ORIGINAL: jerrymac

A friend of mine flys planes and has Real Flight G4. While visiting him one day I tried out the helis on G4, and it is fun if you like to play games. I was a 3D master on my first attempt at it. Even the small helis seem to fly themselves on G4. As I mentioned above, I use Clearview now, but I might upgrade to Phoenix some day. The Realflight G4 might be good for planks, but it sure didn't impress me for helis since they pretty much fly themselves. I am sure that you will read many opinions as to what is "the best" but remember that these are just others opinions. Is Clearview "the best"? Certainly not, but your quest was for a decent lesser expensive sim and I think it fits the bill. Just like many people will tell you that Align Trex helis are the best. Are they? Not from all the info that I read. They are very well designed and built helis, but there are better ones if you want to spend the money. This hobby is no different than many others. Sometimes name recognition doesn't always mean that you are getting the best quality. My wife drives a Cadillac. Is it a good car? Yes it is in my opinion, but, I would never own any other GM product cause IMO they are junk. Our other 5 vehicles are all FORDS.Are Fords "top of the line"? Nope, just our preference since we had real good luck with them. Don't believe everything you read, including my post cause like others, I am just stating my own opinion.