After countess hours learning how to fly helicopters first in Aerofly, then Xplane, then MSFS, I had a one hour lesson in a real Robinson R22 helicopter. The video below shows the last 10 minutes of my lesson.

 

 

 

Edited September 26, 20214 yr by charliearon
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At the end, you found your previous practice in Flight Simulators useful for real thing or not? What kind of hardware you used to your practice, a simple joystick or a more sophisticated device ( for example: OE-XAM , ProFlight trainer PUMA devices, etc )

4 hours ago, polosim said:

At the end, you found your previous practice in Flight Simulators useful for real thing or not? What kind of hardware you used to your practice, a simple joystick or a more sophisticated device ( for example: OE-XAM , ProFlight trainer PUMA devices, etc )

Yes, absolutely, previous practice with sim was extremely useful. Having experienced how the controls interact with each other made the real life experience  much easier.  I use the complete Maxflightstick setup and a Reverb G2 for VR. Using VR is a game changer when it comes to learning to fly helicopters. I made huge progress once I changed from a flat screen to VR.

 

21 minutes ago, MauBen said:

. I made huge progress

Glad to hear, keep it up and good luck. Helicopters rules.