Inverted flying - Simulator vs real stuff

[Bryce Allcorn - BritFlight.co.uk]

Hi All,

 

As some of you may have read, I've had to brush up a lot on my heli flying as part of my additional job with the Hampshire Fire & Rescue RC helicopter.  So I've been using the simulator and a few of my helicopters to get up to scratch.

 

But on the simulator the mind starts to wander and I start doing silly things including inverted flying - how realistic is the Phoenix when compared to the real thing when flying inverted?    Not confident enough to try it out on any of my babies yet! 

 

Cheers

 

Bryce

[Dave Bran]

Hi Bryce,

 

Depends on the Sim's physics, the specific model maker's physics accuracy, etc, etc, etc, etc............

 

In the case of Phoenix and the TRex 450 (I actually have a GL450SE but hey, they are the same), loops, rolls and inverted are VERY accurately portrayed.

 

I went for ages on the Sim not having the bottle to do it for real....and when I did, if "felt" just the same...................................as the modern idiom goes......simples..................

[Olly Giles]

I would have to agree. I fly F3A and the patternships on phenoix sim behave almost identicle to the ones i fly.

[simon burch]

I don't think it's the same, purely due to the fact that you are not worried about crashing and damaging your heli, or causing potential injury to anyone watching. However, I think sims are brilliant tools for practicing and learning more advanced skills. For example, I can just about fly inverted backwards on the sim, but my attempts in real life have so far been rather poor, but I think I've avoided plenty of potential crashes because of the reactions I've built up during my time on the sim......bit like muscle memory I guess.

 

Trying hard to do about 20 minutes a night, can definitely see an improvement in my flying.

 

Cheers,

 

Simon