by Clay | Jul 10, 2020 | Simulated Flight
Have you ever spent your whole sim session just looking for key commands, customizing controls and testing out the configuration? Sometimes I don’t even get the airplane off the ground. There is amazing flexibility for you to program buttons and switches to whatever...
by Clay | Jul 3, 2020 | Simulated Flight
For years, I’ve been so fascinated by the modern home flight simulator. It’s realism and detail has made it both a great training tool and a great outlet for a love of flight. There are constant innovations that make the sim a fun and beneficial use of time as...
by Clay | Mar 10, 2018 | Manned Flight, Simulated Flight
If you have a flight simulator, I have a challenge for you. Over on the Clayviation YouTube channel, we’ve just finished up a series entitled “Bucket List Flights: Flying To Oshkosh.” Over the course of five flight legs, we have used X-Plane 11 to travel from...
by Clay | Jan 25, 2018 | Simulated Flight
For a pilot in training, adding a home simulator setup is an easy and cost effective way to study and practice various aspects of aviation. With technology where it is today, it doesn’t take investing a fortune to get up and running with a sim. ...
by Clay | Jan 8, 2018 | Manned Flight, Simulated Flight
“Let go of the controls and see what happens.” For an eager student pilot looking to learn to control the airplane, most of the tasks of even basic airplane control seem like hard work. There’s so much to think about, and constant corrections and control inputs. Even...
by Clay | Jan 1, 2018 | Manned Flight, Simulated Flight
I recently created a poll for a group of flight simmers who use X-Plane 11 (my simulator of choice and currently the latest version of X-Plane). I asked them to choose a statement that best describes the reason they use X-Plane. I received 320 responses to the poll,...
