ORIGINAL: Gray Beard
JR, the sim is good for a lot of things and I use one but they really aren't very good for comparing planes. Next time I fly a plane that handles anything like the sim plane will be the first time. I use mine a lot learning new stunts so I have the stick controls imprinted in my brain so I don't have to do very much thinking when I'm at the field and really flying the plane.
I like to turn the wind up with heavy gusts just to get my reactions up to par.
Now for a debate on Sims!!! We had a few before!!
I agree with you, I have Phoenix sim and I think it is very close to real, but I can always fly and land every plane on the sim a lot easier then in real life, I also turn up the wind and the gust, but it still is not quite the same.
Maybe when I feel rich, I will take the stuff out of the shoestring and put it into an comparable arf that I really don't care as much about and fly that.
Thanks guys
Jon