Flight Simulator Helicopter
How similar is Flight Simulator X to flying a real plane/ helicopter?
I want to pursue a career as a helicopter pilot in the military, so I thought I'd start preparing myself however I can now.
So I was just wondering how similar FSX would be to flying a real plane or helicopter. Would FSX be a good learning tool, or at least a start towards this kind of career? I've tried the FSX demo for only about an hour, and I couldn't tell myself but if FSX would pass as a legit start to a career as a pilot then I would purchase the actual game, but if not and it's just a game made for entertainment, then I would rather not spend my money on it.
Not at all.
Flight characteristics are all off.
It is a good introduction to flying and aviation, but not very useful to LEARN how to fly a plane. It does help you PRACTICE certain things like IFR flight. For helicopters, it is of no use whatsoever, outside of the theory included in the "learning center". You have no collective, and expect to spend an extra 200$ for a decent joystick and rudder pedals. Without these, the helicopter flying part of FSX is purely entertainment. Collective and rotorblade pitch are automatic, and if you don't have rudder pedals, autorudder needs to be turned on, otherwise you will have a very hard time to maintain controlled flight.
With a joystick and rudder pedals, it is a little better. You will learn quite a bit from the Helicopter topic in the learning center, and then you can put certain things you read into practice when you fly the helicopter with a joystick and rudder pedals. Still, remember, the flight modeling is not accurate. I never flown a helicopter in real life, but comparing fixed wing aircraft, the flight models, from climb/descent characteristics, to engine performance, to gtolerance, to maneuverability, are not similar to reality.
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