Sorry, but I searched out this old post and wanted to add to it. It kind of gets my back up when people say a sim won't teach you to fly for real. I'm wondering if those who make such statements have ever used a flight sim like G4. Addmittedly, I've never flown for real, although I know when I eventually do I'll know which direction to push/pull the sticks in relation the the aircrafts orientation. I think that combined with landing has got to be the hardest part of learning how to fly RC planes.

A friend of mine who's been flying for 30+ years is a strict non-believer of flight sims, he refuses to even talk about them brushing them of as a total waste of time. I just think he's just being ignorant, if he'd actually expierenced using the sim I might value his opinion. I think Realflight G4 is a brilliant bit of kit and I highly recommend other beginners using it. I'm sure it has saved countless people of having to splash out cash on repairing/replacing planes.

Cheers Ian