Chris is the real deal he's an awesome guy. I personally emailed and he returned my email with great advice and took the time to answer all my questions and point me in the right directions
I was challenged by 3D flight also but persevered and am now at an intermediate and safe level but the real benefit is that it has improved my flying in general and I am no longer in fear of crashing and fly maidens with confidence. This was helped significantly by realistic simulation. Thanks for your reply and you tube evaluations they are always a pleasure to watch.
Hi Chris im an avid Rc helicopter pilot in orange county Ca i also really enjoy flying EDFs just wanted to say though thank you for your awesome channel and insight and dedication to the RC community and for sharing your knowledge on everything rc related. Keep up the great work your doing and i hope some day i can meet you in person at either a fun fly or maybe a trade show.
As an old retired Boomer no longer at the R/C fields, I just bought RF Evolution and am loving the time lost in it for hours. Your precision flying in this video, especially your ability to line up so easily with the runways is a benchmark for my goals. I can see your enthusiasm is just as prevalent as my own lol. This video may be older, but it is not the version that counts, it is the fantastic array of flight options including being able to edit your planes as custom with your desired control responses. Thank you for this demo! 👍 P.S. My old eyes also thank RFE for the binoculars. RFE is now downloaded on "Steam" which is ok but for the getting past the captcha! 😡
Thanks! Lining up on the runway can be challenging since you have a narrower field of view. But I feel like if you can line up on the runway in the sim, lining up with an actual model is a bit easier.
I mean I can't fully see the visuals from this video, but I kind of appreciate the simple 3D image of the real environment. It's already fooled me a few times watching this in terms of realism.
O M G !! I now have the Eurofighter with thrust vectoring! DUDE! THANK YOU!!! I will be ordering an AB light shortly for my newly acquired Freewing 90MM Eurofighter V2.3 I bought from So Cal, which I made airworthy, and now in love with. not sure why this model went away!
So glad this was helpful! Not sure on the euro, but probably due to lack of sales ultimately. I’m not sure it’s a super popular airplane in the states and it was available for quite a while.
I like that flying field. Very much like the fields we have here in Michigan. I purchased an i5 equipped computer and a decent GPU card this week. Need the Realflight 9.5 and headset.
I've been learning to fly for about 3 months on the HZ Sport Cub S 2. More recently got RF9.5 and am having a lot of fun with the Hanger and Balloon challenges in addition to flying a number of high wing trainers. Really nice to have the Sim when it is cold, windy or raining outside. Also, I believe RF9.5 is going to help me decide on my next plane come this Spring.
I have a Sport Club S2 being delivered tomorrow. I was thinking the same as you, should be a good plane to learn on and buy a bigger plane/jet later. Just finished ordering RF9.5 w/ controller to practice and try more advance planes. Darn expensive!, especially in Canada. But I didn't want to go out with the new Cub without any experience at all, so bit the bullet on the sim even though it was 100 more than the cub s2! (any canadians happen to read this, Great Hobbies gave me 25$ off. Stay away from PM Hobbies, horrible experience with them. Eliminator-RC is also good.)
@@PickledGopher Don't be surprised if you're getting short flight times with your new S2. My flight times dropped dramatically with the cold temps here in North Central, PA. I'm assuming it is the small 1 cell LiPo batteries not liking the cold; if I run the plane inside my garage, which I keep at ~60F, I get back my normal run times. Great little plane. I've got about 200 flites on it. Early on I treeed it half a dozen times and probably crashed or hard landed it 2 dozen times. Been through several props and several motors and a dozen significant repairs and she still gets in the air. Since posting earlier I've gotten 2 second planes... The UMX Turbo Timber and the FT Simple Cub. Both are waiting for me to get a TX. I'm pretty sure I'll be getting the Spektrum NX8 when it comes out - hopefully soon. Best of luck with your plane and RF simulator.
@@BillKisel Thanks Bill! Thats great to know about the temps. I'm a little worried about crashing her off the bat, good to know she'll likely survive. I'll practice with the sim a number of times before trying the real deal. I like that Turbo Timber! Haven't seen the FT yet. I haven't even had one flight yet, but already looking at the aeroscout or maybe Habu, and that A10 looks awesome! So many. Looking forward to trying them in the sim
@@PickledGopher To begin with you want to fly it in little to no wind and keep it in "Beginner" mode until you've got several dozen flites under your belt.. Fly it in a wide open area and if you can a field having tall grass. Keep the plane in front of you and you should have few problems. RF is in my opinion a great learning tool. The Hanger Challenge 1 I believe uses the HZ Sport Cub in beginner mode and playing it will be a great help for when you go to fly the real model. Have fun!
Thank you for doing this review and the others that you do. Yours are among the most credible that I see on TH-cam. I'm about to buy two copies of this software, one for me and one to give to my grandnephews, ages 5 and 7 (gotta get 'em hooked on R/C early...)
