ORIGINAL: Fastsky
I would suggest downloading FMS for free and try it. Then you will get an idea of what its about. If you just want to learn the controls its a great sim. There are dozens of planes on the net that you can download for free. [8D]
Definitely worth the free download. There are many downloadable planes all over the 'net.
you can get FMS here... [link]http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index_e.html[/link]
and you can get a TON of free planes with this downloader utility...
[link]http://www.tti-us.com/sim/dlmgr.html[/link]
The only problems I have had are with using downloaded scenery, some hang up the program...
It doesn't have all of the bells and whistles of the $$$ sims, but it is the best intro to the rc flight sim genre... and it's freeware.
there are also USB interfaces for using your transmitter with FMS available here
[link]http://www.tti-us.com/sim/products.html[/link]
I plan on picking up one of these when I get my 9caps next week. :-)