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So I've been considering getting into radio controlled helicopters. I race rc cars and sort of consider myself a wiz at it, but I know helicopters are a whole new ballgame. I've had realflight g3.5 for about seven to eight months and practice often. I can hover inverted, do various tricks, and fly backwards inverted {on a sim}. I don't know anyone who flies these, and plan on getting into it solo. I was just wondering if people who fly these for real consider the realflight sim just like the real thing. I know I can do alright as long as it is about the same as the sim. I also wondered if people who have been in it for a while can say that the real thing is much funner than the sim. I can play for a couple of hours at a time, but other times I seem to get sort of bored. I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on something that people get tired of. Main point; is the real thing a whole lot funner than the sim? Thanks for any advice.

[]TEX[]

Yes it is!

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I hope your right. I may have to get me one of the new E-flite Blade 400's. I know it isn't a beginners heli, but what the heck, I'll give it a try!

[]TEX[]

It's the best beginners heli for the money!

Skarn

I think it's a great beginner heli! Don't let the "FP crowd" tell you otherwise

But anyway, if you can do all that in a sim, you should do fairly well with the real thing. NO, it's not the same so don't get too confident strictly because of your sim experience....the sim is setup for a perfectly setup heli in ideal conditions. But at a bare minimum, you should be able to hover right off.

Good luck!
Skarn

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Thanks for the replies.