I've purchased cockpit master backyard edition. Let me say the graphics are incredible and a lot of thought went in to it. It's still a lot of fun to tool around in it.

I have a voodoo3 graphics card and I feel that I need at least a Geforce 3 card. When the graphics are intense my display rates go down to 15 or 16 frames per second a little choppy.

I forgot to mention that I have a duron 650 processor also. The main lag is my video card.

That being said it in no way compares to my Dave Brown Simstar flight simulator as far as flight response goes. Also I am learning to fly a helicopter using the Dave Brown simulator cannot do that with Cockpit master.

I think you could totoally learn to fly an airplane on the Dave Brown Simulator and feel comftable doing it. While you would learn the basic controls with Cockpit master it's speed would not quite prepare you for the real thing. The price of thirty dollars makes Cockpitmaster very attractive though.

But considering for 129.00 for theDave Brown simulator you get a control box and a heli sim and a more real flight response I would still go with the Dave Brown flight sim first, then add Cockpit master for kicks.


Jason