it will help a little, i had G2 with the virtual instructors and i learned more by flying the trainer on G2 and learning that small movements is all it takes to take off and fly the pattern and land, when i found i could do that without ever crashing then i was ready to try my avistar trainer for real. one thing that helped with the sim was to set the view to see the ground at all times like you would be able to do for real, then orientation was easier. like i said in earlier post i practiced 1 to 2 hours a day for four month's after work during the winter.