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IFR for Simulator Pilots
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IFR for Simulator Pilots

Confidently fly your airplane in a simulator using real flight lessons for IFR training.
Created byHoward Forder
Last updated 11/2023
English

What you'll learn

  • Basic techniques of flying using only aircraft instruments
  • Perform IFR procedures including ILS, VORs, NDB, holding patterns, and GPS charts
  • How to make and file IFR plans
  • Communications radio-work for the IFR sim pilot
  • Detailed lessons on the use of each instrument and each aircraft

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Course content

17 sections • 38 lectures • 17h 31m total length

  • Hello & Welcome to IFR for Simulator Pilots1:54

    A welcome message from the author.

  • Introduction20:00

    Welcome to the IFR course for Simulator Pilots. In this module we set your expectations, advise you on items to gather in preparation and get you ready for success in this course of study and practice.

  • Demonstration: Startup, Runup, Practice area and HASEL check37:05

    You will learn to start your airplane from "cold and dark", meaning it has been parked and shut down after the last flight. This is the realistic way to start every flight. The one part we are not doing here is the physical walkaround. That is covered in the VFR courses.

  • Runup, Practice Area and HASEL check.
  • Lesson 1: Standard Rate Turns17:51

    You will learn the theory and the practical application of executing a standard rate turn. This skill is a basic building block for all IFR pilots and is needed to continue in this course.

  • Demonstration - Standard Rate Turns22:56

    This demonstration accompanies the lecture.

  • Testing your knowledge of Standard Rate Turns.

Requirements

  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 or 2024 (other sims will do, but you can't submit homework
  • You can fly your plane in VFR conditions already (casual flying while looking out the window)
  • You have taken the Beginner course.
  • You need the basic stick or yoke for flying.

Description

This series of lectures and demonstrations will teach you the knowledge and skills needed to confidently fly your airplane using IFR rules. This enables you to fly any plane through almost any kind of weather and fly like the pros do. We focus on the Cessna 172 with a G1000 panel in MSFS (FS2020), although any simulator and airplane could work. You will eventually transition up to faster planes including the Beech Bonanza, The Cessna Citation Mustang TwinJet, and the CJ4.


This real-world curriculum starts with holding patterns. First without wind correction nor any kind of fix. Then we add more complexity to the scenario. Holding with wind correction, holding on NDBs, VORs, VOR intercepts and GPS fixes. Moving on to learning chart reading and interpretation, we learn about approaches to airports and missed approaches.


Transitioning to deeper topics, we cover more details about SIDs and STARs, complete with explanations and demonstrations. IFR radio communications are broken down to be easily understood. Using the G1000 glass cockpit, found in many planes both in real life and in the simulator, you learn to manage all aspects of the panel along the way.

We eventually move on to faster planes that still have the G1000 such as the Bonanza and the Cessna Citation Mustang.

As a final tip in the course, we learn the basics of an FMS system in the CJ4 twinjet.

Who this course is for:

  • Simulation pilots using Microsoft Flight Simulator (or other sims) who wish to transition to flying in instrument conditions like the airlines.
  • Anyone interested in the procedures, radio-work, chart explanations of an IFR course.
  • Graduates of the Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced courses.

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