Wings,
Yes I have flight simulators. I had FMS but sold the interface (and a 4 channel TX) to a new guy in the club, and have had Real Flight for a few years.

Real Flight is the best sim I've used. (I've tried Dave Brown's and Aero Fly sims at trade shows.) But there are a number of things that just aren't realistic in Real Flight, or any of the others.

Spins and stalls are not realistic in Real Flight. I can fly a number of aerobatic planes with nasty stall characteristics nose high down to a walking speed and still prevent them from badly dropping a wing. I can just about hover the RF Super Sportster in windless conditions. Believe me, it's not possible with the real SS.

Taking off with a Cub in RF is much easier than the real thing (in my opinion anyway).

What I'm saying is, yes Sims are a great way to shorten the learning curve, that's been proven to me. But there are a number of things that the sim just can't teach you, or that they will teach you wrong. []
Dennis-