Aerofly RC7 Ultimate for Mac

I have been looking for a flight simulator that is compatible with my Mac and I hit the jack pot with RC7. However, upon reading some of the reviews I was afraid that it may not be as easy as stated in the literature to interface to a controller or RC Transmitter. The reviews were wrong in my opinion.. It was very easy...

The download took about 2 hours. I had read that it would recognize the interlink from other simulators like Realflight. It took me a couple of tries to get it to recognize it but it did and works great. I also had an old Realflight G2 System and tried it. Same thing, a couple of tries and playing with the controller options and it worked great. I had a cable and dongle laying around for interfacing my Spectrum DX7 transmitter to a Phoenix Flight Simulator and it recognized my DX7 right away. The rest of the calibration and set up went seamlessly. You dont have to buy the proprietary cables from Ikarus if you already have others.

The graphics are great and the many features even in the Standard Version are alot of fun. I upgraded to the Ultimate Version. I want to pylon race and the Ultimate is the only one with that feature. All in all RC 7 is cheaper than other flight sims and compatible with Mac.Yea! I would have otherwise had to buy a full version of Windows and used Bootcamp and bought a Realflight Simulator Program. Comperable Realfligtht Program RF7.5 is 169.00. New version of windows 7 or 8 175.00. Bootcamp 75.00. Thats 425.00 and hours and hours of setting up bootcamp, partitioning your hard drive, finding workable software drivers, and saving everything to backup incase you have a problem with windows instalation.

I chose this route and Im glad I did. You cant beat the graphics and the flight physics suits my flying style. Plenty of variety in the Models with over 200 to choose from and 50 Scenery Locations, including carriers!, lakes, ocean, desert, meadows, sod fields and paved runways. The scalable feature is very attractive too. Cant say enough about this flight sim. I havent gotten into really editing the planes and copters too much yet though I am anxious to try. Ive always thought it would be great if a sim allowed you to modify just a part of the airplane. You can do that with this Simulator, but it doesnt change the visual mesh unless you use the scalable feature. You could otherwise really experiment with different wings, tailfeathers designs etc. You can make changes on the wing size or shape but it only changes the wing loading and flight characteristics and not the visual.. Oh well…

This Simulator allows you to change from 50% to 200% size which is great. You can take average sized models, gas or electric and miniturize them for indoor flying which has really been a hoot. Or take indoor planes and make them large enough to fly outdoors. When you make a plane 200% bigger, often times you need to change the Engine size as well or the plane is too docile as you might expect.. Lots and lots to play with.. Never Boring. For experienced simulator users it is easy to change the throws on the servos, change expo, dual rates, travel and reversing. There is an area where you can save A or B profiles with different features, different throws, travel etc. So, with the click of your mouse you can change a plane from docile to racer or 3d. Or one profile for gliders and one for powered flight etc. Lots and lots of great features.

I love the P51 truescale in this simulator. It sounds great and looks fantastic. I like that most of the gas models already come with smoke, no programing. Oh, and 3d models are easier to hover, etc. than in Realflight for some reason.. I have an older version Realflight 4.5.. Havent upgraded it yet. Having too much fun with this simulator. I bought a cheap laptop to run windows programs rather than try to make my Mac Desktop run windows.

I dont understand the negative messages being left here. For one thing, a lot of the complaints are about customer service or communication or instructions. Gee, its not that hard to set up. But, if you have problems google it or go to youtube. This is not just another game with cheat codes etc. Look, this is a top rated RC Flight Simulator and the only one offered for Macintosh directly without going through lots of contortions to get windows based programs to run on a Mac. So quit complaining.. Mac, Apple, Iphone users are the people who want "extreme user friendly" programs, I understand. But, this is an extremely powerful program and as with all very powerful programs, you need to play, experiment, read online in user groups, RC Groups, RC Universe, Wattflyer etc and ask questions if you are having trouble. There is nothing wrong with the program or software or interlink, its something simple you dont understand yet. So, once you figure it out, come back and change your evaluation of RC7..

For those new to RC flight simulation who dont feel the program gives them enough instruction for the beginner. This one doesnt have video instructors, some do that give a short video explaining how to takeoff and landf, etc. Just go to "youtube" and type, "RC flight Instruction. Lots of hits!! Lots more detailed instruction than the simulator programs that have this feature provide. New Flyers, just learn this Simulator, learn how to control a docile airplane going away or coming to you. When you get that down itll make real RC Airplane lessons 1000% easier and cheaper. Flying RC on a simulator or for real takes lots and lots of practice. Thats why simulators are so great. You just push a button when you crash and try again and again till you can do it. Everyone who has learned to fly RC airplanes has had this frustration, and has had to do this repeatedly. Theres way way less frustration with a RC Flight Simulator than with a real RC Airplane. Thank you Ikarus. Great Job. 5stars!

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