Pilot's lounge - What did you do in MSFS today?

[RagingWombat839]

@dagwit00001

Without the sense of depth and movement provided by VR, control becomes orders of magnitude more difficult. I’m finding it near-impossible to judge how high I am off the ground, there’s a lot of ‘stirring the pot’ (overcontrolling leading to pilot-induced oscillations), and for some reason, I seem to spend a lot of time going backwards whether I want to or not.

I’ve never had the luxury of trying VR for flightsim but I did many years ago get to fly a heli IRL, and had a go at unsuccessfully hovering it. I agree, flying these things on a flat screen (and I don’t even have head tracking) is really really hard.

You’re spot on about it being very difficult to know how high you are off the ground, which makes hovering and landing much more difficult. I love the 145 here because it has a radio altimeter, so you can steal a quick glance at the number every now and again which really helps.

Also I totally agree about the flying backwards thing! I think it’s because as you descend the picture makes it look like you are moving forwards, and without side peripheral vision the brain gets confused and so you naturally start flying backwards to compensate. I’m sure sufficient 2D practice will eventually overcome this.