Yeah, looking at the account is intriguing. It's also somewhat puzzling.

The account starts off at Nightone's 2nd and 3rd solo flights. And seems to describe what excellent results he got with them. And then the account seems to shift to the first one of them, or maybe to the first solo flight ever. Truth is, the flight he calls his "first flight" could also be his first ever flight since it wasn't described as his first solo flight. And that first flight sounds like it was on a previous day, but that's not clear either. whatever...........

After sorting out the order of the flights, it still appears that Nightone is learning to fly really fast. And that during the process, the worst thing he can blame on the sim are some hard landings. I'd assume if there were other bad habits of any consequence, he'd have described them in order to make his case stronger. And he'd have mentioned them to warn beginners who expect sims to teach them to fly without risk. To warn beginners and instructors what to look out for.

But whether or not his "first flight" is actually a description of his 2nd solo flight or of his first solo flight or of his first ever flight, it looks like he's making a very good showing learning to fly with a "real model airplane". Good on 'im.

And it also appears that about all that's been done badly are those hard landing on his first flight.

You know, having taught a number of people to fly, I'd say that his sim training did him a world of good. There's no mention of how long he's been flying with an instructor, but there's also no mention that it's been a long process. And no accounts of almost crashing often because of bad habits picked up elsewhere.

I've suggested to a bunch of beginners that they supplement their learning with a sim. That the $200 is an excellent value. And now have another reason to keep doing that.