physics are pretty decent, graphics arent good, sound is non existant. It does the job to help you learn, but its just not like th real thing. On preflight, your heli seems to have unlimited power and is very easy to do acrobatics with.
But to learn the basics, and to get an idea of how to do some acrobatics, its good bang for your buck.

oh, and th cable it comes with plugs into your eflite transmiter and then into your microphone port on your computer... A little weird, but it seems to work.