I've been practicing for several months on G2 with the Extra freestyle 3D download and when I started hovering my foamie it was very similar. Everything I have learned on the sim I can transfer to the real world. Mostly TR's and rolling circles that I do on the computer I can go out and do with the foamie and also the profile Sledge. The main differance I have found is how I set up the real planes as control throws, rates etc. make a hugh differance in how it will do various manuevers. I have yet to try AFP but based on what everyone says it is a better 3D sim. Going out and trying to TR 3 mistakes high is almost a waste of time since untill you get down low you can't see it well enough to make the right inputs. Now if I could get up the guts to try it with my 1/4 scale gasser.