Realism of flight in G3.5

[trillian]

There are lots of opinions out there and bout what is the best heli sim. I just looked at a website where someone was saying that G3 /3.5 was not realistic at all and that they recommend Reflex.

OK, so can someone bottom-line this for me; Any of you who are flying the real thing - if there is a counterpart in Realflight (for example raptor 30 and 60), is RealFlight accurate?

I have been flying on RF G3.5 for some time now and I am just now moving from the virtual world into the world of real RC helis. I don't want to be learning all sorts of bad habits if RealFlight is not accurately representing the way the real helis fly.

(Now I have been flying fixed-wing and in that regard I find RF to be quite accurate).

Many Thanks,
-trillian
(I am running RF G3.5 with all the add-ons and heli physics at max settings, Pentium D940, Nvidia 6800GT PCIe, 19" TFT)

[kama1]

dont worry
realflight will get you up in the air....just have to treat the sim like the real thing and it will be fine :mrgreen:

[Jermo]

I agree with Kama1 mostly. I fly the T-Rex450SE. The biggest difference between the real copter and sim is collective management. The sim is easier on collective than my setup.

I did my first inverted hovers today on the real copter and found the feel to be almost the same. The biggest difference was depth perception. On the sim I can get the copter further away and still see it. At the field I stop seeing the copter at distance pretty quicly depending on background..ie tree's or sky.