If you already are a private pilot who is seeking to add an Instrument Rating to your ticket, then you should already be aware of the fact that the Federal Aviation Administration allows you to include up to a maximum of twenty instructor-led hours of time in training in an instrument flight simulator to be counted as credit toward your instrument rating.
Of course you can spend more than twenty hours training on a simulator, but only the initial twenty hours will apply, and each of those twenty has to be spent with an instructor and not by yourself, using an FAA approved flight simulation program. (You are of course entitled to dedicate as much time as desired on a home simulator for the computer to maximize the amount of time you get to practice and perfect your techniques.)
There are countless reasons why the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) encourages you to use a flight simulator to log instrument training time in lieu of time spent flying an actual airplane.
Among those reasons is because instrument flight simulator software is able to simulate the behavior and performance of a real airplane down to the minutest detail. Thus, training for instrument flight in a simulator is nearly the same experience as training for instrument flight in a real airplane when flying blind.
The one difference between these two experiences of simulated versus actual flight (with respect to instrument training) is that you won't be able to experience the sensations of movement that could otherwise deceive you, causing spatial disorientation, during certain maneuvers in flight such as climbs, turns, and descents.
In light of all of the evolution in computer programming technology that we have available to us at our disposal in this day and age, in the modern era, one of the most essential resources that every pilot, irregardless of whether he or she happens to be a beginner pilot or an ace pilot, must have at his or her disposal, is a reliable flight simulator.
A flight simulator can help to narrow the gap during those unexpected periods of extended downtime in between flights.
It may also allow you to build on your skills, help you maintain proficiency, and may even allow you to earn some supplemental practice in those areas in which you could see some improvement.
Flight simulator software can help you become a safer pilot.
They can also help you save money, as well as time, on extra training or unnecessarily having to repeat performing the same practice maneuvers over and over again.
Fortunately, flight simulation software is so advanced, that aviating a simulator is almost every bit as realistic as aviating the real thing. The instrument panel is identical. The control inputs are identical. The "map" programmed into the simulation is based on real world cartographic data. The way the aircraft behaves to various internal (weight and balance, fuel, aircraft performance) as well as external (weather phenomena, air temperature) forces is designed to mimic real world scenarios.
For many people, a flight simulator is simply a really high-tech video game. And in many respects, it can be enjoyed in such a capacity. After all, you'll never have to be fearful of crashing the airplane in a simulator!
But for many others, a flight simulator is a robust learning tool, and for counltess professional pilots, it is an integral foundation of their aviation career.
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