ORIGINAL: OldRookie
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After reading most of the sim posts, you can see where several people will think brand A is best for helicopters, and other people will think brand B & C are the best helicopter sims. The same goes for planes, graphics, and every aspect of the sims. Almost all of the sims will help you out greatly. Just don't get too wrapped up in in feed back that says one of the sims is the best, and all others are no good. Hogwash.
Greg
I would agree with you to some extent. Yes, all flight simulators can help out greatly, provided that person is a beginner, or maybe an intermediately level pilot. I think that advanced intermediate pilots and all experts looking for extra practise time might not find the current generation of flight sims to be that useful.
In my case, I would call myself an intermediate level pilot. I was looking for help for certain 3D maneuvers, so I bought FS one for this purpose. I'm also starting in electric helicopters so I wanted it for this as well. Has FS One helped me with 3D? Yes, to a degree. But when I practise a maneuver on the simulator and can immediately fly it almost perfectly, but still can't fly it in the real world, which has happened, this is obviously disappointing. I'm still fairly happy with my purchase of FS One for 3D practise, but I'm hoping for more, and the updates released so far have been minor fixes.
For helicopters, FS One seems to be very useful. I can't tell for sure, because I am only now assembling my T-Rex 450. However, initially, I couldn't keep a helicopter in the air for long in the sim, now I can fly as long as I want, and do some basic mameuvers.
Malcolm