Which is easiest to fly?

[Brett_Henderson]

Yeah, mines always full realism. Except when I'm flying for fun.

Excellent  :)    Now.. here's an assignment for you. Have an adult take you to your nearest, small airport. Find the office or a flight club and tell them you're planning on learning to fly as soon as you're able.. See if they'll give you an old VFR sectional for your area to practice with.

Fire up the sim (C172 only for now) and use that airport as your base for training. At first, just practice taking off; flying a traffic pattern and making safe landings. Mix in some winds and keep at it until you're doing it all, barely having to think about it.

Next.. start using the sectional to plan flights to nearby airports. No GPS or auto-pilot allowed... it's just you, your piloting skills and your navigational radios.. just like real life.

We'll leave at that for now... I'm sure you'll have questions.. If you can stick with it and take it seriously, we're all here to help..

[Wii]

Wow, I never that about asking the local Regl. Airport for the charts...maybe I'll give it a try. I'll hafta get my parents to drive me over. It would be better if there was a smaller airport but there is only one airport. (Chya, I live in the middle of nowhere.)

[BFMF]

I'm sure some of the local pilots wouldn't mind helping you out by giving you their old charts. I managed to get charts for the western half of the US simply by asking local pilots for their outdated charts

[OVERLORD_CHRIS]

Med jest are easier to fly for me, I have a habit of crashing small things. 707 is the easiest plane I have flown so far.

[Wii]

My mum assigned me to look up resources on how to fly at 14 and get local charts etc. I like this assignement  8-)

[PGD6693]

large jets by far 0n ils or visual, small planes get blown around to much in bad weather, way easier to land than medium or light jets cool im 14 and ive flown a grob 109 (vigilent) and a Grob 105 (tutor) through cadets

[Wii]

Yes, the weather is a big problem. Oh, I'm going into pilot training soon  8-) to get the pilots certificate for solo gliders and accompanied single engine  ;D Can't wait (in the summer time). I have a lot of studying to do. Did you know that AOPA actually said that Microsoft Flight Simulators are good for the experience of instrument flying?

[RitterKreuz]

Small aircraft are easier to fly in that there is little to manage systems-wise. The pilot does not have to think "ahead of the airplane" very much. there are usually only a hand full of basic instruments and systems to handle.

BUT

Large aircraft like a 737 are easier to handle. though they do require a more in depth understanding and knowledge of aviation, the aircraft systems and a more complex thought process as the pilot must anticipate his actions and think "way ahead of the airplane".

typically - the bigger the airplane is, the easier it is to hand fly it. Its setting up and succeeding at flying a single engine ILS approach to minimums with 140 frightened passengers on your mind and understanding which systems are adversely affected by the engine failure where things start stacking up on you.

not so much of an issue in a piston single.

which is easiest to fly? thats a tough answer to come up with because with a piston single if you had a random MSFS sim pilot hop in the local flight school 172 he might get it started and manage to land it... throw the same guy in the left seat of a 737 though and it might take him 15 minutes to figure out how to start an engine.

[NickN]

Listen to Ritter above and to Bret, and, if Charlie happens to jump in here, listed to him as well.

They are all real pilots

Much of what you learn at first is the theory and procedures, which you must know!

but


It's like learning SIDs-STARs.

ask any pro who has 30-40K hours in the air and they will tell you that they MAY have followed a completed SIDs-STARs plan 3 times in their entire professional life, most of which was trashed by ATC and never completed.

LOL!!


Its all about knowing the theory but having the drive and talent to be a pilot

[Wii]

I decided to take a cesna out in flight sim (haven't flown one in a while) and give it a try. Surprisingly easy  ;D.