Thank you for your kind feedback! A sim like this is a great investment, especially as a learning tool. I’m sure your grand nephews will have a great time with it! 😊
Is there a known bug with real flight evolution? I just installed this on a brand new computer and it worked the first time I played it then after I restarted the computer real flight would crash I had to reinstall it all over again and it works. I've done this cycle three times now. Has anyone else encountered the same problem?
@@Thercgeek I installed AeroFly 8 RC simulator several days ago and it is quite good! 1. The overall graphics quality it much better than Real Flight, this includes the tscenery detail, detail, and the spectators. 2. The planes have a much more accurate flight model in aeroflight. 3. Aerofly hasn't crashed a single time. It's worked nearly perfectly since the moment I've installed it, unlike real flight.
I’ve been looking for something and can’t find it. In realflight 9.5s where do you set up thrust reverse, turn on turn off. I’ve imported an E-Flite Viper 90mm. It just goes backward when I throttle up? Great videos. Thanks for your help
The viper 90 has a reverse thrust option. It’s probably one of the switches on the transmitter just needs to b flipped to get it to run forward in the sim.
Awesome my man, thanks for that info, only thing I really wish I knew how to fo would be to model my own designs into the sim, so can test fly, alter wind section aerofoil AoA incidence washout ect
Yeah, that would be a very cool feature. If you’re familiar with Xplane, it has that feature in it. It’s a full scale sim and allows you to make your own aircraft designs in it.
I was pretty non plus'd to see that there were no British WW2 aircraft in this Sim - they had WW2 aircraft from everywhere else ( bizarre ) - it was a deal breaker for me until you mentioned that you can import other aircraft into the sim ... did I hear that right? Where do you do this and from where can I find out what aircraft I could import? Cheers!
There’s a whole network of downloadable models here: www.knifeedge.com/forums/index.php?resources/. I talk through the process starting at about the 10:30 mark in the vid.
Check the swap pages on their new site: forums.realflight.com/index.php?resources/ I’m not sure if everything has been ported over or not, but is a good place to start.
Pros and Cons? The older system I had, I sold after a year or so. If I understand you can't resell it? Or can not even put on another pc that I have? Why do some not like steam? But prefer the disc. Thinking about getting 9.5s or 9.5 version
I’d recommend the 9.5s version. I found the cd installation took a very long time where the steam install is pretty quick. I’m not sure about installing across other systems, but I haven’t really had any issues with that. I think with steam, that should be an easier prospect since it gets place into your account once purchased, but again, I can’t say for certain.
Hello RC Geek. Do you have a suggestion how to use the 9.9S without a USB cable. You mentioned a Dongle. Can this dongle be used on the Spectrum controller avoiding the cumbersome and dangling cable? Mike
That is my understanding, yes. The dongle provides a wireless connection to your radio. I have RF9.5s, so I’ll look at showing the wireless setup in that video when I’m able to get it together. This is dongle: bit.ly/2Fo8KOR
Just wish it would work on a Mac. I have the Aero Fly 7 and it's ok, but it would be nice to have the actual models to practice with using a simulator.
You can use a dual boot Mac. Basically, it emulates 100% a windows environment, and you can switch back and forth. There are hundreds of videos on how to implement this feature.
I've heard some bad reviews about the RC itself .... have you had any problems with it? I am learning about RC flying so I can learn more about drones. My dji/fpv drone has a flight sim from their website but it's quirky and wonky and doesn't always respond to the controller. Nice video :)
Are you talking about the included transmitter? I’ve found that it works pretty well and haven’t had any issue with it personally. There’s also a dongle available that lets you use your own transmitter which is nice.
@@Thercgeek I was told the interlink dx controller needs to be plugged into a powered usb hub to work correctly. Do you know if it needs to be usb 2.0 or usb 3.0?
I can use your help.I bought the 9.5 disk version with the transmitter. I installed both disks but did not have the transmitter plugged into the pc. My friend plugged it in and calibrated it. Now when I fly the plane in safe it flies nice.Turn b switch to intermittent the plane goes out of control. What do I have to do?
Many of the older models are compatible with the newer realflight versions. I think most of the rf5 and later models are compatible with the newer versions. The model graphics may not be as good, but most of them I tried seemed to work.
Hi, my son is a fan of superwings cartoon, how easy is to create an airplane having superwings characters design? For physics it can fly as an existing plane...
That’s a very good question. There’s a whole network of folks who make their own models in real flight in the knife edge software forums. I’d recommend putting a request out there. Unfortunately, I don’t know off hand how it’s done.
Honestly, I think most newer laptops should be able to run this fine. If you can find a budget machine with a good processor and decent ram, should do fine (obviously double check against the recommended specs for the software). You don’t need a dedicated gaming rig or anything like that to run this.
