Heli Simulator
01-01-2008, 10:24 PM
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Heli Simulator
Hey everyone...Happy New Year! I hope it's warmer where you are than it is here in MN.
I've been looking around at the various simulators out there but can't figure out which one is for me.
This is where your expertise comes in.
I'm mainly looking for a simulator with the most realistic flight characteristics for helis...beginning and advanced (3D) flight. Training modes showing how to achieve a maneuver would be great for learning new tricks. I'm most interested in the 400-600 sized electric helis.
What I don't want is a simulator that is too easy to fly giving me a false sense of accomplishment. I'd actually like a simulator that is harder to fly than the actual model in RL. Does that make sense?
I'd also like use it to learn more 3D skills for planes as well, but this is not as important to me than the most realistic heli flight. Everything else is just a bonus to me...additional aircrafts / fields, custom aircrafts / fields...
If you ave any thoughts along these lines, please post up. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I've been looking around at the various simulators out there but can't figure out which one is for me.
This is where your expertise comes in.
I'm mainly looking for a simulator with the most realistic flight characteristics for helis...beginning and advanced (3D) flight. Training modes showing how to achieve a maneuver would be great for learning new tricks. I'm most interested in the 400-600 sized electric helis.
What I don't want is a simulator that is too easy to fly giving me a false sense of accomplishment. I'd actually like a simulator that is harder to fly than the actual model in RL. Does that make sense?
I'd also like use it to learn more 3D skills for planes as well, but this is not as important to me than the most realistic heli flight. Everything else is just a bonus to me...additional aircrafts / fields, custom aircrafts / fields...
If you ave any thoughts along these lines, please post up. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
01-02-2008, 11:16 AM
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RE: Heli Simulator
i use AFPD and there are variables u can change. wind speed, transmiter reliability etc. i found it most helpful. more so for the planes but with the helis it takes all the stress outta flying lol.
01-03-2008, 01:59 PM
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RE: Heli Simulator
It's a 4 year old HP laptop. Here's the specs on it. The only thing I've done is bumped the memory to its 1.256GB RAM.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/g...reg_R1002_USEN
I really don't think I'll be able to do much with it as far as a high end simulator...but I'd love to be shown otherwise!
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/g...reg_R1002_USEN
I really don't think I'll be able to do much with it as far as a high end simulator...but I'd love to be shown otherwise!
01-03-2008, 06:12 PM
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RE: Heli Simulator
ORIGINAL: Harvest Fields
g/card isnt great but it should run most of em.
g/card isnt great but it should run most of em.
01-03-2008, 07:20 PM
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...unlike mine it onlt has 8MB - 128MB of shared memory and not dedicated[&o]
...unlike mine it onlt has 8MB - 128MB of shared memory and not dedicated[&o]
01-04-2008, 08:52 AM
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RE: Heli Simulator
I got this bad boy for FREE
it's runing off of not a very good vedio card.
You might have a better chance with it.
I first ran it on only intel III 600hz, 256 memory.lol only a voodoo
no cliches of any kind. To hover and get the oriantations correct.
Different models all have different perimeters
trun off the FIX camera and trun up the wind and thermo a little
well..A new PC or a New Heli ?
It runs perfect on a laptop that's about 3-4 years old with only 512 memory, Intel4 processor XP pro
it sucks on my vista
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EDANpgZRjCU
it's runing off of not a very good vedio card.
You might have a better chance with it.
I first ran it on only intel III 600hz, 256 memory.lol only a voodoo
no cliches of any kind. To hover and get the oriantations correct.
Different models all have different perimeters
trun off the FIX camera and trun up the wind and thermo a little
well..A new PC or a New Heli ?
It runs perfect on a laptop that's about 3-4 years old with only 512 memory, Intel4 processor XP pro
it sucks on my vista
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EDANpgZRjCU
01-04-2008, 10:06 AM
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RE: Heli Simulator
http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=53245
I really like this one. You can get a USB cable on E Bay. There's a link to build your own.
Mike
I really like this one. You can get a USB cable on E Bay. There's a link to build your own.
Mike
01-04-2008, 10:53 AM
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RE: Heli Simulator
ORIGINAL: mtnlvr
Do you run a simulator? If so...which, and how well does it perform?
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...unlike mine it onlt has 8MB - 128MB of shared memory and not dedicated[&o]
...unlike mine it onlt has 8MB - 128MB of shared memory and not dedicated[&o]
I'll let you know how it work.
the bad thing is, I didn't know about the shared and not shared memory when I bought my laptop, at the time all I needed is somthing to run CS2 photoshop CS2 dreamweaver 8 IE and microsoft office and it dose that just fine with no problems. and I don't think I can get a new G card for mine either[
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01-04-2008, 12:03 PM
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...well..A new PC or a New Heli ?...
...well..A new PC or a New Heli ?...
