sim time how to keep it intersting

[Djhandz]

hi guys i know sim time is valuable but i find it so boring i have problems sticking with it. anybody got any tips to keep it interesting

thanks

[RCSimon]

What level of flying are you at? Trying new things and challenging yourself helps. Can you fly inverted / backwards?

[Djhandz]

hi and thanks. i would say my skill level is novice-intermediat i fly mainly sport and big air stuff. loops flips rolls stall turns can do inverted hover nose in thats about it i can not fly backwards or do inverted circuits

[GIXERMAN]

I would now learn backwards right way up, before doing inverted. That was my mistake, I also find sim boring but it will help you. I going to try use it this winter.

[RCSimon]

I agree with Gixerman - flying backwards is the way forwards!!

[Djhandz]

i will work on backwards flight. i can do backwards loops but thats not exactly backwards flight. i will try work on it

[Djhandz]

lol i like that flying backwards is the way forward.. i am on it thanks guys

[waveydavey]

I set myself goals and only practice one thing at a time, then take it to the field. I wouldn't have been able to fly backwards inverted without hours of sim time, it just didn't make sense to my noodle. Eventually it clicked but only after hours in a hotel room with Phoenix

[myxiplx]

The sim is like everything else with helicopters, it takes a bit of practice before you get used to it. The best tip to stop yourself getting bored is to stick to short sessions, and give yourself a goal of something to work on before you start playing about. Even if you just find time for a 15 minute session, if you can do that every day you'll be amazed how quickly you can start to learn new stuff.

I set my TX timer for the sim for 5 minutes, and I fly each 5 minute session as if it were a new pack. For the first 'battery' I'll generally pick something I want to learn, and spend 5 minutes working on that. I'll then work on something else for the next 5 minutes. Then once you've done 10 minutes of good practice, give yourself a break and just have fun messing about. Do some big air, try some autos, just relax and have fun.

The key thing is little and often. I used to arrive early at work, and spend 15 mins with a cuppa on the sim before the day started. I'd do a little at lunch, and then a little at the end of the day. You soon get into a routine and it slowly stops being something you have to force yourself to do, and ends up being just fun

If you want ideas for stuff you can practice in 5 mins, there's a ton of stuff you can try:
- Slow stationary piroettes (superb for learning orientations)
- Flying in each direction. Spend 5 mins trying to fly forwards, sideways and backwards
- Inverted hover (something you can really only learn with a sim)
- Flips

The more orientation skills you can work on in the sim, the less you'll crash in real life. It really will save you money, well until you start working on 3D, then it just gets expensive again! :-D

[jimmyhorns]

I too set my timer, and set a goal for the flight.

At the moment im practicing:

funnels and a pie dish of funnels
inverted hovering
inverted circuits
half piro flips

I stick to these 4 things, and for each 4 minutes, I practice just one, maybe two of them. I dont come back to them until I have worked my way through the others.


I suspect that if I was at the field I would be bored 10 minutes into flying, just because the brain power is gone after that time, and you need a little break to get yourself back together.

[Djhandz]

great info guys i am hearing what your all saying and your info has been taken on board and will be put into practice many thanks

[trillian]

I was just telling someone earlier, only recently I have actually begun to enjoy the sim again and it's because I am making myself work on the weak points. Backwards being one of them, and it's slowly starting to sink in. I can guage my progress by having fewer and fewer moments of correcting the wrong way on the aileron or moving the tail the wrong way etc.

[moyesboy]

I you can keep sim time interesting then there is something wrong with you...
You might end up a champion though!

[RCSimon]

If you can keep it fun and learn then all is good!

[Djhandz]

If you can keep it fun and learn then all is good!

yes totally agree its all about fun fun fun