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I've been flying the real-flight sim for about 2 weeks now and have actually become very good. I left the trainers behind a while ago and for some reason just love the bi-planes. I started flying the Super Skybolt as my "second plane" in the simulator, but have recently decided that I like the Ultimate a lot more (the Skybolt doesn't pitch up and down very well from the elevator, although it rolls very fast... the Ultimate rolls just as fast but can also do a loop in half of the space the Skybolt takes). I've actually become very good at what I call "military aerobatics". I certainly can't do the precise, scripted type of stuff that the pro RC pilots can, but I am already very good at all of the basic combat moves like immelman, split-s, barrel rolls, wing overs... I can really put on a decent airshow with those types of moves.

Landing is very, very easy. It is obvious that the sim is providing much more leway for landing that reality and I consider any sim landing that bounces or is not near perfect to be a crash. Even so, I rarely land in a way that I would think would be a crash in real life. Since winter is here I am probably not going to get a plane until spring and just fly the sim for a few months, but I wouldn't be worried about trying to fly without an instructor at this point... but I'll still use one just to be safe.

I am probably going to get an Ultimate after the trainer now instead of a Skybolt. The Skybolt is very pretty, but I don't like how it pitches up/down almost as weak as a trainer.