- High-performance, High-realism 3D graphics and 3D sound effects
- Connect with USB port cable and no batteries is required
- Simulator supported: FMS Version2.0 Beta7 / FMS Version 2.0 Alpha8.4 and above
- System Requirement: Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98
- Hardware Requirements: CPU Intel Pentium 600 or above; 32MB GAP 3D; 128MB; 10GB hard disc; 52xCD-ROM
Product Description
E-Sky 4CH USB Flight Simulator Training Kit For RC Airplanes and R/C Helicopters
You can operate an aircraft with the same feeling of a pilot in the computer, experiencing the exciting flight of a real plane, and your of dream flying freely in the blue sky deriving from your childhood come true! Come on! Challenge to be a pilot and enjoy the exciting!
This simulator includes a model airplane simulator, model helicopter simulator, model glider simulator, and the ability to create your own models and landscapes. Flight Simulator comes with different types of planes and helicopters. You can sharpen your skills by practicing on computers.
Note: Please practice simulation flight first on the computer before operating the electronic helicopters or airplanes in order to reduce the damage!
- High-performance, High-realism 3D graphics and 3D sound effects
- Connect with USB port cable and no batteries is required
- Full 3D collision detection with all objects on the landscape, Many new landscapes
- New installation routine
- Thermal with adjustable strength
- Translated user interface with 18 languages
- Selectable color depth (16-bit or 32-bit) in full screen-mode
- Automatic saving and loading of all settings
- Vario display for soaring
- Separate channel and keyboard mapping for helicopters and airplanes
- Designed for Windows 98, ME, 200 XP
- System Requirement: Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98
- Hardware Requirements: CPU Intel Pentium 600 or above; 32MB GAP 3D; 128MB; 10GB hard disc; 52xCD-ROM
- Port: USB Port
- Simulator supported: FMS Version2.0 Beta7 / FMS Version 2.0 Alpha8.4 and above
R. Simpson @ 7:02 pm
If you are interested in learning to fly a radio-controlled (R/C) airplane or helicopter, this is the most complete yet inexpensive way to try it out. The item contains a controller (the gadget you use to tell the plane where to fly) and the simulator software. The controller just plugs into your PC USB port. Load the software from the CD and off you go! Be sure to go to the Controller menu and calibrate the controller before you try to fly. You will have to reverse several of the controls and re-assign the throttle control to the proper control stick.
The software is FMS, public-domain software that has not been upgraded in several years. There are hundreds of plane “models” for this software posted around the web.
Considering that this competes with several commercial packages that list at $200-$300, it does an OK job. The big problem is that the simulator makes flying too easy. If you go to the field having only flown this software you will find the “real world” flight much more challenging. Also, the “world” in this simulator is very small. You will fly “out of the world” very quickly. The R/C airplane you fly in “the real world” can cost several hundred dollards, so if this saves you one crash it has paid for itself.
JMF @ 8:04 pm
The controller is great and feels exactly like my LP5DSM. But I was unable to load the software on Vista, even after installing the missing DLL. I bought the Clearview software available on line and enjoy it.
Remember, this is not a video game: it’s a plain-jane tool to help you fly RC helicopters, so don’t expect an awesome graphics experience.
Buy it for the controller, which is worth $20.
B. Ford @ 9:50 pm
If you are thinking about flying r/c helicopters buy this controller first! You will save hundreds of dollars in replacement parts if you practice on this controller.
I use it to practice 6-channel controls (even though I only own a 4-channel helicopter). It does help improve your skills.
I wouldn’t recommend the included simulator, although it is fun if you’ve never flown before.
I use clearview simulator, which costs about $40 dollars. Get it here: http://rcflightsim.com/
Mr. Rook @ 11:09 pm
My son and I are really enjoying the e-sky simulator we are loging many hours of flying, and practice which can not be replaced by an actual plane or heli. Due to the unforgiving crashes and loss of vehicles. This way we can aford to crash and loose some out into space. Overall the E-sky training kit is well worth the money and i recomend it to anyone who is serious about learning to fly any type of RC. It will be invaluable I use to spend a lot of time just repairing my plane after most flights cause i couldn’t land them so i crashed them. This was the only way to get it back on the ground so it seems. Since getting the simulator I have not flown the real plane yet but I look forward to it someday.
K. Morgan @ 11:50 pm
This transmitter is really just a USB dual joystick. Similar to a Playstation controller. It comes with a CD that has the free FMS, you can get FMS for free on the internet. I was expecting a real simulator. If I had know that it was only FMS then I would have saved myself the money and gotten a USB to trainer/buddy cable instead. I ended up buying [...] and using this controller. If you don’t have a transmitter at all, then this is fine to learn on. I do, so I should have just gotten the aformentioned USB to buddy cable, and would have had the same setup as this. The only upside to this controller, is that you don’t have to power it seperately, like you do with a real transmitter. This controller used the USB supplied power, so no batteries to charge.