So, how do you drive this thing then?

[Murv]

Hi Chris
After reading the threads no one has mensioned a Flight Sim?? (Pheonix Sim) this will save you pockets of £££££££.
Yes we all have been their Crash, Smash, Repair. and learn't the hard way, then No Money left .
you should be a Pilot in no time Have fun.

Thanks for that, I do intend to get Phoenix (read so many good things about it elsewhere) but the plan was really to get that a little bit in the future when I was thinking about getting something CP and a bit bigger.
This was supposed to just be a fun, fly around the front room jobbie!
I didn't think I'd need a sim to fly the SR but was thinking about grabbing a copy today

[dieselcarb]

if you are as u say you are i.e first heli ever and reaction and that the sim will even be hard but after say 10 hours practice over a cople of days or even weeks u may be ok u may still be poo but when u look back its like wow 1st go was usless but look at me now i can 1)i can hover in the space of a carpark for mor than 5 seconds b4 crashing or 2) look at my 3d masters here i come

sims are worth it even if just to get u started but u will probly still use it after u can fly comfortably