flight sim - real pilot - advice

[ssharp59]

ok, little bit of a strange one here basically im an average lad (23 years old), have done a few flying lessons in the past, speant a lot of younger life in the ATC, however after Alevels i did the usual, got the first job i could get and ended up being an autocad boffin for a building product manu.
Anyway over the next few years i plan to do my private licence, then commerical and all the others inbetween and follow my original career path of becoming a pilot, at the moment the industry is on its arse, and im going to be self funding so its a slow training schedule however im commited (mainly because its my £££) and i plan to do it. Flying time is very expensive and therefore im spending as much time that i can doing ground studys..

Anyway sorry for the long boring story above but it may have a bearing factor.

I have purchased flight sim fsx, and require a yoke/stick bundle, ive looked at the various choices and the saitek setup x52 is what i almost went for until i noticed it did not have forcefeed back which just seemed crazy. therefore i decided it may be best to ask on here for advice on the best controller setup, also any extras for fsx i should get hold of.

Please note i dont intend to spend ££££ to make sure i have overhead displays yada yada yada, just really the best realistic setup, after all i get to fly the real thing every couple of weeks.

 

[ssharp59]

Prrevious lessons have been in Cessna 152's which quite rightly as you say are a little haggad. Thanks for that flight school link, its amazing just how much cheaper it is over there, my biggest problem is keeping my current work happy and unfortuantly that wont give me the ability at this stage to travel overseas to complete my ppl, fortunatly i have ea local flying school who are good however the cost will be almost double the cost over in florida. Plans are once i have the ppl is to take a share in a small aircraft for hour building. Out of interest did they provide accomodation on the intergrated program or was this at an extra cost, i couldnt quite work it out on there website.

Im pleased to here there is evidence in flight sims offering themselves as a valuble practical training tool, and half expected to get shot down when i mentioned it , however it does make perfect sence. Im going to look at the above setups and decided which one to go for.

Thanks for the advice, its much appreciated.