| Air plane simulation games are constantly | | | | - inclometer - this shows if the rudder and ailerons |
| developing and improving since they are gaining | | | | are coordinated. |
| popularity by the year. Also since simulation is a | | | | - altimeter - showing the height above sea level |
| very cost effective way of training pilots, the | | | | - vertical speed indicator. |
| aviation industry needs software to be up to date | | | | - RPM gauge- rotations per minute. |
| with current trends. This means that a lot of | | | | - gyro compass |
| realistic flight simulators are being released, but | | | | - A clock to determine turn rates. |
| why is that these type of games are not always | | | | - Gauges to show the technical stare of your |
| classified as the best flight simulators? | | | | engine |
| If you go online and read a couple of reviews | | | | - fuel indicator. |
| about some of the more popular flight simulators, | | | | - ignition switch, |
| try to see what actual pilots are saying about the | | | | - A radio stack with VOR receive and |
| games? Sure, you might get a kick out of the | | | | communication radios, |
| scenery and fantastic graphics but that is not the | | | | - autopilot. |
| only thing that makes a flight simulator real. | | | | - throttle, mixture, flap control |
| What you should really be looking for are 3d | | | | The instruments and system failures should also |
| airplane games that offer both realistic scenery | | | | be accurately created. This means that if say the |
| and teach a person how to actually fly. This | | | | vacuum system stop working then the HSI gyros |
| means that the cockpit of each aircraft that you | | | | will wind down gradually with a corresponding |
| are flying, models the real thing. | | | | depletion in response as well as a slowly increasing |
| This is what you should be on the lookout for: | | | | error. |
| The Instrument panel should be complete and | | | | All these things that make flying challenging for |
| thorough and include the following: | | | | pilots in the real world. So they should be |
| - An altitude indicator | | | | incorporated into the software if you want a real |
| - airspeed indicator showing velocity ranges. | | | | flying experience. |
| - turn indicator which shows the toll of the plane. | | | | |