RE: TO all Newbies
you meant to say
my crooked take offs
my steep climb outs
my dive turns
my sharp jerky turns
isn't that for the throttle only
if its close to the runway well its close enough
ailerons the other rudder
I thought the elevator was the runway extender
stall whats that, I was trying to do the pourpose manuver
boy oh boy I better un plug the box,well mabee not then I wouldn't be able to post at RCU
sorry ken couldn't help myself frankly my sim has helped me be soooooo!much, I am so much better of a pilot because of the sim. 4yrs ago or so I re-entered the hobby I fly warbirds now thanks to the sim and alot of help from my club members who gave me alot of practical advice.
to point out the weekness of a tool yes, but to say it gives bad habbits, I just don't know, the bad habbits come from not using the skills aquired from the sim and finding what works in the real world situations that RC gives you in the field.
a bad habbit is one that you hold onto and stick with no matter what.
the lesson should be if it don't work change your approach to a situation and be flexable in the way you fly, there is no set way to fly, whats right is how much fun you are having and being sucessful ie;landing without turning your plane into a pile of sticks one persons version of the right way doesn't always apply to another take the lessons from the sim use them to work the buggs out and then apply those lessons to more sim training to make yourself a better pilot.