Specifications

~$200 (score: 8/10)

Realflight G2

Realflight G2 has a pretty good helicopter flight model, and is a good simulator for learning

non-micro helicopter skills. The helicopter flight model is one of the best of all the flight sims

mentioned here, and it will probably be good enough to practice 3D aerobatics.

I would recommend practicing hovering on the Impala model initially, then later when you ac-

quire proficiency I would recommend buying the Add-ons 3 and practicing with the Raptor 30

model.

For some reason, many of the models in Realflight do NOT have the heading hold function en-

abled nor the revo mixing set up correctly. This means the helicopter will continually rotate and

be difficult to hover. If you have this problem, you should select "Copy Model" and enable the

heading hold gyro and also edit the radio to turn off the revo mixing. Add-on aircraft and

scenery packs are available.

Futher information available from www.realflight.com.

8.7. Realflight G3 w/USB Interlink

~$200 (score: 8/10)

Simulators