Hey Anthony .. If you live in the Parmer area, stick to ARCA or G-Town .. the slaughter lane area is nice but a big HAUL ! ... Also, there are a collective group of heli fliers that go out to Leander HS on the weekends, and the old executive Airpark on Howard has a section of strip that they have permission to use.

I had FMS and it's okay .. but the graphics are terrible. But they make interfaces to use your actual radio. Monday I'm going to get my new radio (8103) and I got some extra X-mas money so I'm going to bite the bullet and get G2 ... I disagree with the comment that $200.00 of fuel and time is worth the experience .. there may be some truth to that, but at about $60-$100 per heli crash it won't take long to add up - once you buy G2 you can crash all you want for free. And like some people said, even if the program is not perfect, and can't do ALL the maneuvers correctly, at least you get used to the feeling of the sticks to help you with the basics. There are some that have done ALL of their training with G2, and some people do it before they fly, and once with their instructor it significantly helps the learning curve.

On the worst side, if you spend $199.00 on it, they REALLY hold their value .. most go for $150.00 or more on here or Ebay, so even if you decide to sell it, once you've tried it you can get most of your money back out of it .. and they sell FAST. I say go for it .. hey, when do you want to hook up to fly or even BS ?