How real is a flight simulator?

This all depends on the type and degree of technology which it is used for the flight simulator. It also depends on what the situation is. Let me explain further. It is very different flying a fighter plane than it is to fly a tourist plane. In the early days of flight simulation, fighter pilots used to make use of flight simulation in order to improve their accuracy when it came to aiming a machine gun at ground objects whist flying in mid air. Of course this was all done without them ever leaving the ground.

Why use a flight simulator?

If a replica model is built up carefully and accurately, then the results of careful training would be very good. Also using a flight simulator over a real life flight experience would provide a decreased cost whilst increasing the safety and security of the pilot himself. This also means that any maneuver can be performed over and over without having to risk resources and lives.

Other uses of flight simulation

The gaming industry has caught up in recent decades and over the past thirty years games have been coming up each and every year, always improving and making flight experience more realistic and closer to a real-life situation. As more years go by the experience of playing a flight simulator will become second to none because it would be better than anything else available in this regards.