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excerpt: "Review of the Microdeal QL Flight Simulator. Wire-frame graphics update approximately twice per second; reviewer notes the keyboard memory control scheme makes it easy to overcorrect and enter unrecoverable spins. Overall assessment is average. Described as the only flight simulator available for the QL."
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# QL Flight Simulator by Microdeal

Review of the Microdeal QL Flight Simulator. Wire-frame graphics update approximately twice per second; reviewer notes the keyboard memory control scheme makes it easy to overcorrect and enter unrecoverable spins. Overall assessment is average. Described as the only flight simulator available for the QL.