hi all, i did some searching but didnt find much of what i was looking for. I recently bought a alpha trainer 40 from hangar 9 that came with the cockpit master hangar 9 edition sim. Ive only flown the actual plane like 3 times with my trainer at the club and i was being very very cautious and doing just basic circles around the field. seemed simple enough, and the sim seems super easy also. is this a false sence of security?? i know this isnt the best sim out there but it was free with the plane. Seems like im already bored with the sim, already flown under picknic tables and under signs and stuff. i guess what im asking is this sim even close to what i will experience with the actual model once i move on from the simple paths and training stuff my trainer is teaching me?? also why does landing seem soo damn easy with this sim??? cuz i know it isnt gonna be that easy when my trainer gives me the ok to try to land, thanks for any opinions and help, cya, Dave oh and say hi to my pilot "punkster the hampster" below

Are you man enough to fly pink

The best thing to get out of using the sim is to remember that sometimes to go left you have to move the stick to the right. Use the sim to master the basic controls.

Every sim I have flown, is very unrealistic. They are all way to easy to fly and the airplanes do unrealistic things.

If you keep in mind that your real plane will not be as forgiving as the sim, and that the sim should just be used to learn when left is right, then you should be just fine.

Good luck
BZR

sorry its not pink, its just the crappy camera (phone cam) that makes it look pink

Also, keep in mind that on the sim, you can basically keep circling yourself where at the flying field you will likely have to keep your plane out in front of you to one side. When practicing on the sim you should treat the runway as a flight line and work on always staying on one side of it.

I bought the Arrrow trainer and it also comes with the cockpit master sim. I have just started using it and haven't successfully landed more than twice in a row, but am having trouble setting the trim on mine. Talking to the guys at the local shop, they haven't had a chance to do anything with the cockpit master to see how realistic it is to flying the real thing. I also haven't gassed my plane up, or even bought the glow charger because of the trim problems. I have been told that realflight's sim is accurate on the trainers, and have compared the two and haven't found that much difference <except the limitation on what planes you have to try> By my comparing the two myself, and assuming the g2 is accurate, the cockpit master seems to be okay. The ease of landing that you were talking about may be just pure natural talent, or the plane is that forgiving. My constant crashes may warrant another post later if I don't figure out what's going on.

Has Style: In flying the real RC planes.....shove the stick towards the low wing to level wings when plane is coming at you. Its a piece of cake. Good luck Capt,n

Keep at that simulator, it will shorten up your training time.

The Arrow is a good, stable trainer. If you're already bored with the simulator, chances are you'll be wringing out the Arrow at the field. I did see one break a wing, a former student of mine didn't take my advice about pulling the throttle back when pulling out of loops.

So, I advise, learn throttle management. Learn everything you can with that first plane, until you can do all that stuff at the field that you do on the sim. Don't fly under the picnic table, though. Get a Limbo contest going, and do it on the field.

You will find other planes more exciting, but that Arrow will take you a long ways. Be sure to get your money's worth out of it!

Good luck,
Dave Olson

the sim dose make it seem more easy however i found it more useful learnign how to judge the distance and just perspective of how the plan looks it dose help but the best way to learn still is with a buddy box on the real ting

GOOD LUCK