Originally Posted by
Ellen
Go fly a BE1900 in the mountains in the snow without autopilot for a few months. You'll be fine in the sim then. GUARANTEED.
No disrespect to Beech drivers, but this statement is not
necessarily true. Sure their handflying skills would be great but so are the skills of somebody flying for AirNet or Ram Air Freight...its mostly dealing with the automation and speed at which things happen that causes problems for some folks.
When handflying, make sure to use trim. But when you use trim, only activate it a second or two at a time so as to not overtrim. The most important thing when hand-flying is DON'T FIGHT THE AIRPLANE. The airplane flies well but the simulator is much more sensitive on the roll axis and somewhat more sensitive on the pitch axis so just like your private instructor said, don't over control the airplane.
Slow down. In the sim certain maneuvers require a certain speed, but for everything else don't worry about blasting off to the next situation. Fly either 250 or 200 but whatever you fly make sure you bug that speed and fly that speed.
Don't let anybody fool you - the autopilot is your best friend in the sim. You can't let George rip right after a V1 cut, but turning the AP on after you've got the airplane stable and climbing will allow you to relax somewhat and work through the problem. I actually had a CKA tell me to "use the damn autopilot" during an engine failure on a PC, FWIW...
Don't allow yourself to get slow on final, trust your sim instructor, know your boldface boxed memory items COLD, have fun, and be as calm as possible on your PC. Good luck!