Today in Flight Sim: I upgraded to a plane with an autopilot, and then proceeded to spend an hour trying to make it fly the plane. Eventually got it to go somewhere near the airport and then flew the approach manually.
Computers. Generally a bad idea. Doubly so when you’re fighting the UI while trying to ensure you don’t crash into the ground and die.
@jon I find Flight Sim so infuriating; the lack of tactile controls makes everything totally unintuitive.
Even basic controls (eg. the control column/sidestick/yoke) are wayyyyy too sensitive and have no feedback 😅
@hugh yeah, one the frequent complaints I hear from actual pilots is that trim is very counter intuitive in the sim because in a real plane you’d have physical feedback as you adjust it and the pressure on the yoke reduces. Hunting down controls with a mouse is a bit of a pain as well.
@hugh I could totally see myself becoming one of those people with a full physical sim cockpit one day. It seems you can get a plastic reproduction of just about everything for any given aircraft, but even just a few key controls would make a huge difference.
@jon Yes exactly. You adjust the trim until you're not applying input yourself, and you then make small corrections with finger & thumb.
@hugh I did also see a hilariously expensive and absolutely huge force feedback yoke which looks amazing. Must not bankrupt myself buying controllers for a game I’ll probably lose interest in after a few weeks.