Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

I got g3 in the mail today. when it was being shipped to me I read what people here thought of it and I was not impressed. I would try g3, but then I can't return it. From what I here AFPD is so much better. I am really impressed with the screenshots and videos of it. Should I return g3 to Tower and buy Aerofly Pro deluxe?

BTW from what I hear you can flatspin with aerofly and not with realflight.

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

Yes return it and thank yourself later.

:D:D:D

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

RETURN IT SAVE YOURSELF THE TROUBLE

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

Better yet .. send it to me and I'll take care of it for you ;)

Carl

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

Heh-heh...good one, cfossa!

Charles

BTW, I'm not impressed with the photo backgrounds and 3d backgrounds included with AFPD...but then again, I'm not impressed with G3 either. ;-}

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

Return it!! Im most interested in the physics and AFP wins that hands down..

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

I have owned and flown RealFlight G2, Since upgrading to AeroflyPro It would take something really really huge to get me to look at any version of RealFlight again. . .

If you can send it back and go with AeroflyPro Deluxe with the Game Commander Controller, I am among those who will encourage you to help your self now while you can, you will not regret it, I feel very certain of that and I have not yet flown AFPD yet.

Good Luck.

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

I sent it back and just ordered AFPD. Can't wait to get it.

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

Very good decision!!!

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

PHew, I saw RF G2 and though it was the best thing out there... I thought the same of the Combat Flight Simulator 1, 2, & 3 until I tried IL 2 Sturmovik: forgotten battles or Pacific Fighters: they're at light years from Microsoft, both in details, accuracy, graphics... everything!

After reading the review written in this forum (it's nice to know I didn't waste 200$ [&:]), I think I should either try AF or Reflex, but I haven't seen them, so I guess it'll be kind of throwing a dice and picking up one.:D

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

instead of getting afpd, just get reflex xtr instead.
You'll thank yourself a lot more then you would if you got afpd.[8D]

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

I vote for AFPD over Reflex. I found it very difficult to do 3D with the giant scale Katana on Reflex. I properly setup 3D aerobat should not be that easy to snap or that hard to 3D. Perhaps one must modify the Reflex planes to do 3D, but the AFPD planes will do it right out of the box...flat spins and all.....

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

ya, its easy to 3d in afpd, TOO EASY which makes it less realistic.
I rathar learn on reflex because it is closer to real life and will teach better.

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

Alkaline - Have you ever flown a truely capable 3D plane in no wind conditions (I'm guessing when you tried AFPD you had no wind). Not wanting to fight but just make a point here. With a nice light 3D plane, I find it just as easy if not easier to fly than many planes on AFPD. Try the 80" Edge or the 79" Yak on AFPD. They are not as easy as the actual RC models.

But let's just assume that they are easier....what is a better way to learn 3D? With a plane that is too easy to 3D or a plane that is too hard to 3D? When you go to learn how to fly, do you pick the easiest planes to learn on (trainers) or the hardest ones? I know for a fact that most newbies wouldn't fair well with a turbine powered f-18 for their first plane.

I beat my head on the wall trying to learn rolling harriers with G2....but it was next to impossible with planes that couldn't harrier. I got AFP and learned them in a few hours....and guess what....took out my real planes and could do them also.

So I never got the answer to my earlier question...why does the Katana 3D on Reflex snap out so easily? Can settings be changed to make it better? I was just trying to do a simple pull up to hover it and it was harder than any plane in my hanger.

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

No in AFPD, a lot of typical habbits of planes have been removed.
e.g. they never snap at low speed when they should in reality.
They are perfectly balanced in the air every time as if they are flying some sort of jello almost


I have a hangar 9 120 size edge with o.s. 160
all digital servos/high torque

Reflex does a better job of showing out the plane handels iin real life. AFPD seems to easy.

RE: Should I return G3 for AFPD
 

That's what makes a good 3D plane, one that doesn't snap at low speed high aoa. Have you flown a 40% Edge? Have you seen one flown doing 3D? They don't snap at low speeds. In fact, the IMAC guys don't like the 3D planes because they don't snap cleanly at faster speeds. Comparing the 40% Extra on AFPD to your 120 Edge is not apples to apples. How do you think the TOC planes flying along at 30 - 40 MPH and pull full up elevator at 45 degrees don't snap? If you do this with a warbird, it should snap...but a 40% Katana set up for 3D should not. The maneuver is called the "Wall" and 3D capable planes do them all day long without snapping.

I agree that Reflex is very pretty. I also agree that it's physics are much better than G2 (I have not flown G3 but have read that it is not much better if any than G2). But take a look at the numbers on here who swear by AFPD for 3D physics. I think there may even be a poll on here with this.

So what did the original poster on this thread end up doing?