ORIGINAL: Aerohead
The TOC Giles is my favorite AFPD plane, too, but it is a little too easy to do 3d with. When I started to try some of the 3d moves at the flying field that I had learned with the AFPD Giles, I was really taken aback at how much more challenging it is in the real world. The Giles is also way too much of a floater. I have had to add more weight and take away some power from the Giles to get it to reflect the way my Yak flies.
LOL, No doubt... That plane gives a TOTALLY false sense of security and it totally unrealistic but it is a blast to fly. Really for me the Breitling Cap and the Extra 300S are both about as close to real as it gets. I think that the Extra is really close. There are a few things about it that are dissimilar to my plane, but generally speaking, if you can 3D well with either you can do it in the real world. I did modify the throw a little on the Extra and bumped it up a good bit to give it a feel similar to my 260. Now they are close but the sim plane flies slightly heavier than my 260, if you can believe that....