So I downloaded the demo version of RealFlight G3 and have been playing it for the last hour and what can I say but it is a blast! I thought it would be lame, but it is actually a lot of fun. I remember trying it out at the hobbyshop a few months back and honestly I didn’t get it. The planes’ movements felt fake and I kept crashing and I didn’t know why. Well that was before I actually owned a real plane. Now that I’ve got several hours of flight time under my belt with the Super Cub, I can say that the G3 simulator feels amazingly realistic and acts a lot like my cub does when I’m flying it. The graphics are pretty sweet too, with the mountains and trees in the background. The demo gives you one plane and one helicopter with one playing field, but so far it’s been plenty to keep me entertained. The plane has ailerons too, so I’ve been able to see what it would be like to fly a plane with ailerons. At first it was harder and I kept nosing into the ground, but after several tries I was getting the hang of it. Now I’m doing perfectly straight barrel rolls, inverted flight and other type stunts. I think the plane is easier to fly with the ailerons. If you choose to not use them, and just use the rudder and elevator is actually behaves a lot like the Super Cub, I mean it feels like I’m out in the back flying it around. Except when I crash there’s no harm done, just hit the spacebar and I’m off flying! Cool! I’m glad I tried out this demo, again, since I think with some practice I may be more ready for a plane with ailerons then if I went into it completely cold. Sure you’re using the arrow keys on a keyboard instead of the actual radio, but it’s still good practice. The helicopter is pretty cool too, but what a pain to fly! I think for now I’ll stick to planes. The next one I’ve been eyeing is Parkzone’s Spitfire, due out this February. It’s a warplane, similar to the other two they make, but it’s got a few features that are an improvement over their other warplanes, one of them being a better radio and 3-wire servos. The plane looks freaking cool too, and it has the ailerons so it can do way more tricks. Drop a 3-cell lipo and brushless motor into that bad boy and you’ve got yourself a world-class World War fighting machine. And seriously just playing around with the demo of Realflight G3 Simulator makes me want to get one even more.
