Video i shot, thought i would share

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Great landing GR, then I know who to hire as my personal pilot,and the image was good

Well he did a good job... i was standing in the grass which takes very little skill, so you might want to hire him LOL

[Gerald]

But YOU made a good picture,

[GoldenRivet]

Congrats on your 3,500th post

[Gerald]

Thank Gr, for your attention, yes time goes by........

[Castout]

Smooth landing

[Torvald Von Mansee]

So...how well does skill in a flight sim translate to rl flying ability?

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

So...how well does skill in a flight sim translate to rl flying ability?

It actually does contribute to it. Not by a huge margin but at least you already know a bit about what you are doing. My flightsim time helped me with learning how to fly gliders (well, I'm still learning as I almost didn't fly this year because of writing my thesis....and the damn season is next to over already.).

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

So...how well does skill in a flight sim translate to rl flying ability?

Flight sim experience helps. But there are some negative habits that can be developed in sims.

I would say an experienced sim pilot is perhaps the equivalent of 10-15 flying hours ahead of a non sim pilot on day one of training.

It's nice when sim pilots come in with an understanding of the instruments and parts of the plane etc.