Video/Simulator

[mojopt]

When does G3.5 cease to be a simulator trainer and become just another flight video game? I've read advice to avoid the "video game" aspect many times on HF.

I just want to stay away from the game aspect and do serious training. I do venture to other helis to see how they perform, but I retrurn to the t-rex 450XL for practice.

I read somewhere on HF that one should not fly more than one simulated model. I contend that hand-eye coordination exercise of any kind never hurts. Different models break up the monotony.

Whst do you all think?

[etrex]

personally I think its good to fly different models. I flew the dominion forever and then downloaded one of the early trex 450 models, It was so flighty that it was hard to control. much harder than the real thing. After awhile I would go back to the dominion and it seemed very slow..now I can go back and forth with no problem and I think it helped me to learn to actually fly the model as opposed to letting muscle memory just let your hands go through the motions. It used to be that I could fly the poop out of a manouver on g3 but it would be disasterous on my se.....It was becouse everything on the real model would have a slightly different rate on the controls and my fingers were just going through the motions they knew....sounds strange but when I finally learned to [fly the model] it made all the difference. I now fly an SE450 and a 500, so two totaly different machines. I think what most people mean by the video game aspect is that you should always fly like you are going to have to pay the bill when you crash....I had a problem with that and would just go hog wild all the time.....crash/reset/repeat. .. Its great fun but not as good for learning tool as making sure that you always have good control. good luck....... fly well, etrex

[Kindling Maker]

I agree with etrex, the more birds you fly the better off you are as long as you are flying them, and not just playing with them. Also set your failures so that things fail randomly, that helps you recognise when something is not right, and get the bird back and down safely,hopefully. 1to 1 pilots train for it during flight school, all the time.