Excellent suggestions; however, I would back it up with Microsoft FLT SIMPro with stick and peddles. Take the instrument training there and fly a number of instrument approaches until you easily perform them. This will not make you an instrument pilot, but it will significantly improve your safety when you get caught wrong side of a cloud.
By the way, I got the total rig for $200 on Amazon.com. Software on amazon and a referral to the manufacturer from them. >I did leave one "opinion" (there we go again, everybody has one) >concerning the post about the IFR........I wouldn't build a KR with hard >IFR in mind. >Dana Overall Larry Severson Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 968-9852 lar...@socal.rr.com