Hmm, becomes a bit off-topic here... sorry in advance.
I use the program since the early 80's, version FS2 back then, using an
Apple II (long, long ago). Even though it is sold by Microsoft, the
flight engine itself is originally written and maintained by SubLogic
until version 5. I have to admit that I feel recent versions to fly less
natural. Stuff in the earlier versions that needs accurate settings did
not show as good as they do now, but were much easier to use as it does
now. But then, as long as it looks good, it sells better. And yes,
recent versions do crash on my system. Most of the time after a 'short'
flight between let's say Oslo and Mallorca, 10 minutes before landing
:-( The program itself is very good for getting basic knowledge on
flying though.
Regs, Marco
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Michael Hasenstein wrote:
>
> On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote:
>
> > That obviously includes crash traing....
>
> That statement is not based on facts and is not helpful.
>
> Fact is, MS flightsim is damn good. See my signature below, I know what
> I'm talking about. It doesn't have FAA approval merely because you need to
> certify the flight controls with the software, and FAA certified
> simulators (i.e. you can log some of the hours in your flight log as
> 'simulated instrument' flight time) are for IFR (instrument flight rules)
> training only, while MS FS tries to be useful for VFR flight (visual
> flight rules) as well. Otherwise they don't need to change a lot if they'd
> want such certification. It helped me quite a bit in my own training.
>
> Also, I've never seen it crash. The flightsim itself seems to have been
> programmed well.
>
> --
> Michael Hasenstein
> http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/
> Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998
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