Well, a little more background perhaps... I've got RFG2 set up with a 10 mph wind directly down the runway, which is very similar to a normal day at the club field, with variable wind direction up to 45 degrees off, and gusts to 15mph set on about the middle of the scale... I tried to keep that much as real as possible to what conditions I'll normally be flying in. We also have an asphalt runway, and I prefer taking off from it, and landing on grass (seems more forgiving with less rollout on landing). I've got the landing spectrum all the way to the most realistic setting, and I fly at half throttle most of the time, rather than full throttle. I even take off with between half and 3/4 throttle. The takeoffs and landings on the PT-40 are dead on what I experienced flying last year when I solo'd, and I'm very comfortable flying it on the sim. The other planes I feel much more comfortable in the air than the trainer, but you're right, takeoffs and landings are alot different than the trainer. I try to keep it as realistic as possible from a comparison standpoint between real aircraft and the models on the sim. I will say I'm not at all happy with the way the P-51 flies or lands. Seems way too sluggish for me. However, the P-40 with about 30% flaps at all times (full flaps on takeoff, 30% in the air, and about 1/4-1/2 throttle flies slow enough to make low speed low altitude passes directly over the runway, and again, still working on perfecting my taildragger landings. The corsair on the other hand.... to me, on the game handles like a dream. I've played alot of WWII simulator games, so I'm semi-experienced in what to expect with the speed and control of the airplanes from a gaming point of view, so trying it out on the sim is a nice way to see how a model would behave in the air. I think 'if' I wound up getting a warbird, the corsair or P-40 would be my choice. I was primarily wondering if I could immediately transpose my skills from the sim to the real thing, or if there would be some adjustment involved going from one to the other.