Interesting information. I am just getting into flying - I have joined a club and have an instructor. As soon as I get my Nexstar built - install my 14mz radio etc... I'm supposed to meet him for a maiden flight and "safety check". He said that I should start using the trainer immediately... I picked up AFPD and was thinking about using it for the next couple of weeks pre meeting with my instructor for the first time. Based on your experience would you recommend that I not use the sim until after my first instruction?
ORIGINAL: RCKen
The best advice that you can get is to find an instructor. As an instructor I've had students come to me after they have spent a lot of time on a flight simulator and I had to "un-teach" all the bad habits that they developed using the simulator. Don't get me wrong, I think that a simulator is a great teaching tool, but only have the student has learned good techniques first. Trust me on this one, finding an instructor is probably the one best thing that you can to do to learn to fly RC aircraft.
Ken