Picked up a copy :)

[Weebl]

Managed to find a copy on Ebay somebody had put up at a £40 buy it now price

Well that's me gone from nothing, to an mCX, CX2, mSR, DX6i and now Phoenix all within the space of a month. My wallet really could do with a rest but I have already found myself looking at a Blade 400

Looking forward to playing with some bigger Heli's on the sim, although no doubt my son will be better on that as well (he has picked it up remarkably quickly and can have the mSR dancing round the front room really well)

I might have to practice on the sly without him knowing

Shame it does not come in Mac flavour though, PITA having to run up a virtual window to run Windows in.

[Mart61]

Tis a bargain, that! Do you have it already, or is it en-route?

[Photosbykev]

You sound just like me lol. Although playing with a 400 or 450 on Phoenix has really shown me that I need to put a LOT of time into the sticks before I'll put a 400+ into the air.

[Weebl]

I literally clicked 'buy it now' 10 minutes ago

I think it had only been up for an hour or so, had to get in quick before somebody else spotted it

They seem to be going for £55-£60 running as an auction so was chuffed at £40.

[Mart61]

Yeah - just checked out the auction and it looks kosher! Well done you.

[Weebl]

Delivered this morning, installed and updated in a virtual window, I had to run medium settings to smooth it out, although I could probably allocate more resources to VMware to help that out, plugged in to the big telly and had a go.

Started sensibly with the Heli's I have, was a little surprised the mSR is harder to fly in the sim than in real life?

Went a bit silly after about an hour and had 20 minutes flying whatever I fancied, if you had to pay for the damage done in Phoenix I reckon I owe about 3-4 grand

Looking good so far, thanks for the steer guys

[tiddler]

Wow £40.00 Now that's what I call a bargain
I'm sure you'll enjoy it m8 its a great bit of kit, plus its a hugely enjoyable thing to do on your pc. Even if you never fly a real model at all
Not suggesting you wont, but you know what I mean

[bolders]

Wow £40.00 Now that's what I call a bargain
I'm sure you'll enjoy it m8 its a great bit of kit, plus its a hugely enjoyable thing to do on your pc. Even if you never fly a real model at all
Not suggesting you wont, but you know what I mean

agreed. I been playing on simulators on the PC for years (cars, planes etc) but the best thing about phoenix is that what you do on the computer is applicable to real life and so you are actually working to a realisable goal.

[Weebl]

Thanks guys.

Just put it on again for my eldest to have a go (and as predicted he managed to be better than me from the off, although my hover is slightly more stable, he can chuck it around the sky and then recover to something like a reasonable landing)

My youngest is a nightmare though and I put on a few basic planks to try to let him remain airborne for more than 3.2 seconds. He was still rubbish but surprisingly he did really well with the autogyro.

This would be worth £80 purely as a game, never mind £40 for a simulator.

[tiddler]

The online multiplayer function is fun as well

[Weebl]

I am not sure people would appreciate me lumbering around ramming into their delicately poised helicopter.

Maybe when I can keep it under some semblance of control?

[fiercebadger]

Lol Lee, we should both go on and show them how not to do it ;-)

[Weebl]

We could have a fastest crash competition