That's exactly what you get from it, an opportunity to bimble around admiring the view as well as testing your landings...loads to do.
Tip 1 - get it.
Tip 2 - it's quite intuitive to set up the controls after a bit of head scratching.
Tip 3 - To just bimble around you don't need many controls at all, just basics eg. flight controls, flaps, gear, trim, external view, internal view, cockpit view upper (basically changes the seat height), zoom, brakes and parking brake, refuel/repair. I use engine management but so far all is well with just mixture and prop control (rpm). For the float planes use the water rudder.
Tip 5 - Trackir works fine
Tip 6 - I use realistic settings
Tip 7 - there are loads of addons, paid or free ....be choosy I suppose otherwise it could get unnecessarily expensive. The in game marketplace is a great place to browse.....
Have fun BB!