@@Thercgeek ya I just went and bought a assus Chromebook cx170 with the 17.3 screen just not very computer smart so the numbers don't really make sense to me haha first laptop I've ever owned lol
Hi Chris - I currently have RF7.5 and have been hosting a custom airport FloridaFunport International_AP.RFX on RF 7.5 Multi-Player List Server for the past 10 years. After watching your video I'm considering upgrading to RF9.5. Do you think I can import my 7.5 RFX airport file to a new RF9.5 ? Also, RF7.5 had a built-in Graphics Editor that allowed me to create this multiplayer airport. Does RF9.5 also include this Editor feature? Used to be able to phone call RF Tech Support number. I kept them on my Speed Dial. Now they just request you fill out a form on their website for technical service advice. So far they never replied to my requests. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Bob
You know, I’m not entirely certain. I would think that you should be able to import the airport file. As for the editor, I don’t know. Seems that it should still be there, but it’s not something I’ve explored personally.
@@Thercgeek - Thanks for the prompt reply. As a retired Engineer I have learned "never ASSUME anything". As an example I could assume that when RF provides me a Customer Service Number and you call it, that they wouldn't have a Robot telling you to fill out a form on their website, and you might get a reply back some day. I appreciate your input. Thanks, Bob Wimauma, Florida
I want to buy this simulator so much but my home has nothing but Mac computers, Being in graphics and a photographer this is my needs ! is there a safe way of doing this ?
It unfortunately needs windows to run. That said, you can partition the drive on your Mac and run windows from it. Not ideal I guess, but I’m not sure if there’s a good windows emulator that runs within the Mac environment.
I’m brand new to pc equipment. Like so new my pc will arrive at my house in like a week from now. Can my DX6 work with the sim? I’m just not trying to spend $100 extra for something I don’t need
watched your video with the 9.5 with the down loaded B-1bomber... followed your directions how to install, but can't download? don't know what to do, tried several times, still unsucessful...I'm not a computer ace......I'm a senior in the 80's so I wasn't brought up withy this computer age.....any help u can give me?
There’s probably an additional model that may need to be installed. On the knife edge listing page, it’ll usually link to another model if it’s based on something a previous model.
There should be an icon in your start menu. In the start menu, search for realflight. If you downloaded it from steam, you can launch it from within there too.
Hey Chris my name is Miko I’m a 13 year old edf pilot in training, my dad bought the RF9.5 and we are trying to import the f-14 tomcat. We followed all the guide lines on the video but we got to the point where yours showed successfully imported but ours stated it was cancelled. Don’t know where we went wrong. Can you help?
You’ll need to check the compatibility in the download. Also, verify that you have the base model that the tomcat model is based on. It should tell you in the model download listing on the website.
@@Thercgeek at this point I’m just trying to import anything. Also every time we even switch airfields it shows a error screen that tells us to go to documents then go to realflight then RFX and then still nothing happens
Hmmm, I’m not sure, I’ve only experienced errors when the model when I didn’t have the original model it needed. Are you getting errors even if you import a RF9.5 specific model?
@@Thercgeek I was able to upload it right to my laptop with no issues it went pretty easy actually and I have a lot of practicing to do that's for sure lol but man I remember when buying a laptop it came with a DVD/CD ROM.
Real flight has been fully transitioned over to horizon hobby and they moved the forums to a new location. I’d recommend searching here for models: forums.realflight.com/index.php
Ok everyone, If you have the RF 9.5s flight sim by HH and your controller won't work on your laptop or computer, here's the fix. Buy a Powered USB Hub Port. After plugging it into the wall, and plugging the USB lead into your USB port on your laptop or computer, then plug your controller into the Powered USB port. Yahoo, it works. $21 inconvenience. Amazon saved the day.
I'm having trouble just installing this darn thing bought a computer just to play it on.. still can't get it to download properly. Like how is a disked game so difficult to install
If you upgrade that computer you are trying to run it on it will be night and day on how the graphics actually look. The newer real flight sims have extremely good graphics on them if you have the right gfx card and hardware to run it full
Burning question here: The old chrome-black InterLink controller offered mode 2, but didn't restrict throttle travel. Why must the new "InterLink DX" charcoal-colored controller do this? Limiting the travel of a resistive potentiometer/ADC->Digital data based controller is pointless. It only limits the level of fine control a human-interface-device is capable of. Having checked the inside of this new "DX" controller, the limitation is purely mechanical, and purely pointless. I'd really like an answer to this question.
@@Thercgeek Thanks for the honest answer! Well, I suppose that leaves me the dongle option with my own full-travel-throttle TX, or perhaps jiggering the system to use a HOTAS Warthog setup, which is what I'm used to. 😄
That’s a good question, I’m not sure. There is a dongle that you can get for using your own transmitter, but I don’t know how it connects wirelessly and if that’s spektrum specific or not.
I’d have to check, but it’s a dell Inspiron 7591. It’s my general use laptop and it runs it pretty well. So long as your machine meets the min requirements, you should be good.
I'm surpised no-one's mentioned how difficult this s/w is to install. In fact it won't install unless you disable any anti virus s/w you have running. And then, when you allow the antivirus back on it immediately stops the RF Launcher from working. You CAN run the actual simuulator but without the lLauncher window, there's no way you can either run updates or get different aeroplanes. It truly is a dreadful piece of s/w and I expect a lot more for something I paid over £100 for here in the UK. Once the simulator is running, the physics are fine but the range of models is limited primarily to the ARTFs Horizon Hobby sell and they're not even sorted into categories. I intend to pursue a refund. It's very disappointing.
