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Old 02-14-2013 | 07:32 AM
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jester_s1
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Default RE: New to RC Planes

+1 on getting a real lesson before working on the sim. The very best use of the simulator is to practice what you were taught in your last flying lesson all week, trying to replicate what happened and finding the stick movements that give you the results the instructor was talking to you about.

Just from reading your posts diehard, I can already tell you that you'll have to slow down in your expectations of having fun with it when you start learning planes. If you're only 13 and have already bought a lot of different cars then you have a short attention span for what you are doing. With cars, you can unbox them and put them together and have a fun experience on the very first day. If you think that way with planes you'll just wreck it. Learning to fly is work, and it takes discipline. You have to listen to your instructor and let him be in charge. When he's in charge, he'll tell you to work on maneuvers that aren't exciting to do but are necessary for being a good pilot. If you just want it to be fun for you, you'll never learn how to do a proper takeoff, a proper coordinated turn, or land right. I can't tell you have many student pilots I've seen who wanted to skip straight to doing loops and rolls and all the flashy stuff and could do them, but then turned around and crashed their planes on takeoff because they wouldn't take the time to learn how to do it right. So the point of all of this is if you're looking for instant gratification like what video games gives you, stick with cars. You'll be a lot less frustrated and spend a lot less money. But if you're looking to learn a new skill and develop the character to work for a result that's hard to get, planes will be a great experience for you.