False sense of security?
12-04-2003, 11:15 PM
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False sense of security?
I flew a trainer one time for about 10mins, above 5 years ago. I have never flown another R/C plane since or before that. I borrowed a friend's Realflight Lite, and I mastered the trainer in one night. I can fly it without crashing on landing and I can do rolls, and tons of other strange flips and spins that I dont know what they are lol. I can also do all of this with a solid wind speed of 5 with gusts up to 12 mph. I have the the "Smooth - Gusty" setting, set in the middle.
Do you think flightsims could give you false sense of security?
Is the flightsim a lot easier than the "real" thing? I would assume, atleast a little? Because in real life, I'm sure you're more cautious since you have a $500+ plane in the air without a reset button.
Do you think flightsims could give you false sense of security?
Is the flightsim a lot easier than the "real" thing? I would assume, atleast a little? Because in real life, I'm sure you're more cautious since you have a $500+ plane in the air without a reset button.
12-04-2003, 11:26 PM
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RE: False sense of security?
The flight sim will get rid of the most common thing for new fliers: throwing the sticks the opposite way you should and hence causing a potential crash. Also tying to get an instructor to meet you at the field all the time gets old. To shorten your time spent with instructors do the sim. I like instructors, they just never seem to be able to fly when I can.
So here's an idea. Get a sim, practice all winter, get an instructor in spring and fly. You could be solo in a month or two depending how natural you are. Took me two months but my instructor was very conservative (and darn good!!!).
Joe
So here's an idea. Get a sim, practice all winter, get an instructor in spring and fly. You could be solo in a month or two depending how natural you are. Took me two months but my instructor was very conservative (and darn good!!!).
Joe
12-05-2003, 03:26 AM
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RE: False sense of security?
I solo'd today for the first time, what a blast! There is no doubt in my mind that sims are worth their weight in gold. I bought the Nextstar trainer from hobbico, it comes with a realflight sim that features the same plane. My plane behaves exactly like it did on the sim. Funny thing though; takeoffs- which seem a no-brainer on the sim, were more challenging for real. Landing was the same. If you havent got a plane yet, I would highly reccomend the Nextstar, it's everything they say it is, Happy flying!!
12-05-2003, 03:33 AM
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RE: False sense of security?
Oh ya, I practiced my sim for about a week, with no prior experience. Had a good instructor by my side, no buddy cord. You can do it.
12-05-2003, 07:46 AM
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RE: False sense of security?
I learned the old fashioned way,wish i had a sim back then to practice.Its all about getting use to your equipment,after 20 hours or so you won't get mixed up in what way you are suppose to turn.Its like playstation or nintendo at first you make the wrong moves but practice makes perfect.Also fly the sim as if you were really in the air,use all your skill to get out of a possible crash.
