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Reviews (by Timothy)

FS ACADEMY - NAVIGATOR MSFS

FS ACADEMY - NAVIGATOR MSFS

FS Academy delivers yet another high quality product. NAVIGATOR builds on the skills taught in its VFR product, going into more depth on the skills and techniques needed for navigating VFR. As with their other products for MSFS, the exercises start simple each building on the skills from earlier exercises until your pulling them all together to fly a 4 leg, 3 hour flight around the beautiful Highlands of Scotland. The exercises are set in a variety of countries keeping it interesting and varied. If you haven't gained the skills to stay straight and level at a given speed and altitude and perform simple turns then I'd suggest starting with the VFR product first or you may get frustrated with NAVIGATOR. Trying to fly the lessons without first reading the related section in the [ground school] Manual would be a mistake as the in-flight narration, whilst very clear, serves better as a reminder of what you learn in the guide; trying to learn just from the narration whilst also managing your aircraft will leave you struggling to complete the flight properly and you'll not enjoy the experience nearly so much. My only disappointment was the scoring. As the FS Academy support page states "Only a basic form of scoring is currently implemented, awarding the maximum score if the mission is completed successfully. More refined scoring may be implemented in the future. The awarded score is not retained by MSFS, so will not be shown in the menus." Having said that, it would be the icing on the cake as the product great already.

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