JB COMP...let me know how the G3.5 works once you get a feel for it.
01-04-2008, 12:13 PM
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JB COMP...let me know how the G3.5 works once you get a feel for it.
JB COMP...let me know how the G3.5 works once you get a feel for it.
01-04-2008, 07:52 PM
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By feel I meant once you get an idea of how well it runs on your PC after you've spent some time exploring it.
It would also be nice to know how it compares to actual RC flight characteristics but I guess you can't help me much with that.
It would also be nice to know how it compares to actual RC flight characteristics but I guess you can't help me much with that.
01-05-2008, 08:44 PM
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I got the G3 in today, and my laptop seems to be running it fine, in the plane editor it would slow down for a few sec, be it runs it fine when flying, now I just have to figure out how to fly and I'm good to go
01-10-2008, 09:52 PM
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I got my G3 update to G3.5 and it runs it fine, it will slow down a little for a sec or two then go back to normal
Heres a few screen shots
Heres a few screen shots
01-11-2008, 06:15 PM
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Looks good. I wonder how G4 would run?
Looks good. I wonder how G4 would run?
the guy I bought my G3 from said, he wished he would have kepted G3 instead of getting G4, he said G3.5 was close to the same as G4.
01-11-2008, 09:09 PM
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RE: Heli Simulator
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Hey everyone...Happy New Year! I hope it's warmer where you are than it is here in MN.
I've been looking around at the various simulators out there but can't figure out which one is for me.
This is where your expertise comes in.
I'm mainly looking for a simulator with the most realistic flight characteristics for helis...beginning and advanced (3D) flight. Training modes showing how to achieve a maneuver would be great for learning new tricks. I'm most interested in the 400-600 sized electric helis.
What I don't want is a simulator that is too easy to fly giving me a false sense of accomplishment. I'd actually like a simulator that is harder to fly than the actual model in RL. Does that make sense?
I'd also like use it to learn more 3D skills for planes as well, but this is not as important to me than the most realistic heli flight. Everything else is just a bonus to me...additional aircrafts / fields, custom aircrafts / fields...
If you ave any thoughts along these lines, please post up. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hey everyone...Happy New Year! I hope it's warmer where you are than it is here in MN.
I've been looking around at the various simulators out there but can't figure out which one is for me.
This is where your expertise comes in.
I'm mainly looking for a simulator with the most realistic flight characteristics for helis...beginning and advanced (3D) flight. Training modes showing how to achieve a maneuver would be great for learning new tricks. I'm most interested in the 400-600 sized electric helis.
What I don't want is a simulator that is too easy to fly giving me a false sense of accomplishment. I'd actually like a simulator that is harder to fly than the actual model in RL. Does that make sense?
I'd also like use it to learn more 3D skills for planes as well, but this is not as important to me than the most realistic heli flight. Everything else is just a bonus to me...additional aircrafts / fields, custom aircrafts / fields...
If you ave any thoughts along these lines, please post up. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Download the demo and see if it will run on your machine: http://www.phoenix-sim.com/news.htm
01-13-2008, 05:33 AM
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RE: Heli Simulator
have a look at phoenix - has all the most popular 400/600 size helis,
all are developed and tested by experts - and the updates are free
all are developed and tested by experts - and the updates are free
01-13-2008, 11:15 AM
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Thanks for all the input thus far.
Phoenix sounds like a good choice. Although I sure they all are depending on what you're looking for in a sim.
I'll download the Phoenix demo and check for compatibility with my PC.
Phoenix sounds like a good choice. Although I sure they all are depending on what you're looking for in a sim.
I'll download the Phoenix demo and check for compatibility with my PC.
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I have tested all the 5 major R/C flight simulators. G4 for airplanes, Phoenix or Reflex for helis, it is that easy. My pick goes for Phoenix, let me know if you have any specific questions.
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hey autoxman - should be a TREX 500 for Phx really soon, spoke to them the other day - cant wait !
hey autoxman - should be a TREX 500 for Phx really soon, spoke to them the other day - cant wait !
Yeah that is cool a T-rex 500 should help my skills progress as I fly the real thing!
01-14-2008, 08:45 PM
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RE: Heli Simulator
I just dropped my budget on a 450XL. I plan on buying a sim after I get my money back from Uncle Sam. Until then, I'm awaiting a cable to connect my Tx for some Helisim and a maybe a little FMS.
Has anyone used [link=http://www.marksfiles.net/HeliSimRC/index.htm]HeliSimRC[/link]? If so, how does its flight characteristics measure up? I realize it's a free program and won't have any luxuries like night flying, pyramids or sound, but its gotta be better than nothing.
Has anyone used [link=http://www.marksfiles.net/HeliSimRC/index.htm]HeliSimRC[/link]? If so, how does its flight characteristics measure up? I realize it's a free program and won't have any luxuries like night flying, pyramids or sound, but its gotta be better than nothing.