How realistic to Realworld?

[scolex]

I know this is a sim, but I have never flown an RC before? So do you think 100hrs+ on G4 will Vastly or just somewhat improve my chances of landing without a crash? any info would be great. I do best with the Yak with gyros for landing, go into stall, hover, tail down (hanging on the prop) just as the tail touches then forward/ and no power. thanks :) Or even just alround for the sim?

[opjose]

The sim will help to hone your "muscle memory", and reflexes.

It also helps to learn orientation.

When I flew my first RC plane after practicing with the sim for many months, I never had to think about which way the plane was facing and how to control it given it's orientation.

Also sims are fantastic to learn how to control a plane when you can no longer tell which way it is pointed... something that happens far too often in the real world.

Learn how to fly a plane fully zoomed out with the plane only a dot in the G3/G4 sky...

The sim DOES NOT, instill that terror you feel on your first flight.

You will never feel as squeemish with a sim, as you do when you solo and certify.

Even though the sim provides for simulated failures, it's not the same thing as when you find that you've lost a control channel on a real RC plane while it is in the air.

The sim is not good at simulating mistuned engines ( HINT, HINT, HINT KE! ).

The sim does not teach you how to trim out a new plane on it's first flight. ( HINT, HINT KE both of these are "doable" ) while dealing with a mistuned engine.

You need buddy box/instructor experience.

What the sim will reduce your training time GREATLY.

Mine involved 3 training session ( I certified on my third session ) . It would have been only 2 had I not been so nervous about things.

DO NOT forgo a trainer/instructor. The instructor will teach you things, just looking over your plane, that you will not learn elsewhere.

If you want to avoid crashes the instructor combined with the simulator are a great combination.

[flip3d]

I know this is a sim, but I have never flown an RC before? So do you think 100hrs+ on G4 will Vastly or just somewhat improve my chances of landing without a crash? any info would be great. I do best with the Yak with gyros for landing, go into stall, hover, tail down (hanging on the prop) just as the tail touches then forward/ and no power. thanks :) Or even just alround for the sim?
Vastly

[jbourke]

The best thing you can do for yourself as a budding R/C pilot is put in as much time on the simulator as you can. I've taught many people to fly and simulator users learn much, much faster.

Jim