Actually there are several people here that have... I haven't passed it, but I have only tried a couple times and then got pissed at the thing.

Tried it 3 times:

1. Tried it cold w/o taking lessons, instructor terminated it after steep turns not correct bank.

2. On way back to airport, no more instructions or prompts, but landed. (Went back to lessons but couldn't figure out what they saw wrong.)

3. Tried it again, trying to enter pattern correctly (prompts stopped long time ago.)  Landed thinking another failure.  Then when turned off runway, the certificate popped up.

You may be passing it and not know it, the game seems to want the student to exit the runway to complete the flight.

you crack me up Whitey!!


P.S.  "nice repaint on the Concorde"  1st one... I'm jealous.....

Congratulations robijn

GreG

We'll your not alone.  Many of us have been through this "steep turn" nightmare.  I must of tried this about 40 + times before I hit the turn and then landed.  Keep trying.  :       Please disregard Whitey's "cheat notes"

Robin, Though I am no longer current I actually passed a check ride in the real world.  My check pilot was a famous old crop duster pilot.  He had the reputation of being the toughest check pilot in the Napa valley. Mike Jose was his name.

All I can say that the "check ride" in flight sim 2002 had little resemblance to mine.

Frankly, though I love many aspects of FS 2002 I think the check ride is a f###ing joke.  For example the "check pilot" says that she will provide feedback, she never does.  By the way technicially a 360 is once around back to your original heading. The check pilot will let you fly 360's all day and until you roll out she doesn't say a damn thing.

I emailed Marchickio or what ever that irrisponsible jerk of a CFI who allows his name is to be attached to this bad joke. No response.  Usually I'm getting valuable info from him about what the outer marker is when I'm on short final. What a joke.

Am I wrong? Are there any CFI's out there who would like to reply?

Though I'll post this elsewhere also.  Does anybody get glideslope and marker beacon lights when on the ILS. I only get the localizer.  Also a bad joke.

This thread is over 3 and a half years old!

You won't believe me. After i had wrote the last message i tried once again and magically i've done it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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and there we see the danger of archives....

NO you can not use the auto pilot to make the turns with or to hold altitude with. I passed the Private pilot check ride on the third try but then I used to take lessons so I am sure that helped me alot. 8)

I am a commercial Pilot with over 12,000 hrs on dozens of different Aircraft, mainly Military transport and my own Cherokee Arrow. I was asked by a close friend to try the check rides, believe me, it's not technique, practise or style, just a combination of a fast computer and a really good graphics card. If you have those and you can fly the sim, then you can pass. It took 60 tries for me and for the life of me I couldn't understand why bitching Betty failed me. Then after upgrading my system it was 1st try. Now I fly FS9 sim and tried it, but haven't passed it yet. I come to the conclusion that you have to stretch your budget to do it, but ain't that the case in everything?