Don't let that sim write checks for you that you can't cash. I too can fly any & evrything on the sim, including 200mph touch & go's with the Jets. Does that mean I can go out & fly a jet?? NOOOO!!! I would crash it in less than 30 seconds!! Guaranteed. The sim can be a good practice tool but is not a substitude for real instruction. You will find even a regular high wing trainer to be a real handfull if you go it alone, much less a more advanced plane.

Look at it this way. Remember when you first got the sim, did you go right to flying the snot out of it with perfect landings from your very first try? Or were you getting confused & crashing like everyone else? Be honest with yourself when you answer that question because there is no spacebar to rebuild your plane for you in real life flying. You should really re-consider before doing it on your own. There are those that have done it by themselves. I was one of them and I crashed some perfectly good airplanes, heck I still do [&:]. Before I found RCU I was trying to do it alone with little success. Then I got Trainer planes & Instructors only to loose them both to serious illnesses after three sessoins on the buddy-box, then it was just me & the sim again. After a few more months on the sim trying to do what they told me I finally managed to go fly my NexStar, I allmost lost it to the AFS on the very first flight. I got very lucky just to get it back down on the runway in one piece.

I crashed the first five planes I tried to fly by myself right off the bat. I've crashed two more advanced planes since I have soloed & learned to fly.

If you are bound & determined to do it alone, don't just buy a plane, buy them by the case. You're probably going to need them.[:@]