Agreed. Its a POS. Nothing is plug and play. Everything needs you to read 100 pages of documentation and hrs of internet research. Nothing is very realistic. Helicopter is awful in terms of realism. IF you do decide just buy the RF transmitter for the thing because nothing else will work 100% of the switches on anything else.
They are pretty good. It helps with muscle memory. Not so much with IMAC but it helps to memorize the sequence. This sim is better for 3D/Freestyle in my opinion.
The best 3D pilot in the world, Jase Dussia, uses RealFlight almost daily to hone his skills, practice new maneuvers, routines, etc. Hear from Jase why RealFlight is such an amazing tool for learning to fly and to become a better pilot/3D pilot in this video: th-cam.com/video/164VFri-5nI/w-d-xo.html&t= Then watch Jase fly in this video: th-cam.com/video/Bx21WbIAJrM/w-d-xo.html
I'm trying to start a regular twice weekly virtual fun fly in Real Flight mutliplayer flying field Montana Madness tonight 1/14/22 at 9pm. Lets have some fun join us.
Yup, I found it to be quite excellent. Only thing I noticed was getting it into the high alpha was more tricky in the sim. Maybe playing with the cg in the sim might get that aspect a bit closer.
I understand. In all fairness though, it’s intended as a simulator for training and it’s very good at that. Consider, if you crash once in the sim while learning to fly rc, it has essentially paid for itself by saving you the expense of an actual crashed airplane.
Mighty expensive for the technology used. MS Flight Simulator is decades ahead of this product in terms of quality and graphics. And I dislike MS corp to begin with.... I guess this is a niche market, therefore, it is cheaper than crashing a pricey model. Coke or Pepsi, I take Coke.
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Chris is the real deal he's an awesome guy. I personally emailed and he returned my email with great advice and took the time to answer all my questions and point me in the right directions
I was challenged by 3D flight also but persevered and am now at an intermediate and safe level but the real benefit is that it has improved my flying in general and I am no longer in fear of crashing and fly maidens with confidence. This was helped significantly by realistic simulation.
Thanks for your reply and you tube evaluations they are always a pleasure to watch.
Awesome! And thanks for the kind words! 😊
My dad and I make rc planes and this is just such a wholesome channel. Good job 👍
Thank you!
Hi Chris im an avid Rc helicopter pilot in orange county Ca i also really enjoy flying EDFs just wanted to say though thank you for your awesome channel and insight and dedication to the RC community and for sharing your knowledge on everything rc related. Keep up the great work your doing and i hope some day i can meet you in person at either a fun fly or maybe a trade show.
Thanks so much man, I really appreciate your kind feedback!
As an old retired Boomer no longer at the R/C fields, I just bought RF Evolution and am loving the time lost in it for hours. Your precision flying in this video, especially your ability to line up so easily with the runways is a benchmark for my goals. I can see your enthusiasm is just as prevalent as my own lol. This video may be older, but it is not the version that counts, it is the fantastic array of flight options including being able to edit your planes as custom with your desired control responses. Thank you for this demo! 👍
P.S. My old eyes also thank RFE for the binoculars.
RFE is now downloaded on "Steam" which is ok but for the getting past the captcha! 😡
Thanks! Lining up on the runway can be challenging since you have a narrower field of view. But I feel like if you can line up on the runway in the sim, lining up with an actual model is a bit easier.
One day they will hopefully update the graphics engine so it looks like 2021 and not 1999..
I mean I can't fully see the visuals from this video, but I kind of appreciate the simple 3D image of the real environment. It's already fooled me a few times watching this in terms of realism.
O M G !! I now have the Eurofighter with thrust vectoring! DUDE! THANK YOU!!!
I will be ordering an AB light shortly for my newly acquired Freewing 90MM Eurofighter V2.3 I bought from So Cal, which I made airworthy, and now in love with. not sure why this model went away!
So glad this was helpful! Not sure on the euro, but probably due to lack of sales ultimately. I’m not sure it’s a super popular airplane in the states and it was available for quite a while.
AB Light order placed! Thrust vector flight is quite interesting, learning on Real Flight is very economical !!! ALLOT less foam dust/money saved!
Yeah, thrust vectoring is an interesting beast. Very impressive when setup right. thanks for the support! 😊
I like that flying field. Very much like the fields we have here in Michigan. I purchased an i5 equipped computer and a decent GPU card this week. Need the Realflight 9.5 and headset.
Very cool!
I've been learning to fly for about 3 months on the HZ Sport Cub S 2. More recently got RF9.5 and am having a lot of fun with the Hanger and Balloon challenges in addition to flying a number of high wing trainers. Really nice to have the Sim when it is cold, windy or raining outside.
Also, I believe RF9.5 is going to help me decide on my next plane come this Spring.
