Originally posted by Stormovic
I personally dont need it. I do have a sim and when I cant get to the field to fly I use it instead. BTW the sim is in no way a game. Anybody that says so is blowing smoke.The copilot to me is "cheating" and anybody that has to fly with one is not really flying the heli he is just watching some gadget fly it for him. You cant say that you have mastered the heli if you have to use a copilot in my humble opinion. My grandmother could probably "fly" a heli if equiped with a copilot.
How is the co-pilot cheating? It doesn't fly the heli for you. It doesn't perform any maneuvers for you. It's no different than using the "reset" button when you crash in a sim. Except, in a sim, there's no worry if you crash, all you gotta do is start over.
On a real r.c. heli, if you could perform any maneuver you wanted, without fear of crashing, or making a mistake, wouldn't you choose that instead?
It's biased opinions like yours that turn a lot of potential newbies into nutcases.