Is this a good combo to consider? My LHS is offering me a deal on these two,, I checked the FSone website and, well I don't see the Spectrum Dx6 radio being mentioned much more than an afterthought.. and it seems only the Blade CP is listed as the only E-flite copter, no B400(?)

Thanks in advance for any insight on these!

From what I've been able to gather, FSOne isn't much of a heli sim at all. Most people seem to think that Phoenix is the sim to get if you're serious about Heli's. They even released a Blade 400 model recently.

I personally went with RealFlight G4 before I knew other sim's existed, and it's actually really nice. They have a virtual flight trainer that has 3 "pro" heli pilots showing you various moves and explaining what they're doing. You can see the transmitter sticks, so you can copy what they're doing when you start learning how to do 3D. They also have a heli orientation trainer where you have to learn hovering by following a computer heli from point to point, maintaining a hover in a specific spot. Do it several times, and it switched you to nose in hover... which is a lot harder. So it does have a lot to offer the Heli pilot!

Unfortunately, the fanbase behind G4 seems primarily airplane based, and almost all the models come from the fanbase... So while a Trex 500 showed up shortly after it was released, the Blade 400 is still nowhere to be found. I use a mini-titan as the model for that, since it seems a little less forgiving than the Trex 450 model, which gives you a false sense of confidence (because the model is so stable).

I got FSOne because my LHS had it. The flight characteristics of the helicopters aren't totally acurate, but it helped me to learn the stick positions of flying. I wish I could change the throttle and pitch curves because they aren't set like normal helicopters are. I think it is kind of funny that on the jet copter the blades are on backwards.

You can make your own pitch curves by modifying the text files. In your FS One program directory look for a folder called "RadioEquip". Inside there is a folder called "Tx". Inside there are folders for each transmitter. In that folder are the text files for the throttle and pitch curves, you can modify them to your liking.

I recommend making a copy of the transmitter in FS One and making the changes to that, and make backups of anything you change in case of mistakes.