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The Complete Home Flight Simulator Setup Guide (2025)

Pilot Institute

Many sim pilots also purchase dedicated peripherals to control the rudder and engines. Some devices also offer a basic level of rudder and throttle control. The twist grip allows control of the aircraft’s rudder by rotating the joystick handle. A joystick is the most straightforward flight controller.

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Best-Laid Plans

Plane and Pilot

Feet on rudder pedals. I turned crosswind and attempted to shallow the climb. I felt I was strapped into a runaway jet. This time, I pulled out some power as I transitioned to the crosswind leg. Lantana Traffic, Pulsar Experimental Four-Five-Six-Lima-Tango taking off, two-seven, Lantana, will stay in the pattern.

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Managing the wind

Air Facts

Here’s a video of a 182 flipping in 30 knot winds at Las Vegas (with jet blast the deciding factor). Several times I’ve landed smoothly in a strong crosswind, then had trouble keeping the airplane on the runway. I approach using the wing low method in a crosswind. Which brings up a point about gusty crosswinds.

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Centerline, centerline, centerline

Air Facts

The only thing that caught my attention was a 90 degree crosswind coming from the east that was gusting to 11 or 12 knots. Turning base to final, I found the crosswind to be gusting as advertised. My left crosswind became left downwind very quickly. Why aren’t you strong on the rudder pedals to steer us on centerline?”

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Flight Sims for the Win: It’s All About Repetition and Drill

Flying Magazine

If utilizing Runway 17 with left traffic, the crosswind turn will be heading 080, downwind 350, base 260, etc. Scenario 4: Crosswinds If only flight instructors could control the weather, we’d have the learners practicing crosswind takeoffs and landings on a regular basis. You may even put the learner in and out of the clouds.

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White-Knuckle Affair

Plane and Pilot

I watched the stick flutter to and fro in sync with the rudder pedals as Wilkins fought to maintain the centerline, all the while pushing in the throttle. Once there, he put us in a slight right turn toward our first fuel stop 60 miles ahead, continuously fighting the stick as the gusting left crosswind did its best to push us off course.

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Getting Back in the Air

Plane and Pilot

The 172 has a steerable nosewheel, much heavier than the rudders on my RV-9A with a castering nosewheel. There was a nice crosswind, and I demonstrated landing on a concrete expansion joint, offset from the runway centerline. Not really a problem, as the CFI and I had a great chat for an hour about things aeronautical.