How accurate is Reflex??

[Crazy geezer]

hell guys. ive had a Reflex XTR for about a year and a bit now. my pc is sooo poweful, its a custom built mad gaming machine, and reflex runs soooooooo well on it at 1280x1024 85hz i get easily over 200 fps!!!!! it realy does rule.

transmitter ive got is a futaba FF7, and from my experience with aircraft. all the aircraft are very very realistic and a dream to fly.

but what about the helicopters??
as im getting a raptor 50 titan soon. would practising with a raptor 50 v2 on the pc, do anything to help me fly the thing in real life??

[the collective]

Reflex ix pretty close, but no simulator will be exactly like the real thing. One issue I have with Reflex is the gravity sometimes seems to be lower than in the real world.

It's not that big of a deal, what you want in the sim is to learn to control the heli in all orientations, and for that Reflex (or any of the sims out there) does a GREAT job.

[Rick Rotorhead]

For helis - set the Time Expansion Factor in 'Simulation Parameters' to 0.8 that will give a realistic response time and feeling of 'gravity' - if you want to sharpen up your refexes (excuse the pun) set the TEF to 0.6.........

Strangely, for planks, the standard TEF of 1 feels about right.

[the collective]

Gonna have to try that, thanks Rick!!

[Crazy geezer]

naaaa, dont touch the TEF, i found it out, most of us guys dont use governors, so disable the rpm control and throttle an pitch mixing off, then put the throttle channel on channel six, prebly a dial that u can turn. set throttle to maximum, blade rpms go to about 1900 rpm (raptor 50v2 tuning) and the thing takes off and responds just like it does in the videos u see. trust me, try it!!!!!!!

RPM governing OFF
and throttle an pitch mixing OFF
this is all under the model parameters section.

thanks

[sparky]

The radio I am using is for plankers, so shouldent I still keep the mixing on?