Good move Dave.

An other bit of advice for you once you get the sim out of the box... You'll need to make this 'transmitter' a heli radio as they all come shipped as an 'airplane' radio.

Here's the small modification you'll be glad you've done ... You'll notice the transmitter's throttle/collective stick (left hand stick) has a notchy/detent feel as you move it up and down, this is fine for airplane flying but NOT good for heli flying/ hovering. Open up the back of the TX (transmitter) and you'll see a thin metal 'tab' with a "V" groove resting on the throttle's notchy gimbal, take the tab off and somehow flatten it out by using a vise or a heavy duty pair of pliers and/or bend the tab away from the gimbal, you're objective here is to have a SMOOTH throttle stick travel with no detents.


.... YES, the stick is that sensitive to movement between the 'airplane' style notches.

Doing this mod has no impact on flying airplanes on your sim [8D]

When you step up and buy an actual heli, get a 'Helicopter' version radio with it... no modification is required.