i downloaded FMS flight simulator off the internet and i was wondering iff you can hook a radio up to this with a cord or if you can just control it with your keyboard? any help would be helpful

Check out the forum and the links at the FMS site, there are cables you can buy or build. I use my Hitec Eclipse 7 and a homemade cable with FMS, I have a bunch of planes downloaded. Some of the planes were made for the older version, beta7, they still work with the alpha 8.5 version, but the don't have the right physics, you did get alpha 8.5, right? Any way, for now, you can use the key board, you can also change the way the keys are laid out, to be more like a tx. It does take a little work to get everything going, well worth it in the long run, let me know if I can help, Clink