Awesome!!
I have a Sport Club S2 being delivered tomorrow. I was thinking the same as you, should be a good plane to learn on and buy a bigger plane/jet later. Just finished ordering RF9.5 w/ controller to practice and try more advance planes. Darn expensive!, especially in Canada. But I didn't want to go out with the new Cub without any experience at all, so bit the bullet on the sim even though it was 100 more than the cub s2! (any canadians happen to read this, Great Hobbies gave me 25$ off. Stay away from PM Hobbies, horrible experience with them. Eliminator-RC is also good.)
@@PickledGopher Don't be surprised if you're getting short flight times with your new S2. My flight times dropped dramatically with the cold temps here in North Central, PA. I'm assuming it is the small 1 cell LiPo batteries not liking the cold; if I run the plane inside my garage, which I keep at ~60F, I get back my normal run times.
Great little plane. I've got about 200 flites on it. Early on I treeed it half a dozen times and probably crashed or hard landed it 2 dozen times. Been through several props and several motors and a dozen significant repairs and she still gets in the air.
Since posting earlier I've gotten 2 second planes... The UMX Turbo Timber and the FT Simple Cub. Both are waiting for me to get a TX. I'm pretty sure I'll be getting the Spektrum NX8 when it comes out - hopefully soon.
Best of luck with your plane and RF simulator.
@@BillKisel Thanks Bill! Thats great to know about the temps. I'm a little worried about crashing her off the bat, good to know she'll likely survive. I'll practice with the sim a number of times before trying the real deal. I like that Turbo Timber! Haven't seen the FT yet. I haven't even had one flight yet, but already looking at the aeroscout or maybe Habu, and that A10 looks awesome! So many. Looking forward to trying them in the sim
@@PickledGopher To begin with you want to fly it in little to no wind and keep it in "Beginner" mode until you've got several dozen flites under your belt.. Fly it in a wide open area and if you can a field having tall grass. Keep the plane in front of you and you should have few problems.
RF is in my opinion a great learning tool. The Hanger Challenge 1 I believe uses the HZ Sport Cub in beginner mode and playing it will be a great help for when you go to fly the real model. Have fun!
I usually increase the size of the plane.. the appearance, to make it easier to see!! Great Review... thanks!
Thanks! Good call on the size. They can become a single pixel pretty quick, haha!
I'm sorry, but (great video) at 7:25 you have me LMAO with the slow deterioration of your V1200... 🙃
Too sweet Chris!!
Thank you for doing this review and the others that you do. Yours are among the most credible that I see on TH-cam. I'm about to buy two copies of this software, one for me and one to give to my grandnephews, ages 5 and 7 (gotta get 'em hooked on R/C early...)
Thank you for your kind feedback! A sim like this is a great investment, especially as a learning tool. I’m sure your grand nephews will have a great time with it! 😊
great video chris
Thank you!
Is there a known bug with real flight evolution? I just installed this on a brand new computer and it worked the first time I played it then after I restarted the computer real flight would crash I had to reinstall it all over again and it works. I've done this cycle three times now. Has anyone else encountered the same problem?
Honestly, I’m not sure. I still need to install real flight evo on my machine.
@@Thercgeek I installed AeroFly 8 RC simulator several days ago and it is quite good! 1. The overall graphics quality it much better than Real Flight, this includes the tscenery detail,
detail, and the spectators. 2. The planes have a much more accurate flight model in aeroflight. 3. Aerofly hasn't crashed a single time. It's worked nearly perfectly since the moment I've installed it, unlike real flight.
I’ve been flying RC’s since the mid 2010’s. Do you think this’ll be a good sim to use or some other sim during the pandemic?
I really only have experience with the RealFlight sims and they are pretty great! I’m not familiar with any of the others out there.
Hi Andy.
I use Clearflight. A very cheap sim. I think I paid $60 aud for it. Check it out and the reviews. Just another option
@@nickhayley I’ll check it out but not that realistic and doesn’t have horizon branded stuff.
I’ve been looking for something and can’t find it. In realflight 9.5s where do you set up thrust reverse, turn on turn off. I’ve imported an E-Flite Viper 90mm. It just goes backward when I throttle up? Great videos. Thanks for your help
The viper 90 has a reverse thrust option. It’s probably one of the switches on the transmitter just needs to b flipped to get it to run forward in the sim.
Hola , Gracias por el video. La pagina para bajar modelos no funciona, hay otra para hacerlo ?
Awesome my man, thanks for that info, only thing I really wish I knew how to fo would be to model my own designs into the sim, so can test fly, alter wind section aerofoil AoA incidence washout ect
Yeah, that would be a very cool feature. If you’re familiar with Xplane, it has that feature in it. It’s a full scale sim and allows you to make your own aircraft designs in it.
@@Thercgeek oh yes, interesting, I can imagine then that size wouldn't matter. Eg I could build it in the programme as 1.5m or 15m
I was pretty non plus'd to see that there were no British WW2 aircraft in this Sim - they had WW2 aircraft from everywhere else ( bizarre ) - it was a deal breaker for me until you mentioned that you can import other aircraft into the sim ... did I hear that right? Where do you do this and from where can I find out what aircraft I could import? Cheers!
