I'm trying to increase my hovering skills, and I'd also like to learn how to do rolling harriers. Does anybody use FMS to practice 3D? Is it realistic enough to help me improve my 3D skills? Thanks for any feedback on simulators and 3D practice.

-Clay

I have FMS and it isnt good for practing 3D. Right now there are two on the market that are considered to be the best....Aeroflypro and Reflex XTR. The Aeroflypro is about $130 and XTR is about $230 and then there is Real Flight which is coming out with a new version soon that will be able to do 3D but i'm not sure about the price but i'm sure it will be around $200.

You might wanna wait until the Real Flight comes out and see what people say about it before you decide what sim you want.

I have Aeroflypro and i like it for practicing 3D but you might also want to look in these forums Here

Aerofly Pro. Don't waste another minute, just order it. I told a bunch of people at my field about it and some bought a copy. They can't believe how good it is. It made me a much better pilot.

Joe

AFP is the best for hovering.

Aerofly Pro allowed me to become proficient at harriers and hovering.

One more vote for AFP. With that I have learned blenders, inverted harriers, belly in hovers, Rolling harriers, All the hard stuff you are not willing/able to pull of with your plane. At least not with the instant rebuild feature.

RC4 I am going to get off topic a little. I have the Real Flight G-2. It's fine to hover with but two easy to do it IMHO. It will teach your thumbs the right movements but I got board with it real quick. I would suggest you build a SPAD 3-D. The plans are free and you can build one for $15. The first one took me a day. The next one took me 4 hours. I have since out grown it but it was a great tool. It will hover, harrier and flat spin really good. Anything else is so-so. I think it taught me better rudder and throttle control than the rest of the guys I fly with. When you start to 3-D the left stick becomes real important.


David

David,

Thanks for the advice. Actually, I already have something cheap to practice with. I bought a FancyFoam.com Sukhoi. It was only $35, and its great for practice. I'm getting better, but I'm still a long way from being proficient. Anyway, I just want to be able to practice indoors whenever the weather doesn't permit me to get outside with the real thing.

-Clay

Sounds like your on the right track Clay. A lot of guys are doing the indoor foamies with great success. I just don't have a place to fly indoors. If you have a good place I would stick with it and save my $200 the sim would cost.


David

rc4 i did the same thing you are doing i bought a fancy foam cap and got afp and both have improved my flying trumendusly get afp and just watch how fast your flying will improve.

mark

AFP is the best hands down for 3d flying. It's the only one with decent flying physics. I have $400 of G2 which I haven't touched in over a year. AFP is just that much better. Check out www.aeroflypro.com for more info.

As always, thanks for your input. It sounds like AFP is the way to go!