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Cessna Simulator What You Can Do With It?
By: Pauline McCluskey
What are some of the unique characteristics of a Cessna 172 simulator? Simply, what it it does is emulate the full instrument panel of a real Cessna 172 aircraft, down to every specific detail.
The instrument panel aboard your simulator was programmed to respond to control inputs from the keyboard or mouse, from a joystick, or even a set of USB-enabled aircraft yoke and rudder pedal controllers.
A Cessna 172 simulator basically enables you to pilot your aircraft in a simulated world, wherein you will be able to move in all 3 spatial dimensions.
There are numerous unique vantage points through which you can view the environment in a flight simulator: You may look at the outside from within the cockpit, in in the first person, as if you are actually in the aircraft. Or you can watch the aircraft from the outside, in third-person mode too.
Cessna 172 simulator programs exist within a virtual "universe". Inside this world, you'll see real landmarks and real airports, based on actual mapping data.
These flight simulation programs are programmed to respond to conditions such as weather phenomena which include wind, clouds, and temperature. The simulated aircraft is programmed to even be sensitive to weight and balance issues. These factors together emulate the impact that all of these variables would have had on your aircraft in the real world. So it is designed to be as true to life as the technology allows it.
Pretty much anything that can be controlled in a real Cessna aircraft can be controlled in a Cessna 172 simulator: Control movements, navigation equipment, communications equipment, lighting, fuel management, engine management, and electrical systems.
A Cessna 172 simulator is also true to life in terms of geographic distances and the times required to navigate them. If a flight from Chicago to New York were to take 6 hours in real life, then it will take 6 hours in the flight simulator world. In fact, simulators are an excellent way to fly a "dry run" of an actual upcoming flight that you are planning to go on soon.
Weather is also realistic in a flight simulator. In fact, Cessna 172 simulator programs offer the ideal venue to practice and become proficient at instrument flying (which is the act of flying "blind" through the clouds).
Essentially, a Cessna 172 simulator is a robust educational tool, assisting you to learn how to pilot the real deal.
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