There’s a whole network of downloadable models here: www.knifeedge.com/forums/index.php?resources/. I talk through the process starting at about the 10:30 mark in the vid.
Chris, since KnifeEdge sold off to RealFlight, their downloads are unavailable. Isthere any way you can make what you downloaded available?
Check the swap pages on their new site: forums.realflight.com/index.php?resources/ I’m not sure if everything has been ported over or not, but is a good place to start.
@@Thercgeek Thanks Chris!
Another great video! Thank you
Thanks!
just get rf 9.5 last week
thank for video tutorial how to import custom plane
Pros and Cons? The older system I had, I sold after a year or so. If I understand you can't resell it? Or can not even put on another pc that I have? Why do some not like steam? But prefer the disc. Thinking about getting 9.5s or 9.5 version
I’d recommend the 9.5s version. I found the cd installation took a very long time where the steam install is pretty quick. I’m not sure about installing across other systems, but I haven’t really had any issues with that. I think with steam, that should be an easier prospect since it gets place into your account once purchased, but again, I can’t say for certain.
Hello RC Geek. Do you have a suggestion how to use the 9.9S without a USB cable. You mentioned a Dongle. Can this dongle be used on the Spectrum controller avoiding the cumbersome and dangling cable? Mike
That is my understanding, yes. The dongle provides a wireless connection to your radio. I have RF9.5s, so I’ll look at showing the wireless setup in that video when I’m able to get it together. This is dongle: bit.ly/2Fo8KOR
Just wish it would work on a Mac. I have the Aero Fly 7 and it's ok, but it would be nice to have the actual models to practice with using a simulator.
Yeah, that would be nice. You could always install windows on a partition on your Mac hard drive.
Is the Icon 5 plane included ?
I’m no sure off hand. I’ve not heard of the airplane before n
You can use a dual boot Mac. Basically, it emulates 100% a windows environment, and you can switch back and forth.
There are hundreds of videos on how to implement this feature.
I've heard some bad reviews about the RC itself .... have you had any problems with it? I am learning about RC flying so I can learn more about drones. My dji/fpv drone has a flight sim from their website but it's quirky and wonky and doesn't always respond to the controller. Nice video :)
Are you talking about the included transmitter? I’ve found that it works pretty well and haven’t had any issue with it personally. There’s also a dongle available that lets you use your own transmitter which is nice.
@@Thercgeek I was told the interlink dx controller needs to be plugged into a powered usb hub to work correctly. Do you know if it needs to be usb 2.0 or usb 3.0?
12:39 absolutely MASSIVE tail strike lolz
#stresstesting 🤣
I can use your help.I bought the 9.5 disk version with the transmitter. I installed both disks but did not have the transmitter plugged into the pc. My friend plugged it in and calibrated it. Now when I fly the plane in safe it flies nice.Turn b switch to intermittent the plane goes out of control. What do I have to do?
I’m not certain what the issue is. Have you calibrated the controller? I’d recommend starting there?
How do you get the importable models if they aren't variants in RF 9.5? Do I need RF 9 PLUS 9.5 to do this? Please explain. Thanks in advance.
Many of the older models are compatible with the newer realflight versions. I think most of the rf5 and later models are compatible with the newer versions. The model graphics may not be as good, but most of them I tried seemed to work.
if i buy the transmitter alone for $100 could i play RF Sim by “borrowing” the digital version from my buddys steam account?
I got the cracked version.. loving it.. (Y)
hey chris, can you confirm if knifeedge isnt supporting real flight? i went to the site but it looks like they stopped supporting rf.
That’s a good question, I hadn’t heard that. Let me look into that.
Hi, my son is a fan of superwings cartoon, how easy is to create an airplane having superwings characters design? For physics it can fly as an existing plane...
That’s a very good question. There’s a whole network of folks who make their own models in real flight in the knife edge software forums. I’d recommend putting a request out there. Unfortunately, I don’t know off hand how it’s done.
Does it have the ability to call out the switches you flip like on a RM TX16S?
Honestly, I’m not sure as I’ve never tried that personally. The dongle should recognize the switches since it would need to for them to operate.
Want to get a laptop for this but don't know what it will work with . A Budget friendly one if you have any recommendations ? Thank you much
Honestly, I think most newer laptops should be able to run this fine. If you can find a budget machine with a good processor and decent ram, should do fine (obviously double check against the recommended specs for the software). You don’t need a dedicated gaming rig or anything like that to run this.
@@Thercgeek ya I just went and bought a assus Chromebook cx170 with the 17.3 screen just not very computer smart so the numbers don't really make sense to me haha first laptop I've ever owned lol
Hi Chris - I currently have RF7.5 and have been hosting a custom airport FloridaFunport International_AP.RFX on RF 7.5 Multi-Player List Server for the past 10 years. After watching your video I'm considering upgrading to RF9.5. Do you think I can import my 7.5 RFX airport file to a new RF9.5 ?
