Flight Simulator

flight simulator

A flight simulator is a system that tries to replicate, or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft as closely and realistically as possible. The different types of flight simulator range from video games up to full-size cockpit replicas mounted on hydraulic (or electromechanical) actuators, controlled by state of the art computer technology.

Flight simulators are extensively used by the aviation industry and the military for pilot training, disaster simulation and aircraft development.

Popular simulators for home computers include:

• FlightGear, an accurate GPL flight simulator with full world scenery and many aircraft models
• Flight Unlimited series of PC simulators
  Fly!
• IL-2 Sturmovik, one of the leading World War II flight simulators
• Microsoft Flight Simulator, one of the most widely-used civilian flight simulators
• X-Plane, a highly accurate civil flight simulator and the only one to be certified by the FAA for training purposes
• Falcon 4.0, an extremely detailed 'study sim' of the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
• Lock On: Modern Air Combat, Jet Combat simulator.

Much rarer but still notable are flight simulators available for various game consoles. The most notable of these were Pilotwings, made available for the Super Nintendo, the sequel Pilotwings 64 for the Nintendo 64 and the Ace Combat series on Playstation 1&2. Due to the restrictive nature of a game consoles's ability to properly simulate environments in general and the processing limitations of these systems in particular, game console-based flight simulators tend to be simplistic and have a more "arcade"-like feel to them. While generally not as complex as PC based sims, console flight simulators can still be enjoyable to play, however their 'simulation' status is disputed by many in the Flight Simulation Community

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