April 29, 20233 yr Hi everyone, I've been simming for decades now (started when I was 12 I'm 37 now!) And you'd think by this point I'd have focused on the basics. Turns out I haven't. So around six weeks ago I committed to working through some real foundations with the Alpha Hotel YouTube channel (which I cannot recommend enough - extremely high quality videos for simmers: https://youtube.com/@Alpha-Hotel-FST). So I've finished all the private pilot and instrument courses he has. I've also completed all of the Pilotedge VFR and instrument ratings. I've finished all of them in the wbsim Cessna 172 modification, and I'd guess by most accounts I'm a fairly 'advanced' simmer at this point. The thing is...This is all in the 172. Just about the easiest aircraft to fly on the planet. I love learning things in depth and doing them properly, and I'd like to branch out into complex pistons, or multi engine aircraft, and then into larger aircraft or jets. I own the Piper Turbo Arrow, the Milviz 310r, the PMDG 737, BAE 146, PMDG DC6 and the Fenix A320, and Id like to continue roughly along the path of real life learning. My guess is at this stage I'd be looking at a complex piston or multi engine endorsement? If so, is anyone aware of high quality training resources to really learn the details of how to fly these types of aircraft properly? Paid or unpaid, I don't mind! I found following the Alpha Hotel tutorials so rewarding that I'm completely addicted to focusing deeply on the basics. Hoping there's some resources I'm not aware of! One other thing of note. I used to jump between aircraft all the time never learning much of any of them. Having spent six weeks (and probably 80 hours - I'm between jobs with time off) on nothing but the 172 has been deeply rewarding. It's very satisfying when you start to feel you really understand an advanced aircraft addon. Most of you are probably aware of this though!
April 29, 20233 yr Yeah in real life you'd probably go commercial and multiengine. So the 310 is a good choice. You'd learn what the rules are to fly people around for hire and also learn about multi engine operations. You might do commercial in a piper arrow as well before doing multi - I can't remember what the normal path of pilot progression is. I only got my PPL ASEL with no additional ratings. Anyway Corporate Pilot Dad has excellent videos https://youtube.com/@thecorporatepilotdad | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 29, 20233 yr 40 minutes ago, ryanbatc said: Yeah in real life you'd probably go commercial and multiengine. So the 310 is a good choice. You'd learn what the rules are to fly people around for hire and also learn about multi engine operations. You might do commercial in a piper arrow as well before doing multi - I can't remember what the normal path of pilot progression is. I only got my PPL ASEL with no additional ratings. Anyway Corporate Pilot Dad has excellent videos https://youtube.com/@thecorporatepilotdad Pilots I knew got their PPL, then maybe a complex SEL , then Instrument rating , then multi engine, then CFI. I think I have that all in order.
April 29, 20233 yr You might want to have a look at these folks https://www.vatstar.com/ They are an Authorized Training Organization for VATSIM, and they offer more advanced courses beyond that of instrument training. There are other VATSIM ATOs you might also consider. Good luck. Please report back on what you have learned about flight sim training. John Wiesenfeld KPBI | FAA PPL/SEL/IFR in a galaxy long ago and far away | VATSIM PILOT P2 i7-11700K, 32 GB DDR4 3.6 GHz, MSI RTX 3070ti, Dell 4K monitor
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