ORIGINAL: JChrisjohn
What does the " dura plane is a dog mean" and I pretty good with the sim, I fly the yak 54 and funtan 40 99% of the time, I can take off fly where I want to fly and land where I want to land I can hoover the planes like a helli for a while, I am just getting to where I don;t have to think about the sticks just move them according to what the plane is doing maybe I will make a video of me on the sim and post it, that might be kinda fun, what do you guy's think.
I hear this alot, the sim is not quite the same as the real thing and flying a Yak 54 and Funtana in a hover is not what you need to be practicing to make a sucessful flight with the real deal. Fly the trainer only and practice making turns while maintaining altitude, figure eights for orientation and touch and goes from both ends of the runway. I know it sounds monotonous and it is but it will make a difference.
The Duraplane remark? alot of people feel that the Duraplane was built to handle a crash with minimal damage but by building it this way it was not built to fly very well. The wing loading on a duraplane is much higher than any other trainer out there so it needs to be flown faster and lands faster, not a good combo for a beginner.