Beginners Guide to Basic Airmanship Exercises in Flight Simulator 2024
A run through of some basic airmanship exercises you can practice in Flight Simulator 2024 if you're just starting out.
In the session we take the Asobo Cessna G1000 for a flight from C56 Sanger, Illinois, and talk about or demonstrate why aircraft pull left, what the mixture lever does, level flight, climbing, descending, standard rate turns, climbing turns, descending turns, steep turns, slow flight, stalls, and then a little bit about "the pattern".
There's obviously a lot more to cover about each of these subjects, but the take-away should really be about practicing flying aircraft in an accurate, controlled, and predictable manner - which will serve you well when it comes to flying in controlled airspaces, or under instrument conditions.
To start the aircraft, I follow a written functional procedure that breaks everything down into "where to look", "what switches to flick", "what levers to pull" and so on - it doesn't cover everything a real-world pilot might do, but it does cover the basics, and can obviously be extended as you learn more.
You can get a copy of the functional procedure from the link below: