Hi, guys!
I'm on my way to buy my first FPV drone.
Since I don't have any experience flying drones in ACRO mode, I started practicing in a simulator.

I have downloaded Liftoff and Velocidrone. For now, I've got the hang of flying, but something is bothering me.

It is much easier to do figure eights flying in Velocidrone than in Liftoff.

Because I don't know how the real drone behaves, I am now confused about which sim is more similar to real flying. I'm unsure about which sim I should continue practicing in. I'm afraid of spending a few months on the sim and then realizing that everything will be totally different when I start flying in real life.

First things first, Welcome to the forum.

I think you are going to get a slightly different answer, depending on who answers the question. Most everybody seems to like one simulator over the other. To me, the main thing about a simulator is to build up your muscle memory so that when you get into a situation, you are able to get yourself out of it, hopefully without a crash. There will be plenty of crashing even with simulator time. No two quads fly the same, And no two simulators fly the same.

Personally, I think that Liftoff flies more like a 5 inch quad, and Velocidrone flies more like a 3 to 4 inch quad (others may feel differently about this). I have both of these simulators, and at least five other ones. I don't know that any of them that fly just like the real thing. But then again, depending on the size and type of quad, they all fly different as well.

Both of those are great simulators and for now I would just keep jumping between the two and keep building up your muscle memory. I think the more different types of simulators you fly in the more you will be prepared for flying different style quads as they will all react slightly different.

Thank you, nice to be here.
Okay, got your point, I will continue using both.
In Velocidrone I made nice training maps, liftoff has better graphic for enjoying and exploring maps. All in all some great stuff are FPV drones when you click with controls.

I discovered liftoff sets camera angles higher..
I think camera angles is what gets new pilots all messed up… I k ow it did me

I have about 6 different sims and every single one flies differently. You aren't in the sim to learn the quad, you're in the sim to train your hands, and that will happen regardless of the variability in flight dynamics. I started on sims about 5 months ago and have had great success transitioning to real quads. When you get a real drone you will learn its particular feel, momentum, weight, thrust, and your hands will have the skills to react and fly it. Enjoy!

I can echo what the others said. In fact I learned to fly in a mobile phone sim with touchscreen controls and had little problem transitioning to the real thing. I will say touchscreen controls are very limited in what you learn but roll/yaw mixing and throttle control are muscle memories I built on touchscreen controls.

Thanks for your inputs guys, it helped with my dilemma.
I will continue practising, and waiting for my drone to come around new year.
Cheer’s

(10-Oct-2023, 06:03 AM)Kzaruki Wrote: Thanks for your inputs guys, it helped with my dilemma.
I will continue practising, and waiting for my drone to come around new year.
Cheer’s

I am just curious what your first quad is going to be...

What I would say is that if you can fly acro in a sim at all, just take your quad up a fair height in a field, and just start flying the real deal. I think you'll find that once you realize that you can actually do it, it won't be such a scary thing to try from that point on. I flew for three whole months in angle mode until one day I just decided it was time. It wasn't half as bad as I imagined, and I only had two hours of acro practice in the sim.

You got this!!

Flying in a simulator feels nothing like flying a real quad, and unless you have a high powered gaming computer the feel will be floaty and lacklustre at best. The main benefit of flying on a sim when you first start out is to teach you how the sticks control the attitude of a quad and give you some confidence when you do start flying a real quad. If you've already got the hang of the stick controls then it's already time to ditch the simulator and just go fly the real thing, out in large open grass field area (which will act as a bit of a soft landing cushion if you crash), and far away from any uninvolved people.

I never flew in a sim before a flew a real quad. I just jumped straight in by utilising the Angle and Acro Trainer modes of Betaflight for a handful of flights until I felt comfortable switching to full Acro mode. Then I never looked back