April 15, 200818 yr My son (age 9) has been flying with me since age 5, both sim and real life. In the sim he has far surpassed me in air races and aerobatics. Just got him the RealAir SF260 for a good report card; he is loving it.
April 15, 200818 yr My son (9) enjoys the helicopters but generally flies Pacific fighters and its relatives plus Falcon 4 and Lock On. Still has problems landing though. Regards Howard H D Isaacs
April 16, 200818 yr Flight simulation is for daddy only. My gaming computer is a no fly zone for my kids. I got a separate computer they can bang around on. Mike Keigley
April 16, 200818 yr Same here Mike K-Even my wife is intimidated by the complexity of my flightsim rig. She stays on the wireless laptop, and is fine with that, as her most demanding software is the eBay applets. The 3 Triple Head to Go Screens wrapped around the yoke, throttles, GoFlight stack and center console have a way of making most people pause, as if afraid to touch it, which is good! But I regularly involve the kids, and in fact my son plays "Gutterball," a bowling sim, on my rig regularly, but only after asking me, though. http://www.my-buddy-icon.com/Icons/objects/red_3d_plane.gifAlex ChristoffN562ZBaltimore, MD PowerSpec G426 PC running Windows 11 Pro 64-bit OS, Intel Core i7 11700K @ 3.60GHz 30 °C, 4089MB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 , ASUS TUF Z590-Plus Gaming motherboard, Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD, Samsung 750 EVO 500GB SSD, Acer Predator X34 34" curved monitor (external view), RealSim Gear G-1000 avionics suite, RealSim Gear GNS 450, Slavix Stay Level Custom Metal Panel, Honeycomb Alpha Yoke, Redbird Alloy THI, Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals.
April 16, 200818 yr Author I myself was 5 when I first touched Flight Simulator. Back then it was on a 286 and was the original. Though I was obsessed with aviation before that, apparently before I was a year old by most accounts.I'm currently stuck in between the private license and the commercial though thanks to being in the gray zone between my family making too much for me to qualify for financial aid, but too poor to fund me. Though as of this year I apparently qualified, but because I "failed" the flight labs courses when I ran out of money to complete them, I'm on academic suspension, but I fight on.So yes, Volkswagon Simulator X might be gentler to family and the child. :-hah ----------------------------------------------------------------John MorganReal World: KGEG, UND Aerospace Spokane Satellite, Private ASEL 141.2 hrs, 314 landings, 46 inst. apprs.Virtual: MSFS 2004"There is a feeling about an airport that no other piece of ground can have. No matter what the name of the country on whose land it lies, an airport is a place you can see and touch that leads to a reality that can only be thought and felt." - The Bridge Across Forever: A Love Story by Richard Bach John Morgan "There is a feeling about an airport that no other piece of ground can have. No matter what the name of the country on whose land it lies, an airport is a place you can see and touch that leads to a reality that can only be thought and felt." - The Bridge Across Forever: A Love Story by Richard Bach
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