates aircraft flight and different aspects of flight environment. Simulation can be used for a variety of reasons, such as flight training and research into aircraft characteristics. The early personal flight Sims was marketed primarily as games: screen graphics were simple, and the demands on the low-powered computers of the time were slight. Now there are many fully-featured airplane simulator programs available.

The in-flight graphics of today's programs are almost astounding when compared with the first airplane simulators for personal computers. But all those graphics and quick responses to control inputs exact a toll on computer resources. Here are three critical things to check before plunking down your cash for a flight simulator.

Flight simulation is used for a variety of reasons, including flight training (mainly of pilots), for the design and development of the aircraft itself, and for research into aircraft characteristics, control handling qualities, and so forth.

Dependent on their ultimate use, flight Sims varies in design and complexity. Some can be run on a PC; others are used in carefully constructed cockpit reconstructions. In fact they are now considered part and parcel of pilot training facilities.

In short - very realistic - given the constraints of sitting in a room with a computer in front of you!

A real-world pilot can now practice a simulated flight he's planning to make in the real world using accurate representations of departure and destination airports, flying over scenery that is developed from actual photographs of what's on the ground, navigating with navigation aids in their real-world positions, and flying in real-time weather conditions which are applicable to the flight route. Indeed, many pilots do just this.

As an indication of the realism, it must be said that not only are many pilots now involved in flight simulation development, it's also true that a lot of aircraft captains themselves testify to the uncanny resemblance some of them bear to their real-life experiences.

Want to have the experience of flying a plane without the cost (or the risk)? Then flight simulation is for you! In flight simulation the real-world environment is reproduced on your computer. You meet real-world situations (including emergencies), you meet real-world weather conditions, and you almost feel you are flying a plane in the real-world.

Flight simulation is used for a variety of reasons, including flight training (mainly of pilots), for the design and development of the aircraft itself, and for research into aircraft characteristics, control handling qualities, and so forth.

Flight simulators come in various "flavors" and degrees of complexity depending on their ultimate use. They can be run on your computer, or in a realistic 'mock up' of a real cockpit. In this article we are going to focus on PC based systems used mainly for amusement.

 

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