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    I would like to know if there is a way to get ETE/ETA, moving maps, and other flight infos while in flight, WITHOUT needing to buy ForeFlight, Garmin, SkyDemon, or FS Widgets (I don't really want to spend more money over the 80 Euros I paid for the actual sim).

    Thanks!

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    I would like to know if there is a way to get ETE/ETA, moving maps, and other flight infos while in flight, WITHOUT needing to buy ForeFlight, Garmin, SkyDemon, or FS Widgets (I don't really want to spend more money over the 80 Euros I paid for the actual sim).

    Thanks!

    I will teach you math so:

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    S|T

    Time is D/S so take for example Distance divided by Speed you end up with Time

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    War

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    Look up YouTube videos and on-line for Navigation videos and instrument flying Nav Radio tips. If you are interested you will really enjoy finding it out. On-line gives more time to take things in.

    VORs usually give you distance as well as bearings so one VOR can confirm just where you are.

    Preparing a simple route and flying it with an Aviation Chart or Second Device showing a Chart page (from a site like SkyVector.com) on hand as you fly the sim and look out the window is the base for navigating yourself.

    Here is the VOR 'KLO' on 114.85 at Zurich Airport. You would enter the 114.85 on the nav radio panel. The SkyVector chart shows the VOR symbol as 10 miles across and the north - south divisions are one mile apart.

    If you are flying the Cessna to the east and you take your position from the VOR initially you are 210 degrees from the beacon and ten miles out. Six minutes later you again take the position from the beacon and you find that you are 150 degrees from the beacon and also ten miles out. From the chart it is obvious that you have flown the width of that VOR symbol which is ten miles. You can easily find out how to operate the VOR instrument on line. With more experience and practice you could use the VOR information to work out your distance covered and your ground speed.

    At the second position you would be over the top of the long mountain and would have the smaller lake's southern shore about two miles out just on the left of your nose.

    You won't need a moving map once you get used to using the nav aids. You can back up your understanding with the info bar and occasional looks at the aircraft's position on the sim's nav page. Learning how to use an external moving map would be just as much work and you would not gain any real and useful navigation knowledge and it would cost you money!