Also, RF7.5 had a built-in Graphics Editor that allowed me to create this multiplayer airport. Does RF9.5 also include this Editor feature?
Used to be able to phone call RF Tech Support number. I kept them on my Speed Dial. Now they just request you fill out a form on their website for technical service advice. So far they never replied to my requests. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Bob
You know, I’m not entirely certain. I would think that you should be able to import the airport file. As for the editor, I don’t know. Seems that it should still be there, but it’s not something I’ve explored personally.
@@Thercgeek - Thanks for the prompt reply. As a retired Engineer I have learned "never ASSUME anything". As an example I could assume that when RF provides me a Customer Service Number and you call it, that they wouldn't have a Robot telling you to fill out a form on their website, and you might get a reply back some day.
I appreciate your input. Thanks, Bob Wimauma, Florida
I want to buy this simulator so much but my home has nothing but Mac computers, Being in graphics and a photographer this is my needs ! is there a safe way of doing this ?
It unfortunately needs windows to run. That said, you can partition the drive on your Mac and run windows from it. Not ideal I guess, but I’m not sure if there’s a good windows emulator that runs within the Mac environment.
Where can you get the KnifeEdge Planes? They are no longer supporting Real Flight.
That’s a very good question. Let me see what I can find out.
Looks like the forum has been moved here: forums.realflight.com/index.php
I’m brand new to pc equipment. Like so new my pc will arrive at my house in like a week from now. Can my DX6 work with the sim? I’m just not trying to spend $100 extra for something I don’t need
If you get the dongle (bit.ly/2Fo8KOR), then you should be able to use your dx6 with your computer for the sim.
@@Thercgeek okay! Thank you so much!! I can’t wait to do crazy stuff with my planes that I couldn’t do irl
Will a gaming laptop work better with the real flight 9.5 or is a regular laptop with the system requirements just as good?
While a regular laptop that meets the min specs should work fine, a gaming laptop will give you overall better performance on the sim.
watched your video with the 9.5 with the down loaded B-1bomber... followed your directions how to install, but can't download? don't know what to do, tried several times, still unsucessful...I'm not a computer ace......I'm a senior in the 80's so I wasn't brought up withy this computer age.....any help u can give me?
There’s probably an additional model that may need to be installed. On the knife edge listing page, it’ll usually link to another model if it’s based on something a previous model.
I have a question how do I get where I can click on simulation because it goes away once I get in the sim and I’m on real flight evolution
There should be an icon in your start menu. In the start menu, search for realflight. If you downloaded it from steam, you can launch it from within there too.
@@Thercgeek thank you
Hey Chris my name is Miko I’m a 13 year old edf pilot in training, my dad bought the RF9.5 and we are trying to import the f-14 tomcat. We followed all the guide lines on the video but we got to the point where yours showed successfully imported but ours stated it was cancelled. Don’t know where we went wrong. Can you help?
You’ll need to check the compatibility in the download. Also, verify that you have the base model that the tomcat model is based on. It should tell you in the model download listing on the website.
@@Thercgeek hey thanks for the info Chris we’ll try that. By the way who is the creator for the f-14 of the one you had in n the vid?
I didn’t have an f14 in the vid, but a b-1 bomber. I’m not sure who the creator is.
@@Thercgeek at this point I’m just trying to import anything. Also every time we even switch airfields it shows a error screen that tells us to go to documents then go to realflight then RFX and then still nothing happens
Hmmm, I’m not sure, I’ve only experienced errors when the model when I didn’t have the original model it needed. Are you getting errors even if you import a RF9.5 specific model?
So u can download this from the internet to the laptop? And hook it up with the Inter Link transmitter and it will work?
Yes, this can be purchased and downloaded and controlled with the interlink so you can use your own transmitter.
@@Thercgeek I was able to upload it right to my laptop with no issues it went pretty easy actually and I have a lot of practicing to do that's for sure lol but man I remember when buying a laptop it came with a DVD/CD ROM.
Hi. All the links to knifeedge are not found
Real flight has been fully transitioned over to horizon hobby and they moved the forums to a new location. I’d recommend searching here for models: forums.realflight.com/index.php
Ok everyone, If you have the RF 9.5s flight sim by HH and your controller won't work on your laptop or computer, here's the fix. Buy a Powered USB Hub Port. After plugging it into the wall, and plugging the USB lead into your USB port on your laptop or computer, then plug your controller into the Powered USB port. Yahoo, it works. $21 inconvenience. Amazon saved the day.
Hey man what kind of computer/PC do you use for this simulator?
This was operated on a Dell Inspiron laptop. Hardly a gaming machine, but it runs the sim pretty well.
I’ve got to get a computer or laptop first. Any suggestion. 👍🏻✌🏻🖖🏻
I really like dell machines personally. I’ve had good luck with them and they’re not overloaded with bloatware usually.
