{"id":1080,"date":"2012-11-04T18:59:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T16:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2023-07-11T12:49:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T10:49:53","slug":"gratis-modelvliegsimulatoren-kostenlose-modellflugsimulatoren-free-rc-flight-simulators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/?p=1080","title":{"rendered":"Free RC flight simulators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1081\" title=\"fms\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/fms-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/fms-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/fms-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/fms.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>]Before buying and flying your first RC plane, I strongly recommend practicing with a computer simulator. A simulator will teach you the basic flight controls and getting used to the left\/right inversion when the plane is flying towards you. Judging distances and where the plane is with regard to the runway is quite difficult in a simulator, so it&#8217;s not the perfect tool for practicing landings.<\/p>\n<p>There are several commercial RC flight simulators out there. Some come with a controller that looks like a real transmitter, many can be coupled to an actual transmitter. However, this means an initial investment similar to the cost of a complete plane. Luckily, there are alternatives. If found two free RC flight simulators:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/modelsimulator.com\/\">FMS<\/a> is an older program, so don&#8217;t expect too much in the way of graphics. It also has issues with more recent Windows versions &#8211; check out the forum for a solution. It comes however with a couple of nice planes, including two slow-flying planes that are great for getting used to the controls.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rcdeskpilot.com\/\">RC Desk Pilot<\/a> is newer, looks better, but comes with a smaller number of planes. It lacks a really basic model, but comes with a nice 3D model for more advanced flying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I fly with a cheap Logitech gamepad that I originally bought for the Microsoft Flight Simulator. The only disadvantage is that the throttle control defaults to 50%, not 0%.<\/p>\n<p>One thing to keep in mind is stick modes. Mode 1 has ailerons en elevator on the left stick, throttle and rudder on the right, mode 2 is the other way round. Generally, which mode you chose doesn&#8217;t matter, but it may be smart to use the same mode as other people (such as an RC flying club) in your area so the can help you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>]Before buying and flying your first RC plane, I strongly recommend practicing with a computer simulator. A simulator will teach you the basic flight controls and getting used to the left\/right inversion when the plane is flying towards you. Judging distances and where the plane is with regard to the runway is quite difficult in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[78],"tags":[80],"class_list":{"0":"post-1080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tech","7":"tag-rchobby","8":"czr-hentry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/plKIk-hq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1080"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3088,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions\/3088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}