Hope all you pros out there can help a newby
After always wanting a R/C Copter Plucked up courage and bought a Raptor 30 with Airtronics RD 6000 sport radio gear
Please advise whitch simulator is best as i don't want to cause too much damage first time out

Thx in advance

G2 Of Course!

And PLEASE make sure you FIND HELP!
setting up that Heli and USE a training gear!
AND ASK a lot of Q's in the Heli Section!
PLEASE PLEASE GET HELP!
Good Luck
Jeff

G2,
Nothing else comes close. LeeU

G2! Head and shoulders above the rest, IMHO.

Eric

Depends.......Free FMS, Not freeRFG2 all the way!!

G2 all the way,
I have the addons 1 2 3 & 4
I think it was addon 3 that had a raptor 30 & 60
I'd have to look at the box's
to make sure. Anyone know of hand
my box's are at home.

Volume 3 has the Raptors. I also agree that Realflight G2 is the best if you can afford it.

Thanks for all the Replys
Where is the cheapest place to buy G2

I would look at Tower Hobbies, I think they have it for $189.95 with a $20.00 gift certificate, one could get a add on volume for $9.00 more. LeeU

...Aero Flight Professional...

G2 by a mile

I have an HP computer that is two years old and put real flight on it. No I can't tell you what the specs for my computer are off the top of my head or what version of real flight I had (it was loaned to me by a freind). Anyway,,,, All the planes worked fine but the heli's were all grays and black with no background graphics at all. Does this sound like my video card was to small? If so can you upgrade these. If so can you recommend one. Also if I buy a new computer, what will it need to run all the bells and whistles real flight has. Thanks

Hello Gary! how much is the aero flight pro?? do you really like it/ could you give me any info on it/ THANKS! ED

...i really do prefer it over Real Flight - IMO, maybe they tried to do too much with the scenery in Real Flight - the quality of the scenery is very good but, again IMO, the quality of the model image is not as good as AFP - i used the feature in Real Flight that makes the model image bigger after so many feet when doing a pass - it still seemed like to me that the model disappeared too fast when doing a flyby even at slower speeds - even at closer distances i had a harder time determining the model's attitude to input the proper correction than with AFP - the result? - eyestrain and headaches when i used it for very long...

...to me, the model appears larger & clearer in AFP (scenery not as good as G2) - it doesn't disappear as fast & is easier to determine the position for stick inputs (in longer sessions, i still get eyestrain - just not as bad)...

...the model seems more accurate in knife edge and hovering (others who have used both have mentioned this)...

...i think setting up your trims and mixes may be a little trickier than Real Flight - but i'm getting pretty realistic hovering on the Cap without having to play around with the setup too much - in other words, i'm able to do this without knowing all the intricacies of the mixing and trim setup - plus, the AFP models "right out of the box" are pretty much in trim...

...the helis seem very sensitive even with a lot of expo and i have to play with the throttle ATV every new session to get a good hover (if i removed the ratchet on my airplane transmitter it would probably take care of that) - overall, it still seems pretty realistic on the helis, too, but i've never flown a helicopter, so i'm not really qualified to make an informed judgment on the helis in AFP...

...AFP certainly has its shortcomings, like all simulators, but it is accurate enough that i think it has helped me in hovering, flat spins, knife edge spins, etc...

...i use my Hitec Prism computer radio with it - it works fine with the interface version that uses the serial port, $150 from Hobby Lobby - to do the 2 player stuff you need the Game Commander version which sells for $190 - you need a serial port and a game port for this one - i have a newer HP Media Center computer - no game port so i couldn't get the 2 player version...

...a comment from the Hobby Lobby computer tech - "they need to upgrade to the USB interface" - probably right (i have USB and Firewire ports accessible from the front of my computer), but it seems to work fine through the serial port...

Hello Gary! thanks alot for the info! I cant afford a real good simulator now so i ordered a fms for my xp windows! guess it wont work very good but for now it all i can afford! thanks again Gary for your input! BEST ED

...i'm not familiar with FMS, but i'm sure any of them should help you with orientation, etc. - none of the sims can be 100% accurate - just like there's an adjustment when you go from flying one model to another, there's a certain amount of adjustment when going from flying a sim to flying the real thing...

I haven't had a chance to try anything but FMS and G2, and obviously there's no comparison between *them*. The biggest problem with realism in G2 for me is that it's like flying with blinders on, since you're looking through the limited area screen (although I suppose if you had a 60" screen at 4096x2048 resolution this wouldn't be a problem ). G2 also has some reality problems with ground handling and elsewhere, but for the most part it's so close to real that it doesn't matter for the purpose of learning to fly. Where it falls down some times is in accurate portrayal of a specific powerplant/plane combination.

G2 !

G2 really helped me get up to speed. I was a complete beginner for both planes and heli.

Bought the G2 and practiced on it for about 1 month.

Then to my surprise I managed to solo and land my plane on my second flight.

Did the same for my heli. Practiced the Raptor on my G2 and finally got my real Raptor 30.

Took 7 days from hover to high speed transition flight.

Heli log:-
day 1:- Low hover with traning skids.
Day 2:- High hover with traning skids and side to side slips.
Day 3:- Hovered without traning skids and side to side slips.
Day 4:- Precision hover and spot landing.
Day 5:- Short low speed forward flight and reversing back.
Day 6:- Low seed transition flight @ 50 feet.
Day 7:- High speed transition flight @ 50feet.

Now that's G2 for you. Need I say more?