Can a Helicopter Flight Sim Pilot Fly a REAL Helicopter?

The big question on the mind of many sim pilots, can a sim pilot fly a real plane. Well, we did just that to see how it went. The video is a short extract of a 1 hour flight done by me, EishGamer, Andries Lombaard, to see what the relation is in sim to real. For many years I had an obsession in spending hours of flying a helicopter sim. I spent hours on DCS and Xplane 12, mostly flying the available helicopters. In December 2022 I build an authentic helicopter simulator, with flight controls that included high-end cyclic, collective lever and rudder(direction control) pedals. After years on a Microsoft Force Feedback joystick, it took me quite a while to learn new coordination between both hands and feet. 40 odd hours later, I tested myself in attempting to fly the real thing. This is the video we made that covered that flight. It all started with a dream! Enjoy!