But when you open it up, you’ll see that the all of the pre-assembled main components are wrapped in bubble wrap, and neatly arranged and secured inside the box with zip-ties. If you get the pre-assembled unit it shows up on your door step in a box that is deceptively small. The RTF option shows up completely assembled and ready to fly. It’s the same exact unit, only with the pre-assembled option you have to combine all of the pre-assembled components yourself. You have two options to buy the Puma: pre-assembled, or the RTF (Ready to fly). Among them is the great team at Pro Flight Trainer. Only a few small companies and high end specialty companies have taken up the challenge of developing and marketing helicopter specific flight controls for flight simulators. The lack of mass production drives up the cost of helicopter specific systems. Because there are so few helicopter flight sim enthusiasts, and so few dedicated helicopter flight sims, all of the major flight sim control makers have completely ignored the helicopter market. It doesn’t change the taste of the food, but it’s not really the same experience.įlight controls specifically for helicopters are rare, and like that fancy 5-star restaurant dinner, they are usually very expensive. Using a common set of airplane based simulator flight controls is kind of like eating a delicious dinner at a 5-star restaurant out in the parking lot from a Styrofoam container with a plastic spork. The ones who do accept the challenge of simulated rotorcraft flight often have to do their best to fly a simulated helicopter with a set of controls designed for a fixed wing aircraft. Most home flight simmers who try helicopters get frustrated very quickly with the experience and don’t allow their mouse to get anywhere near the helicopter selection of their chosen simulator as a result. Helicopter flight simulator enthusiasts are a rare breed among rare breeds. This is not your ordinary review as Joe got personally involved in testing this kit, but that makes it more interesting since we get to know the product from the perspective of someone that has seen it evolve.
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