Bear in mind that the flight sims will give you an idea of how the plane will react in relation to the stick movements. ie. If you pull the right stick toward you provided the plane isn't inverted the plane will climb. The sim is not to be used as a substitue for an instructor with a buddy box. There is no way a small puter screen can look the same as the field. Ground handling is also very easy on the sims as compared to a real grass field. [8D]The more expensive sims have better looking graphics but the planes still handle basically the same.