Pick a airplane that is very close to the REAL RC trainer plane you are going to fly. Get so you can land on the sim 10 out of 10 times in a row. I mean nice smooth landings. If you can do that...you are on your way to doing the real thing. Only the real RC plane things can happen like engine stopping on take-off ect. So practice dead stick landings on you simulator also. I love my sim and I learned to fly knife edge on it and then tried it on my airplane I had for years...and flew good knife edge the first time. It is nice to have a flying friend to help....its not fun doing things like this and not sharing the experience. Good Luck. Capt,n