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"Train For Perfection" using our FAA approved Advanced Aviation Training Device
About Fly Right Simulators
About us and our equipment
FLY RIGHT SIMULATORS is a veteran owned and operated St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana based business. Our objective to provide dedicated, affordable flight simulator training to aviation enthusiasts, aspiring and accomplished pilots alike.
The Redbird LD is a high-quality, feature-rich stationary AATD. With wrap-around visuals, a fully enclosed cockpit, re-configurable construction, and a fixed platform. Our Redbird LD is configured for Piper Archer II/Warrior with standard instrumentation, a Garmin GNS 530 and Garmin GNS 430.
Unfortunately flying an airplane is not without risk so it’s essential that pilots of all levels are ready and prepared for any situation that may take place. When a pilot is exposed to a wide variety of emergencies in a LD flight simulator, the pilot will know what to do and will learn how to be calm under pressure. The use of flight simulators has saved countless lives over the years as pilots are properly prepared to handle any situation
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Benefits for all pilots
For student pilots, using an FAA certified AATD allows you to log up to 2.5 hours of flight time (with instructor sign off) in the sim, towards your PPL. The more tangible benefit to student pilots is the ability to use the AATD to learn the aircraft, avionics, and the basics of flying an aircraft, all from the comfort of your home. By supplementing flight in real aircraft, with reinforcing practice in a simulator (including the ability to connect with and practice with live ATC controllers) students can substantially reduce the number of hours required in an actual airplane, which lowers the cost of the initial flight training. Learning to fly an airplane requires the ability to process a great deal of information as well as put it into action. Repetition helps us form procedural memory, which allows repeated movements to become second nature to us and ultimately help in stressful situations. Instinctively knowing where to reach and the feel of the knob or button you want to use makes a real difference in high workload scenarios.
- Aircraft familiarization - learn the aircraft, where the controls are, how things function, and how to use the avionics
- Basic flight concepts - how to maintain level flight, banks, climbs, and descents
- Basic navigation techniques - how to dead recon navigate and how to use the avionics in the plane to navigate
- Having trouble learning how to create and follow a GPS flight plan? This can be easily learned in a simulator.
- Practice failures - learn what to expect and practice response to things like engine failures, electrical failures, instrument failures
- Fly for proficiency - practice maneuvers and approaches over and over until they become second nature
- Don’t pay to learn this in an airplane, this can be easily done in a simulator.
When adding certified status to a simulator the following additional benefits can be realized by student pilots:
- Student pilots are allowed to use and log up to 2.5 hours of flight time towards the requirements for a Private Pilot License (PPL) (with instructor present). It should be noted that the FAA allows any approved simulator time to be logged but only the 2.5 hours outlined above can be used towards a PPL.
Benefits For Instrument Rating Candidates
For pilots pursuing an Instrument Rating, using an FAA certified BATD allows you to log up to 10 hours of flight time (with instructor sign off) towards your Instrument Rating. This alone can save the pilot a significant amount of money as opposed to renting an aircraft. Additionally, instrument students have the ability to gain proficiency by supplementing what they learn in the real aircraft and with an instructor, by being able to practice the same approaches, holds, intercepts, over and over, from the comfort of their home. While the FAA limits the number of hours you can LOG, they do not limit the number of hours you can practice while using the BATD. This is a HUGE benefit when getting comfortable flying approaches and in instrument conditions.
- Use the simulator to log currency approaches, otherwise known as the 6 in 6. The FAA allows the use of a AATD to log all currency related activities for the Instrument rating. These hours/approaches do NOT need to have an instructor present to be logged.
The national average for the number of hours student pilots need to obtain their PPL is between 55 and 70 (40 hours is the FAA minimum). If a student pilot uses an AATD as part of their training, training hours closer to 50 as opposed to 70 hours are common by virtue of being more proficient through the use of a sim. The savings in aircraft rental alone (at a $175/hr rate) could result in savings of $3500 to the student for the cost of their PPL
Benefits For Pilots with an Instrument Rating
For pilots that hold an instrument rating, the use of an FAA certified AATD is approved to meet instrument currency requirements (without an instructor present). This includes approaches, holds, and course intercepts
Commercial Applicant Student Pilots
Under Part 61, you can log up to 50 hours in a Redbird Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) toward a Commercial Pilot Certificate. Renting an aircraft for 50 hours at $175/hr is $8750. Our simulators are $75/hr and at 50 hours that is $3750, a savings of $5000. Contact us to reserve a block of 25 hours for a discounted rate and for even more savings book a 50 hour block of use!
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Hours
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