I'm having trouble just installing this darn thing bought a computer just to play it on.. still can't get it to download properly. Like how is a disked game so difficult to install
What specifically is happening? When I installed mine from the cd, it took a really long time to install.
Does it have problems running on windows 11? It only lists windows10
There should’ve by be any issues with win 11. It’s running in my machine fine with that.
When will they add an Avenger to the list!??!!? ;)
Right?! 😁
It is now on steam so no more cd reader needed :D
Yep!
If you upgrade that computer you are trying to run it on it will be night and day on how the graphics actually look. The newer real flight sims have extremely good graphics on them if you have the right gfx card and hardware to run it full
I doubt. It’s definitely not a gaming machine that I’m using.
Burning question here: The old chrome-black InterLink controller offered mode 2, but didn't restrict throttle travel. Why must the new "InterLink DX" charcoal-colored controller do this? Limiting the travel of a resistive potentiometer/ADC->Digital data based controller is pointless. It only limits the level of fine control a human-interface-device is capable of. Having checked the inside of this new "DX" controller, the limitation is purely mechanical, and purely pointless. I'd really like an answer to this question.
Honestly man, I couldn’t tell you.
@@Thercgeek Thanks for the honest answer! Well, I suppose that leaves me the dongle option with my own full-travel-throttle TX, or perhaps jiggering the system to use a HOTAS Warthog setup, which is what I'm used to. 😄
how did you do it can you share with me , thank you
How did I do what?
Is there an anti aliasing option in the software?
I’m not certain, I’ll have to look
can i use my own Jeti transmitter?...
That’s a good question, I’m not sure. There is a dongle that you can get for using your own transmitter, but I don’t know how it connects wirelessly and if that’s spektrum specific or not.
Wow, You 'Just discovered' the Real Flight swap pages ? ? ?
Haha, yeah. What can I say, I’m a little behind the times. 🤣
it says log in to download and i did but there is no download
I’m not certain what you’re asking. It says to login where?
you need to create a new account first. then you may go back and download!
What are you pc specifications ?
I’d have to check, but it’s a dell Inspiron 7591. It’s my general use laptop and it runs it pretty well. So long as your machine meets the min requirements, you should be good.
@@Thercgeek thank you for the reply 👍
I'm surpised no-one's mentioned how difficult this s/w is to install. In fact it won't install unless you disable any anti virus s/w you have running. And then, when you allow the antivirus back on it immediately stops the RF Launcher from working. You CAN run the actual simuulator but without the lLauncher window, there's no way you can either run updates or get different aeroplanes.
It truly is a dreadful piece of s/w and I expect a lot more for something I paid over £100 for here in the UK. Once the simulator is running, the physics are fine but the range of models is limited primarily to the ARTFs Horizon Hobby sell and they're not even sorted into categories. I intend to pursue a refund.
It's very disappointing.
Agreed. Its a POS. Nothing is plug and play. Everything needs you to read 100 pages of documentation and hrs of internet research. Nothing is very realistic. Helicopter is awful in terms of realism. IF you do decide just buy the RF transmitter for the thing because nothing else will work 100% of the switches on anything else.
How realistic is it with three D flying training ?Hovering and harriers etc.
I’m terrible at 3d, but it has a number of built in airplane options for that. They appear to be quite good from what I can tell.
They are pretty good. It helps with muscle memory. Not so much with IMAC but it helps to memorize the sequence. This sim is better for 3D/Freestyle in my opinion.
The best 3D pilot in the world, Jase Dussia, uses RealFlight almost daily to hone his skills, practice new maneuvers, routines, etc. Hear from Jase why RealFlight is such an amazing tool for learning to fly and to become a better pilot/3D pilot in this video: th-cam.com/video/164VFri-5nI/w-d-xo.html&t=
Then watch Jase fly in this video: th-cam.com/video/Bx21WbIAJrM/w-d-xo.html
I'm trying to start a regular twice weekly virtual fun fly in Real Flight mutliplayer flying field Montana Madness tonight 1/14/22 at 9pm. Lets have some fun join us.
Oh, fun!
F-16 is accurate
Yup, I found it to be quite excellent. Only thing I noticed was getting it into the high alpha was more tricky in the sim. Maybe playing with the cg in the sim might get that aspect a bit closer.
@@Thercgeek agree
Naplaming your own runway is how you deice it duh!
Haha, indeed! 🤣
it didnt work
What didn’t work?
Wow, the most expensive video game ever. Smh
I understand. In all fairness though, it’s intended as a simulator for training and it’s very good at that. Consider, if you crash once in the sim while learning to fly rc, it has essentially paid for itself by saving you the expense of an actual crashed airplane.
Mighty expensive for the technology used.
MS Flight Simulator is decades ahead of this product in terms of quality and graphics.
And I dislike MS corp to begin with....
I guess this is a niche market, therefore, it is cheaper than crashing a pricey model.
Coke or Pepsi, I take Coke.
I have a different simulator
looks the same as in the earlier realflight days thats a shame
Love seeing this..
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