Just watch some of the videos of AFP. As you will see AFP can handle all the 3D moves you throw at it.

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As far as sims as a waste of time ... that's about the worst advice you can give to anyone wanting to learn new moves instead of using your own $300-800 airplanes to practice with. It's better to just hit the spacebar everytime you crash then build a new one.