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How Has Flight Simulation Helped Your Pilot Training? (lemmyfly.org)

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Hey! I'm currently pursuing my Private Pilot License (PPL-A) and have been considering incorporating flight simulation into my study routine.

Has anyone found flight simulation to be a valuable part of their training, and if so, how specifically did you use it?

Thank you in advance for sharing your experiences and insights!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I agree with majorswitcher, it helped me with cockpit flow and procedures. Not with actual flying.

But I’m talking about IFR in study level aircrafts (Airbus is my jam). I don’t really know about smaller aircrafts for PPL, the paid PA-28 or C310 could probably help getting use to their cockpit but you might not find a quality addon for the type of aircraft you’re going to fly.

You can still work your navigation and approach procedures if you have good quality old instruments (you’ll probably won’t fly on a full garmin piston aircraft).

For voice phraseology I believe using IVAO/VATSIM is better for IFR. VFR phraseology license is easy to pass anyway.