A little background. I started in this hobby about 15 or 16 years ago. After about 2 flights on an ARF I put together, the club I was in moved. With no easy place to fly, I gave my plane to a friend.<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Fast forward to today. I want back in. I have 2 clubs within 30 minutes of me and two more in less than an hour. So it's only a matter of time now.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">After reading a lot, it looks like an investment in a simulator would be good for a lot of reasons. I can practice over the winter, crash a lot of bits, then buy a trainer in the spring. Plus there appears to be ongoing advantageto the simseven for those who are no longernovices. </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a name="btAsinTitle"></a>Well, I have narrowed it down to Phoenix R/C ProSimver.3.0 w/DX5e or Realflight 6. I have downloaded the demo versions of both. I like that Realflight actually lets you &ldquo;keyboard&rdquo; fly a plane. The Phoenix demo is just a lot of clips. I don't have a high end videocard, but both look and sound fine on my HP desktop. And both are in the $200 range.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">So with similar video, not a huge difference in price, is there a difference in the controllers? I believe Realflight comes with a Interlink Elite Controller, correct? And Phoenix has the DX5e. Any advantage of one over the other?</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Thanks.</p>