YAMBA1 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 I finally made it , and had the experience of my life. Flying a 737 in a simulator at Brisbane Airport , under the guidance of an instructor. With my PMDG 737 NGX I thought I knew the fundamentals. How wrong I was. This simulator really gives you a total new dimension to flying, and yet it still not the real thing! So if anyone ask you if you could fly a real aircraft after many hours on FSX or P3D ? The answer is NO Happy Flying Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 That's a vast overstatement, mate. I'm pretty sure I could fly a real-life C172, but an airliner? Nope. But congratulations on your experience in the simulator anyway. Sounds like fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAMBA1 Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 59 minutes ago, Stewart Hobson said: That's a vast overstatement, mate. I'm pretty sure I could fly a real-life C172, but an airliner? Nope. But congratulations on your experience in the simulator anyway. Sounds like fun! As I said ,definitely NO for a 737 but a small cessna maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Clarke Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Lovely pic and I'm sure it was a great experience. Interested to know if they use Orbx scenery in their simulator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAMBA1 Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 14 minutes ago, jjaycee1 said: Interested to know if they use Orbx scenery in their simulator? It is P3D platform but unfortunately they do not use ORBX The scenery was a bit dull but still the panoramic halve round screen give you good depth ,which is something I cannot reproduce on my screens. Looking outside the windows was nearly like the real thing. At one stage I could see my Instructor looking out and down to see if i cleared those Hong Kong buildings Cheers Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickel Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 A fixed base one, yes? I had a go on one of those too. While the guy knew I had real world time and knew my way around a 737 flight deck, it was about three approaches until I was getting respectable (but not competent). You're right.. it's just not the same on a desk top. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Do you fellers remember the Comet passenger aircraft? We were living in Crawley, Sussex at the time and I worked for a firm specialising in the manufacture of miniature balls and bearings and clean air products. Anyway, the firm making the Comet was at the top of Manor Royal (the industrial estate) and they had a full size Comet simulator there. I was invited to have a go. With an instructor sitting in the passenger seat, I managed to take off, fly a circuit and, in a haphazard way, land it! He told me I failed! I must say though, having never been in a real cockpit before or since, it seemed to me to be very realistic and I enjoyed the experience. The scenery used for flying by the way, was local and very realistic. I don't know how they did it because I don't think there was anything like flight simulated scenery at the time. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F737MAX Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 12 hours ago, YAMBA1 said: I finally made it , and had the experience of my life. Flying a 737 in a simulator at Brisbane Airport , under the guidance of an instructor. With my PMDG 737 NGX I thought I knew the fundamentals. How wrong I was. This simulator really gives you a total new dimension to flying, and yet it still not the real thing! So if anyone ask you if you could fly a real aircraft after many hours on FSX or P3D ? The answer is NO Congrats! Isn't it *a lot* of fun? Do you feel like you understand the 737 a bit more now? Back in 2010, I got a very discounted offer to fly a 6-axis motion 737 sim at British Airways Flight Training at Heathrow. The graphics weren't even as good as my FS9 setup at the time, but the motion, wrap-around screen and a cockpit of 'live' buttons, switches, lights and moveable trim wheel all made it feel real enough. Despite me 'landing' with a 10 kt crosswind and 1-mile visibility on my final circuit, I never got the call I had expected from a training captain. Wonder why not...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Simulators are fine. They teach procedures. Real airplanes teach flying. They are two different things entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 12 hours ago, YAMBA1 said: So if anyone ask you if you could fly a real aircraft after many hours on FSX or P3D ? The answer is NO I have to disagree Charles. I have many hours in a 737-700 (Southwest Airlines) Level-D and, maybe I'm just lucky, but my experience has been quite different. The first time in the Level-D I took off from KLAX on a 30 minute flight over the San Fernando Valley and successfully landed back at KLAX with no instructor intervention. Since then I've been on many flights in varying conditions and haven't crashed it yet. Could I start it up from a cold-and-dark cockpit in the dead of night and fly through some really crappy weather in almost zero visibility? Probably not. But to say that one couldn't fly a real aircraft at all is just wrong...............Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 On YouTube there are several postings where the question is "Can a civilian land a 747?" The posts take place in full-bore 747 simulators in response to someone's watching a movie about a passenger taking over the controls and flying a jumbo. One post shows a young woman with no flight experience following the moment by moment instructions of a 747 pilot. Another shows a young man apparently with some experience doing roughly the same. INteresting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Sorry, Yamba, for my misdirected post above. What I should have said was CONGRATULATIONS on fulfilling a lifelong dream. You look like a happy guy in the photo, and I'm sure that doesn't capture the half of it. Good for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAMBA1 Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 Thank you Rodger, Yes it was on my bucket list for a long time, and I am happy to be still able to do it . Mostly thanks to my lovely wife who push me . Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigeaglefire Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 good on ya, Yamba1 would love the opportunity to fly that simulator, when my 737 knowledge improves! cheers, craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Lucky you. Was that an airline simulator or a commercial version available to the public? I don't live too far away.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAMBA1 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 On 3/8/2019 at 8:28 PM, macca22au said: Lucky you. Was that an airline simulator or a commercial version available to the public? I don't live too far away.... It's a QLD gov air services school It is booked out by airlines during the week but open to public on weekends on booking Trading as flight experience . Not cheap but worth the money. .They assess you for your knowledge and then tailor the fight accordingly The Sim is fixed but has vibration especially if you do something out of the norm? Cheers Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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