Originally Posted by
helimutt
The FS2004 software is used for IR training (FNPT2) at a couple of the UK IR training providers so it can't be that bad!
Actually yes it can..... I've spent a fair bit of time in these sims and they are entirely useless for learning the mechanical skills required for hovering and the transitionary periods. Once in the cruise, the pedals are far too sensitive and the torque vs pedal relationship is not accurate.
Also, in the 2004 version try an auto - if you lower the collective all the way down, the RPM goes down - raise the collective a bit, and you can maintain the RPM
However, once you're in the cloud, and being extremely careful with pedal inputs, the basic sim is OK for teaching procedures and scan.
BG.