Some students arrive at their first flight lesson surprisingly comfortable in a cockpit. They understand the purpose of most instruments and generally know what most of the various knobs and switches ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Sim racing is a lot more complex than playing Need For Speed 3: Hot Pursuit. You need buttons for all kinds of stuff, from headlights to brake balance to traction control. If you want to control all ...

This is a review of the Black Hog flight simulator control box "Explorer B" review. The guys at Black Hog were cool enough to send me this, so I thought I would post a review and a little bit of info ...

Honeycomb Aeronautical, a company that makes flight simulator accessories like flight sticks and pedals that can turn your ...

Turtle Beach, a long-time maker of headsets, controllers, and other gaming accessories, is stepping into the sim racing space with an Xbox-compatible wheel that can also be used for PC gaming. Unlike ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 introduces a new feature that adds a realistic twist to flying: Exiting the plane! Now, as a pilot, you can leave the cockpit and walk around your aircraft for manual ...

Never underestimate how far some flight simulator aficionados will go with their builds. No detail is too small, and every aspect of the look and feel has to accurately reflect the real cockpit. As a ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is officially out today, and fans are eagerly hopping into their virtual cockpits to take to the skies once again. Or at least, they're trying. Players are taking to ...