4CH RC USB Esky Flight Simulator

[Bob K]

Anyone have experiance with this simulator? 4CH RC USB Esky Flight Simulator

[smokejohnson]

Welcome to Wattflyer Bob. I have one and love it...works great. I think I paid $20 plus shipping for mine.

[Bob K]

THANKS FOR THE INFO. By the way do you know where I can download a users manual so I can get a head start while waiting for mine?

[smokejohnson]

No I don't. There's not much to it. Go ahead and download FMS. You can fly the planes with your keyboard just to goof off but the main thing is you can start downloading planes and getting familiar with it. When your controller comes in you should be able to just plug it in to a usb and fly.

[Bob K]

Whats FMS. I am new to this game.

[clockworks]

FMS is a flight simulator, available for free download.

I've got an E sky USB controller. The program supplied with the controller is FMS, the same as you can download for free.

Download the program now, plus a few extra planes. Once your controller arrives, it's basically plug and play (no drivers), although you do need to calibrate it and assign the channels. It comes with instructions. If you get stuck, post back here.

[Bob K]

Much Thanks for all your help

[bottlerocket]

Hey i am very new to the world of RC aviation and im looking into simulators to get some practice for when i complete my scratchbuild.

The plane i am building will be my first to even fly so i want to try and get as good as i can before i maiden it.

My question is, how accurate is this simulator? Are these things pretty true to real life physics and control of an rc model? Im almost contemplating picking up a crappy foam beater to learn on so i dont smash my scratchbuild into oblivion on its maiden flight!!

Any tips, feedback and ideas are very useful to me at this point!

Thanks!
Anthony ???? :)

[smokejohnson]

It's not like the real thing but it will teach you which way to move the sticks. It can also help you learn not to over control the plane, a lot of newbees like to shove the sticks around and end up trying to play catch up until it crashes. There is also the whole flying towards yourself thing...takes a little getting used to.

If you don't have any help the odds of success are fairly low. If you can learn to take off and land a dozen times in a row on FMS with out crashing you stand a much better chance. Get the sim and practice, practice,practice...good luck.

[bottlerocket]

Hey so it sounds like it might help quite a bit and obviously there's no substitute really for the real thing.

The whole flying towards yourself being confusing shouldnt be an issue for me i dont think because im used to racing r/c cars and boats so im assuming its all about the same in that respect.

Maybe i will pick up a beater to practice on first too! haha

Thanks!

[smokejohnson]

It will help a lot plus it's fun. I still use mine all the time, I recently learned to hover on it. I still can't hover in real life but I'm getting there. And if you have RC car and boat experience you know exactly what I'm talking about with controls being backwards when you are coming towards yourself...you should be fine. A GWS Slow Stik makes a great beater BTW. Good luck.

[bottlerocket]

Also, what would be a moderately good transmitter that i can use with the sim? Im maybe thinking of getting one that i can use with the plane later on instead of buying a trainer box and then a transmitter.

Any ideas?

Thanks again!

[smokejohnson]

I tried to get my regular transmitter to work and had a hard time with the drivers and it never did work right. I bought one of these (http://www.nitroplanes.com/e4chflsitrki.html), plugged it in, and it worked :D. Best $20 I have spent in the hobby.

[clockworks]

The E-Sky "Tx" linked by smokejohnson works first time, every time.

If you want to use a proper Tx, you'll need to buy a cable (Tx to USB), and you'll need to charge the batteries every few hours. The E-Sky controller doesn't use batteries - it's powered from the PC.

[bottlerocket]

hey so im trying to get mine set up as we speak. every time i calibrate the damn transmitter, when i go into the game the throttle is wide open and the plane shoots off. after which i have no control over the throttle. also, there is no option to toggle the sound on and off and/or control the volume. I have no sound at all right now! im very confused, followed all the setup steps in the manual and im getting nothing! the other channels work fine though. I have the esky usb controller that came with the software. Any ideas what is wrong? im very confused! oh and also, i had control over the throttle for about 2 seconds and when i cut the throttle and tried to advance it again, i had lost control of the throttle again!

[clockworks]

Have you assigned the channels correctly?
Go into "controls", "joystick interface", mapping/calibration".

Set the channels as:

Rudder 4
Elevator 2
Aileron 1
Throttle 3

Make sure that "inv" is ticked for all 4 channels.

If that doesn't work, load the plane/heli that you want to fly, then run the calibration and mapping routine again. Some models seem to use the "global" control settings that you run the first time you set the simulator up, others seem to need their own calibration routine.

FMS does have a sound control in the top menu bar. A simple on/off (ticked is on) and a slider. If you can't access this option, then maybe your soundcard isn't configured in Windows?

[Lancifer]

Hey guys whats shaking? Thats the sim i use ....the e-sky 4 channel and its so easy to learn. I just started learning on the sim and i can take off , fly inverted and even land now. Im excited and cant wait to take on my first real flight. I can see it now ..taking off and then crashing. Easy does it!!!!

[Lancifer]

Set the channels as:

Rudder 4
Elevator 2
Aileron 1
Throttle 3

You say to set the controls at these but when i get mine set i have it as ...
Rudder 4
Elevator 2
Aileron 3
Throttle 1....this is how they say to set it in my airplane transmitter manual. Is this going to change when i get out there or what?

[clockworks]

Seems like an odd setup.

Common (mode 2) setup for 4-channel transmitter is:

Rudder = left stick side-to-side
Throttle = left stick up and down
Ailerons = right stick side-to-side
Elevator = right stick up and down

Some people fly "mode 1", where the throttle is on the right stick and the elevator is on the left stick

Mode 2 seems to be pretty universal these days, possibly because it's similar to how a stick radio is set up for RC cars. Left stick up makes you go faster, right stick left/right is your main steering.

Some manufacturer's radios mess about with the channel numbering, but the sticks still move the same control surfaces on the plane.

[Lancifer]

Its actually a breeze now that i have adjusted it to the mode 2 way!! Thank guys for letting me know before i got out in the field and then found out the hard way.