Hi Ernest,
I strongly agree with chris. If anyone, this is the man that knows whats going on with reflex. In my honest opinion, W3 made reflex planes more realistic then the ones that come with the program. The Katanas just dont feel realisic to me at all. As far as your helicopter question, I did learn how to fly helis on reflex. If you havnt flown planes before, I wouldnt recomend going right into helis. You need to develop hand-eye coordination first. Learning to fly a heli first can definatly be done, but its much easier if you have aircraft experiance first. I dont have AFP, or G3, but I did use G2 untill XTR came out. Hope this helps and good luck!