RE: Training on the sim
I learned to fly planes the old fasion way with the buddy box, but when I got into helicopters there was no one around to help so I bought the G2 sim.
There is no doubt in my mind that the sim is worth the money I paid for it. I wish I would have had the sim back in my buddy box days. I'm sure I could have saved a few of those planes that went down when I was learning.