As a Cirrus pilot, I am somewhat confused as to why the designers chose a both a Mooney AND a Saratoga as opposed to a side stick Cirrus/Corvalis design. The primary flight objectives of a flight school are clearly met with the Cessna 172 election, and the high performance end is met with the Mooney OR the Piper, but why not a side stick option for the largest selling single airplane in the world? Yes, at $57,000.00 - a steeply priced addition to one's den, but still represents 1/10 the price of my airplane when new. If the end market is "home use" then the price needs to go down or they need to option this thing for Cirrus/Corvalis owners.

I sure hope that the white lever the trainee in the image is reaching down to manipulate isn't the throttle!

OVO-4 good if you got the cash. An alternative? Set up your very own flight sim kit at home. Have three monitors, one in the middle, one on the left and one on the right. This will give a bigger view of the game. You'll also need a joystick. The best part of this is that it will cost a fraction of large flight sim and you can still get great flying experience.

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