FreeFlight

[BluFox]

Is there any way to do a freeflight/ Just say pick a certain plane and just practice in it?

[Saurer]

In the Quick mission menue the symbol with the single aircraft, you can start from the parking position, on the runway or in the air

[AwesomeSprawvy]

Yep.  You can do this by going to "Quick Mission" from the main menu.  Once the screen loads to a map, you'll see various aircraft icons.  Below is a breakdown of each:

 

-Icon with single aircraft = Free Flight

-Icon with two aircraft = 1 vs 1 Dogfight

-Icon with six aircraft = Team vs Team

 

You can click the free flight icon and then choose your aircraft and whether you want to start on the runway or at a specific altitude.

[andyw248]

And for practicing in the different aircraft there's a lot of options to consider:

 

• Fuel load - has a big impact on some aircraft
• Ramp start - you definitely want to practice your taxiing skills in those taildraggers
• Weather - set turbulence to 1 or 2 and experience the difference

[Guest deleted@50488]

Just to add to Andy's post, weather modeling in as far as wind shear and turbulence are concerned is very well modeled in il-2 BoS, specially taking into account it's a combat flight simulator.

 

I wish I had that in MSFS...