Originally Posted by
Mike-Air
I wasn't sure where to put this post, but anyways here's my story... Basically I'm in 2nd year of my degree in a flight school and I'm trying to build more hours for obvious reasons.. I picked up a version of Microsoft's Flight Simulator X and I was just wondering if the FAA approves any amount of flight time on home simulators?
Any info helps,
TIA.
Basically, no.
I think they recently have started to approve some PC-based simulators for some training, but they have to have actual airplane control and radio interfaces (not joystick & keyboard) and also have to be enclosed in a cockpit-like box. They also have to be certified, which means it would probably be expensive to buy.
MS Flight sim can be useful for practicing instrument scan and procedures AFTER you have learned the basics in a real sim or airplane. Aside from that, it's not remotely like a real airplane.