are helicopters that hard to fly? or to learn how to fly? my impression is that they are, as i was told many years ago by a friend that owned a hs (like 16 years ago) took him a long time just to learn how to hover.. anyone know where i can get a copy of some free simulator software???
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You won't find anything close to the real thing for free. I own a heli, and when I learned to hover, it was scary. I got RealFlight G2, and spent many, many hours to master the heli before I took my real one out again.
Learning the hover, nose right, nose left, nose out, and nose in, will cost you well over 2 gallons of fuel. Next you have to learn how to do an 'engine out' autorotation landing before you can start to fly.
Helis are costly, and just like a real one, require a great deal of maintenance and inspection.
Any software you can pirate or download will be more like a game, and not a simulator. RealFlight G2 is for real, and if you're serious about getting a heli, I would strongly advise that you get the program first. You might get irritated when you see how difficult they are to learn on, and save yourself the cost and damage of trying to learn on an R/C heli.
The are amazing flying machines when you learn how to do it. You might want to visit a local flying field and talk to the heli fliers there. The planes are a great way to start, so you might want to look into those first.
G2 comes with an exact radio with a USB interface, so every thing is exactly as it would be in real. There are also planes as well as helis. It's about $220, but you're not paying for fuel or damage.
Learning the hover, nose right, nose left, nose out, and nose in, will cost you well over 2 gallons of fuel. Next you have to learn how to do an 'engine out' autorotation landing before you can start to fly.
Helis are costly, and just like a real one, require a great deal of maintenance and inspection.
Any software you can pirate or download will be more like a game, and not a simulator. RealFlight G2 is for real, and if you're serious about getting a heli, I would strongly advise that you get the program first. You might get irritated when you see how difficult they are to learn on, and save yourself the cost and damage of trying to learn on an R/C heli.
The are amazing flying machines when you learn how to do it. You might want to visit a local flying field and talk to the heli fliers there. The planes are a great way to start, so you might want to look into those first.
G2 comes with an exact radio with a USB interface, so every thing is exactly as it would be in real. There are also planes as well as helis. It's about $220, but you're not paying for fuel or damage.
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Good advice, Rolex. I have realflight too. I was suprized how hard it is to hover on realflight, and from what I understand, the real thing is even harder. I think real model planes are easier to fly than on realflight, but real helis are harder.
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Actually, both are slightly easier to fly in real, only the helis are harder to learn either way.
It's a simulator, or a learning tool for the real thing, so the helis are a bit more 'twitchy' on RealFlight. If you can master it on G2, you're good to go in real life.
Just like the computer radio needed to fly an R/C heli, G2 allows you to custom mix and adjust the controls to your liking.
It's a simulator, or a learning tool for the real thing, so the helis are a bit more 'twitchy' on RealFlight. If you can master it on G2, you're good to go in real life.
Just like the computer radio needed to fly an R/C heli, G2 allows you to custom mix and adjust the controls to your liking.
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thx for your feedback fellas, was planning on using some sort of software to learn with but now I'm convinced that realflight G2 is the way to go, its not cheap but like u said its worth it, so G2 has planes and choppers?
Thx again
Thx again
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Yep, a lot of each.
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Also downloads of G2 planes and helis that have been modified. You can almost custom build what you want to resemble the real R/C plane you want to fly. Airplanes are nitro or electric, and you can change the motors and cells to whatever you want.
Also some turbine jets there.
Also some turbine jets there.
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Both I and Imbroken saw some pretty good Heli Pilots a couple of weekends ago. These guys were good. Not sure if I can trust myself with something so expensive...... Looks like a blast though.
