ESKY EK2-0905A FMS USB Flight Simulator w/controller!

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Product Features

• This is the easy option when it comes to flight Sims. You load the CD, plug in the transmitter (the transmitter is specifically designed for the software ) follow the instructions that come with the software and you are ready to go. The software can be used with your own transmitters if you have one and you can use a 6 channel transmitter and fly 3D
• Connect with USB port cable and no batteries is required

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: 7293000014
• Item model number: EK2-0905A
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,084 in Toys & Games (See Bestsellers in Toys & Games)

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• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Product Description

Product Description

This is a revolutionary new Model Flight Simulator that allows the user to fly with the same type of transmitter used for regular flight. There are only a few Transmitter and Simulator combos on the Internet and none are equivilent to the ESKY FMS Simulator Package in value. This new simulator gives you real world flying experiences from your PC.Its Interlink Controller plugs into a USB port on your computer.It looks and feels just like a real transmitter and has switches for dual rates,retracts, and a knob for flaps. Especially without 8"AA" battery can directly work with computer. This FMS simulator includes a model airplane simulator, model heliopter simulator, model glider simulator, and the ability to create your own models and landscapes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just as advertised, September 5, 2007

By	R. Simpson "Poker Player" (Romney, WV USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must buy for any r/c helicopter pilot, September 8, 2008

By	B. Ford (Rogue River, OR United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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/

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Joystick, April 2, 2009

By	K. Morgan (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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.