EFIS. FMS. Flight Director. What’s the difference and why should you care as a student pilot? Let’s start with EFIS. In older aircraft, pilots relied on the “six-pack”, six separate analogue instruments: • Airspeed Indicator • Attitude Indicator (Artificial Horizon) • Altimeter • Turn Coordinator • Direction Indicator • Vertical Speed Indicator With EFIS (Electronic Flight Instrument System), these same instruments are now displayed digitally on a glass panel. Same info. Just smarter, cleaner, a

If you find yourself constantly zooming in and out of your virtual cockpit just to change a frequency, it is time to upgrade your hardware. The Switcho Radios from @virtualflysimulators is a next-generation control module that solves the “mouse problem” in flight simulation. This unit combines the precision of physical metallic knobs with the versatility of a touch interface, giving you immediate access to your entire Radio Stack and Autopilot systems. For student pilots and serious simmers, the