Real life easier than Phoenix and DX61

[bcphill]

Hi and thanks for reading my post
I have been using the DX61 with Phoenix 5 some time now and was always concerned that it seemed to be hard work holding a reasonable hover despite using the setting suggested on here and even trying different settings.

I have been trying to fly a Raptor 30 as this is my main heli that i use to practice up the field.
I find now that I can hold a reasonable hover up the field that the sim is a lot more unstable and erratic. The heli will drift all over the place and its actually much harder work than flying for real, especially on the pitch and collective. Theres no winds set up or anything just basic setting.

Have I done something daft or is this just the way it is ?

Phill

[tomatwalden]

For simple hovering, real life can be easier because the sim can't properly show depth. Perspective on a 2D screen works to a point. Also, you may have different expo/DR settings on the real heli to make it less twitchy ?

[PeteStewardson]

I find everything to be easier in real life than on a sim. It's only fear that makes it harder IMO.

[Peteski]

I find sim easier for most things, but depends a lot on the helis (sim vs real) and Tx settings etc. Static hovering I actually find pretty similar, but perfect piros are much easier on the sim. It's actually made me start to mess with my CofG and FBL settings on my real heli to try and improve piro performance. It was tending to drop the tail a little and drift off left during flat piros, but now seems much better with a bit of minor swash tuning and revised battery positioning. It now piros on the spot pretty close to the sim