Just installed FSone last night. I'm running mine on a brand new machine I built running Vista premium. It is a fairly fast machine (Core 2 Duo E4300, 2gb 667, Sata 3.0 16mb wd, 7300 GT) however installation took me about 3 hours! This is probably because Vista has a pretty tough security layer that probably gets in the way of every individual file transfer. Anyway after install the simulator runs VERY fast and smooth on my machine. Going between menu's and returning to the flying field doesn't take more then several seconds maybe 4-5. FPS with max detail is over 100 in most situations.

My background. I have been flying RC since 1992. I started at age 11. I'm about to turn 27. I have flown a variety of airplanes from trainers to warbirds to gas/electric aerobatic and 3D planes, 170mph pylon racers electric and gas. and a large variety of slope gliders. I have been dynamic soaring gliders for a few years now and have gone 213 mph with a 60" glider.

So far after a few hours of playing around I am blown away by the realisim. Learning how to switch views in flight to gain proper perspective has been the only obsticle I have had to deal with. Everything I have flown seems to handle right on the money to me. The ground handling is especially impressive. I was able to to take off, pull off all my old tricks, and land without fuss. This means I didn't have to learn to fly the simulator. This goes to show how well the physics were designed. The slope flying was quite realistic as well. I especially liked the feel of the plane when I would put the crow on and hover it in for a landing. I havn't tried dynamic soaring yet or some of the more advanced manuvers to really test out the physics but at least for a general modeller I feel this will be a great tool to improve your flying. I played with G3 at a hobby shop a few months back and I felt the realisim wasn't quite there enough to get me to buy it. It didn't have nearly as natural a feeling to the real thing. I really feel this is a tool that can teach someone how to fly.

I will post more as I learn more about the sim and fly more.

Some airplane suggestions:
Plyon racers! F3D/F5D/F3B/Q40/Q500
Slop Racing! F3F with flags and times (I didn't see this feature if it does exist).

No comment on helicopters as I have never flown on.