Pheonix vs Real Flight

[wab223]

Forgive me if this topic is overdone, but I'm slightly confused on deciding wich one to go for? It seems there's a lot of controversy online between these two sims as to which one is better!
If anybody could shed some light on this for me I would appreciate it!

There is controversy between all sims. lol.
I prefer Accurc.

[George J]

Aerofly for Mac is pretty rubbish compared to the others though, I have Pheonix on my Mac using Parallels and Windows 7 but want to give NeXt a go over winter.

[feathering]

How do Next and RealFlight compare when it gets to online/multiuser support? If I were is to login during an evening (uk time) am I more likely to find someone to fly with on Next or Realflight?

Currently own heli-x and very much enjoy the dynamics and training functionality. The folks I fly with online are helpful and knowledgeable but I presume that the user base of heli-x is not as extensive as RF?

[tomatwalden]

Aerofly for Mac is pretty rubbish compared to the others though, I have Pheonix on my Mac using Parallels and Windows 7 but want to give NeXt a go over winter.

neXt is pretty good George. I prefer it to RF.

[Gixxa600]

It's not that hard really, just plug into the interface, calibrate your channels and you're off. It's a bit of a fiddle to work out the first time, but it's something that you only need to do once.

The Interlink edition of Realflight would probably work well for that. And if you want to be fancy, check the link in my sig, for a little extra and a few minutes of work you can connect wirelessly to it :-)

I checked out the wireless link, looks like an awsome solution to keep everything tidy! Thanks for sharing

[Gixxa600]

i like the phoenix because you can have a ground in view, it helped me gain the perspective, when using it, it maybe a little boring to use but it saves you a fortune plus you go online and join other flyers, plus watch for others stick movements and practice tutorials on it. it is great for giving confidence at the field.

Thanks for the advice

[Gixxa600]

neXt has the advantage if you're a Mac user, it's the only one that runs natively on MacOS without needing a Windows install at all.

I agree, If I was prodimntly a Mac user it would be abit of a no brainier, however I've moved more recently on to Windows and really like the look of RealFlight! Thanks for the post

[Gixxa600]

There is controversy between all sims. lol.
I prefer Accurc.

lol it certainly seems that way!