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52 of 52 persons found the following review helpful.
Just as advertised
By R. Simpson
If you are mesmerized in learning to fly a radio-controlled (R/C) airplane or helicopter, this is the most finish yet inexpensive way to try it out. The item holds a controller (the gadget you use to tell the plane where to fly) and the simulator software. The controller just plugs into your PC USB port. Load the software from the CD and off you go! Be sure to go to the Controller menu and calibrate the controller before you try to fly. You will have to reverse assorted of the controls and re-assign the throttle control to the proper control stick.
The software is FMS, public-domain software that has not been upgraded in assorted years. There are hundreds of plane “models” for this software posted around the web.
Considering that this competes with various mercantile packages that list at $200-$300, it does an OK job. The huge problem is that the simulator makes flying too easy. If you go to the field having only flown this software you will find the “real world” flight much more challenging. Also, the “world” in this simulator is very small. You will fly “out of the world” very quickly. The R/C airplane you fly in “the real world” may cost various hundred dollards, so if this saves you one crash it has paid for itself.
19 of 19 humans found the following review helpful.
Has trained a LOT of new RC Pilots
By Chief Redelk
I’ve been flying RC since 1980. Been Teaching it since in regards to 1984…Back then I used a card board mock up air plane and a broom stick to instruct students how to push the aileron stick beneath the low wing when the plane is coming toward them and to push it on top of the high wing when it’s going away..
It was hard work and most students had with regards to 30 hours on the buddy box before their introductory solo with ME standing there keeping the main controller button down and talking them to the ground…
NOW my occupation is easy due to this cheap simulator..I’ve had one for years and it’s still going strong..It’s started a lot of kids on the path to flying RC.
I instruct students the major flight controls using this box and when they get the real plane they recognise what stick does what to the airplane..
They learn how to take off without stalling,, How to dead stick land, How to land with some power to smooth it out and how to stop run way bounce by quick throttle bursting.
I read all the bad remarks with regards to this basic unit and just shake my head in disbelief.
People who came into RC with the newer imagination stuff available can’t be grateful for the basic training tools as much as those of us who had none. The price for this is unbelievably cheap equated to the old buddy box schemes I paid extra for back in the day.
If someone will put at least 30 hours severe training into this unit. They may learn to power up in low wing situations. Learn to land beneath power and or dead stick. Learn to take off and NOT stall and learn to use all 4 channels effectively.
They will be competent to fly a simple high wing trainer with little to no support at all.
NEVER commence off with a 3 channel trainer. Bad counsel that keeps getting worse..
Three channel trainers are sold by persons who like marketing RC planes. You buy one of them, then you need another plane shortly thereafter… That is a waste of cash IMHO.. There are things a 4 channel may do that a 3 channel may only dream of..
Just buy a good 4 channel trainer to get started with and use this system to learn when it comes to it’s controls BEFORE you go out to fly it…Practice slipping on this unit and when you need to land in a short runway you may stand a chance..Cross the rudder and aileron sticks and see how the plane responds..just play with the box.. It’s a great teacher.
NEVER rush into flying. When you are comfortable flying all the fixed wing planes on this system you will be more convinced with the real thing when the time comes.
Sure it’s gonna be dissimilar but when your activenesses become automatic without having to stop and think which way do I push the stick, you will save a lot of cash on repairs and be ready to take on the 4 channel trainer type of plane….
My grandson learned with this unit and my instructions. He has NEVER crashed his plane and he’s been flying for over a year…
I only wish this had been available and sold THIS CHEAP back in the early 80′s…
You don’t need anything better to learn how to get a fixed wing plane up in the air and back down intact..
I would venture to guess that hundred’s, if not thousands, of persons have learned to fly using this cheap little training system.
When you may get the plane in the air and down safely the AIRPLANE becomes all THE TRAINING SYSTEM you need..
A real RC airplane is better to learn your imagination flying on than the most pricey simulator because it’s the real deal..All planes fly differently anyhow..
I had rather spend my extra cash on my Airplanes than costly simulators..
Go get one of these and learn to fly.. Don’t let the nay sayers admonish you..It works and works well.
I still use mine and make a flight or two almost most each night before bed time.
Every plane I’ve purchased in the past 4 years is still flying.
Using this does away with a lot of pilot error which equals less crashes which equals more saved cash to spend on more air planes or LiPo batteries.
The time comes when a piece of instrumentation fails and yes,,if we fly we may suppose to at last crash .
BUT for the well trained pilot.. more than likely it’s gonna be instrumentation failure not mute thumbing…So exercise on this and your planes will live longer..
I use this each day and my reflexes are mechanically trained to rectify in the right direction…I just respond like a piano player never giving it a thought.
If you need a Better simulator then you may be expecting to learn from a simulator, most of the same things you may learn from your airplane.
A basic simulator gets you in the air. Your airplane teaches you how to do the stunts etc…
If you genuinely want to fly RC planes then this is all the simulator you ought to need to get you flying a fixed wing craft..
A more costly simulator is good for fun flying if you want to spend the cash and exercise your stunts and imagination stuff at home.
Just do not forget this cheap scheme is plainly for instructing you the fundamental principle of flight and it’s occupation is to get you flying where you use your own plane to exercise your imagination stuff at the field..
It’s not fancy, but it does the occupation and even teaches you the basi principles of slips, stall turns, spins, inverted flight, landings, stalls and recovery and much more….
Can you tell I like it? It’s been good to me and mine..
16 of 17 persons found the following review helpful.
Buy it for the controller. Toss the software in the trash!
By JMF
The controller is outstanding and feels incisively like my LP5DSM. But I was unable to load the software on Vista, even after installing the missing DLL. I purchased the Clearview software available on line and get enjoyment from it.
Remember, this is not a video game: it’s a plain-jane tool to help you fly RC helicopters, so don’t suppose an astounding graphics experience.
Buy it for the controller, which is worth $20.
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