ORIGINAL: cwehner
So you don't "own" one you just "played" on one or two a couple of times? I don't think thats fair to say that they caused you to get worse then. Maybe you're just not very good at flying planes. I can tell anyone for sure that a couple of times on a sim "playing" will NOT make you better or worse of a pilot. What I was saying is that you claiming that the sim made you worse is kinda hard to take for fact with your known stance on sims. Thats all, pretty simple. I have really never heard of someone saying that a sim hurt them. I can't recall ever seeing that, in fact quite the opposite. Lots of sim success stories. Your post just kinda seemed outa place for what you normally hear. And now to hear that you dont own one, only played on a couple.....well, I think that says enough.
I sat in front of the display, transmitter in hand, flying planes on the simulator. I call that playing. It certainly is not working.
I spent at 2-3 hours with G3 and 5-6 with APFD in the comfort of my home.
Maybe I'm a natural at flying planes and I don't need a sim.
I'm telling you that the sims had an negative effect on my flying at the field. I don't need your validation to make it so. The first thing I said after my first session was that I got to quit playing on the sims because it felt like I took a step backwards.
You sound more interested in veiled personal attacks than considering the possibility that a sim can hurt.
Oh, and people celebrate successes and not failures. How many of the people can you name who failed to make the first Trans-Atlantic flight? Also, just because you haven't heard of something doesn't make it a fact.