I have Ikarus Aerofly Pro Deluxe, got it right before christmas. I cannot say enough about how great it is. Its a little easier to hover in the sim than real life but let me tell you something. In 1 month I have taken some absolutely incredible leaps in skill thanks to my sim. I think its a twofold benefit. 1 is its VERY realistic, 2 is that it allows you to get a tremendous amount of stick time taking risks and doing things you couldnt normally afford to gamble to learn. IN a 4 hour trip to the field you might get to fly for 45 minutes. In 4 hours at the sime I can get 4 solid hours of continuous practice.

In 1 month here are the things I have imoproved 10 times with AFPD.
Most of all rolling harriers, but also I can now do a 1 roll rolling circle, I can do REAL low altitude high alpha knife edge passes like 5-10 high with my 30% Edge in real life. I could already most all 3D maneuvers pretty well but with all the time I have spent on AFPD I cannot believe how much better I have gotten with my real plane in such a short period of time. AFPD does awesome and realistic spins and snaps, and if you download the farmland-grid scenery from www.aeroflypro.com you will have a great virtual grid in the sky of the farmland scenery to help you maintain orientation and even better help give you lines to work on centering and good geometry in sequence flying like pattern and IMAC... Best $180 I have spent yet in modeling.

Mike