Propworn:

The simulator does allow you to use your TX's mixing, etc... but the problem with that is EACH AND EVERY PLANE must be re-adjusted and edited to permit you to do so.

One of the advantages of Realflight is that mixing can be done on a per plane/heli basis. When the aircraft physics is created the designer sets up things like expo, mixing, rates, travels and even switch assignments in the PLANE or HELI.

That means the designer can create an aggressive 3D plane, and yet when you load up a warbird, throwing the Interlink into high rates does NOT produce 3D deflections on the warbird.... etc...

This is referred to as "software mixing" in the sim.

If you then try to use mixing, set points, exponential with software mixing turned on, you end up with unflyable aircraft.

So most people wanting to use their TX's features need to turn software mixing off.

Once you do, you have to explicitly edit each and every plane or heli to suit your radio.

This is great for an advanced flyer who knows how to handle the built-in editor and the programming in their radio fairly well..

However that is well beyond the beginning or even intermediate flyer. Using your own TX does no favors for the novice, nor someone trying to learn how to use the mixes on their transmitter.


Realflight also cannot ( currently ) handle HELI mixes ( e.g. CCPM, 140 degree, 120 degree, etc. ) that are handled by your radio.... so you end up using software mixing anyway.

That means you let the simulator, not your radio handle all of this. You gain nothing by trying to use your own radio.

The Interlink also has other buttons which your transmitter does not have nor can emulate. These buttons allow you to invoke the menu, change planes, rewind your flight, etc. etc...

So contrary to the above posts, there is no real advantage nor benefit to using your own transmitter, while there are very marked benefits to using the Interlink Elite.

As I previously mentioned there is a thread over on the Knifeedge forums where people who purchased the Interface/Transmitter version have discovered this to be true after the fact, and now wish they had purchased the Interlink version instead.