Flight Simulator

Save money on your instrument flight training.  Instead of 80, 90, 100 dollars per hour  or more, you can log ten hours of your IFR training on a pcatd.  Pay only $55.00 dollars an hour for dual instrument training.  Simulate all kinds of weather conditions, emulate the airplane you will be doing your actual flying in, and even fly at the airports you will be doing your training in. 

PCATD stands for Personal Computer-based Aviation Training Device.  PCATDs represent the cutting edge of flight simulation tools available for accelerated IFR flight training.  PCATDs are FAA approved and can be used to log 10 hours towards your instrument rating.  Bayshore Aviation Inc Flight Training is dedicated to providing the latest tools available to accelerate and enhance your instrument training experience. 

 Simulation equipment is provided by Cirrus Flight Controls, an industry leader in producing state of the art simulator technology.  Our simulators have radio panels that represent a typical King radio stack.  The control console provides all the switches and controls necessary to provide a high degree of realism during your training.

We utilize ASA’s On Top PCATD software to provide the best flight simulation software available in the world.  On Top software provides the ability to access instrument approaches, navaids, airports and fixes all over the world.  On Top provides more than 10 different popular aircraft to train in so you can train in an aircraft similar to what you are flying now.

 It's About Realism

At the heart of On Top you'll find five of the most popular aircraft ever built. There's a Cessna C172, C182 and C182RG, and Piper's Warrior and Arrow. Also included are the Lancair Columbia 300, the Mooney MSE, and Beechcraft's Bonanza V-35, Beechcraft Baron 58, and Beech's 1900D twin-turboprop. Each model utilizes precise flight dynamics algorithms, right down to the deadly asymmetrical thrust you'll experience should you lose an engine in the Baron.

Now, you can test your skills against the reality of single-engine IMC in a light twin, or a twin-engine turboprop. This and other aircraft setup parameters are available for all aircraft.

Each aircraft panel is rendered with a next-generation graphics technology that makes every gauge, pointer, tick-mark and knob on your panel as true-to-life as a computer can create. Couple the "Photo-realistic" graphics effect with On Top’s precise mimicry of real aircraft instrumentation and you're as immersed in your simulated flights as you are in your actual flights.

 

There's realistic sound effects, like radio idents, marker beacons, gear and flap extension, and tire sounds. You'll find panoramic out-the-window views, accurate runway lighting and haze layering. You'll even see the rivets across your wings as you look right or left on a circling approach, all with enough realism to make you sweat.

It's About Flexibility

Full instrumentation, like programmable GPS, HSI, RMI, Moving Map and autopilot is just half of it. In On Top, you decide what instruments you fly with, and you decide where they'll go. Some IFR sim makers decide years before you ever get your copy what kind of equipment you'll fly with and where it will go in your panel, but in On Top you can change it every time.

On Top's Real-World Weather is as variable as tomorrow's weather. Define winds aloft and then surface winds, then dial in degree of swing and speed of gusts. Create turbulence, cloud bases and visibility with as much variability as you can handle, so you'll never know if you'll have to fly the missed approach until you get to the bottom of the funnel. And best of all, make your virtual conditions stable, deteriorating, improving or randomly changing, over any given time frame.