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RC Heli Simulator
Any
flight training should be coupled with time spent on a PC (or MAC)
based flight simulator. This is an invaluable tool to learn your
finger movements and orientation skills. Money spent in
simulation tools will be well spent and pay back in fewer crashes.
There is a number of ways to go in terms of investing in RC
flight simulation ranging from less than $25 to hundreds of $$.
Some Simulator software is free and some cost $$. Some simulators
include the Transmitter simulator and some don't.
All
that is needed for the downloadable software are USB 4 or 6ch simulator
boxes. 4 Channel is fine in most cases and the 6Ch simulators don't
always offer much more to the experiance.
USB simulator boxes
Esky Simulator at Hobby Partz
Esky Simulator at Xheli
RCtech Simulator at Xheli
Simulator at DealExtreme (allow 2 weeks for delivery)
Useful comparrison chart of simulators
RC simulators you can download to use with USB simulator boxes
FMS (free) (PC and Mac versions)
Clearview ($39)
Heli-X (free version and Pay version) (PC, Linux and Mac versions )
Preflight Sim ($29) (3D glasses version)
HeliSIMRC (Free) (Marks Heli Sim)
RC Simulators that require you to use your own Transmitter (adaptor supplied)
Pheonix RC (PC-MAC) Available at ReadyHeli
RC Simulators that include a special Transmitter box
FSone
Great Planes Realflight Available at HobbyPeople.com
Reflex
Aerofly