this is a hard one to know whether to recommend, it has a lot of issues. the main one is that it does not remember your configurations, nor can you save them. you have to set up your controller every single time you play. for what they are charging for this simulator i did expect better. the physics are also mediocre, the planes basically do what they normally would in real life, if real life was a computer game. but it doesnt allow for planes like the bombers to want to tip stall. in fact all the stall characteristics are pretty terrible and snap manouvers with the rudder do not work like they do IRL. another issue is that it can only be played in window mode, no matter how many times you select full screen and restart. once again when they are charging this much money they should fix the bugs first. lastly when using your rc transmitter as a controller the game doesnt understand switches have 2 positions ans just use them as buttons. so you can flick the switch down for landing gear or flaps down but have to toggle it twice back to the original position.

Unfortunately, I have to give this a bad review.
There are not many RC Plane simulators out there for this price. But in my opinion, even $40 is overpriced. The game has many
outdated/not working features in it. There is even an ultimate Version for $100+

So first of all:
The physics are fine. You can adjust wind speed and stuff and it seems quite realistic.

But the graphics are the worst. I can play it on 720p only. (I have a 4k screen) If I try
putting it on 4k it either doesn't change anything at all or it just splits my screen in 4 pieces and shows me one quarter of the whole image. I also tried other resolutions but it seems It can only display 720p correctly.

Then there are the controls:
I figured out how to bind them after two hours. I only didn't give up and refunded it because I bought the original IKARUS RC flight controller made explicit for this game. But no, it doesn't recognize their own controller.
I had to remap everything and it shows up only every second time. The amount of planes is ok though I guess. But the maps:
There are only 5 maps available. 4 of them are just 360 degrees images with some bad hitboxes of houses and cars and that's it. The fifth map is a "4D" map. But its basically just a computer made 3D landscape, nothing else. The difference is that you can choose more camera settings on this map. But why is there no FPV option? There is just a weird angle behind the plane available. So if I want more maps I would have to buy the upgrade version to "professional" for another $60.
My advice is:
Don't buy this sim. It's outdated and overpriced. Even RC Simulation 2.0 is better at this point. I mean it is good for exercise but for $40 bucks you could buy a cheap drone or plane and fly with it until it crashes and have more fun.
Here is a list of things that need to be changed for me to be convinced by this game:

-Add steam workshop
-improve controller setup, also optimize it for their own controller
-Remove professional edition, make the ultimate edition $99
-improve display support or whatever
-Change whole menu and settings tab to something more clear
-Greatly improve weather and physics customization.

planes felt great, physics were pretty good, and my radio (Taranis) was very easy to set up in it.

but, ultimately i got a refund for it - Professional version.

theres a pretty good variety of planes, but they ended up feeling like the same plane duplicated, but with slightly different specs - dimensions, power, flight envelope. The sceneries looked good, but were mostly just panoramic images. The graphics were fine, some aspects were amazing, where others really showed a lack of polish.

the best and most important part was the simulation felt accurate, better than Real Flight? probably the same if not slightly better. as insanely accurate as XPlane? no way.

if Professional version was maybe $40 instead of the $100 i paid, it would maybe be worth it, but at $100 i would expect more polish and variety of craft. (i fly RC irl - planes, multirotors, fpv)

Price for more models is rediculous. There really are not enough models AT ALL. Give us a $15 DLC with more models please!

It goes to show your not ready for your maiden flight! Lucky for you, you bought RC 7! Yes it´s sweet and it just dose that to any beginner. I think it´s a good learning tool, and also alot of fun! Been siming some years now and this is fun, and also not easy. Your everyday sim cabin view will not help you here as your watching the plane from the outside, so it´s another concept of flying. It´s great for cordinating your incoming roll´s so you can get used to doing the opposite of what you want to do.

Besides you don´t need a dedicade Tx to use RC 7, you can use a gamepad (F310) or XBox 360, your HOTAS, or a dedicated Tx.

The only down side I see, is that the standard version has no aircraft editor capability, you have to move on to the pro version. If you do dicide to move to the Pro version and add the dedicated Tx connection, it dose get more expensive compared to it´s competitors. What I really don´t know, is if the versions are scalable. Other wise it´s a great affordable tool for beginners.

Update from resent review...

I don´t see very honest politics behind this dev, and to say a poor sence of marketing too. It´s a degraded edition of there full edition, the Pro Edition. Which to some might be ok, not that I think it´s worth it, maybe even 10€ would be even. Not only is it downgraded, there is NO mention in the manual, or web site of some of it´s limitations. No aircraft editor, no user frendly made content capibility´s, no weather condition control. To add to the cake, if you own this edition and want a full version, ADD 99€ more for the Pro Edition. Really? Get a full version from competitors for less, or try PicaSim Free for Android. Support had me 4 days on hold to find out the above, so not much more I can say...Bad all over.

I purchased Aerofly RC7 primarily for aerobatic flying with scale aerobatic and pattern (F3A) aircraft. There is a good range of great looking aircraft, and the panoramic scenery is also excellent - I especially appreciated the windsocks, which are animated according to the selected wind conditions.

Unfortunately, the aircraft flight models are not realistic in stalled conditions. None of the F3A models would spin from level flight with normal control inputs (progressive up elevator stall, full rudder, aileron neutral). Instead, they enter a descending spiral turn. Even applying full opposite aileron does not induce a spin, but rather the aircraft rolls in the aileron direction despite being stalled. I also tried six scale aerobatic aircraft and only three (Katana, Extra 330S and Pitts Python) would do anything like a normal spin entry. The others, including the Sebart SU29S 50e which I own IRL, did not spin or snap-roll realistically.

RC7 would be an excellent teaching aid for a new student who is learning orientation and aircraft control, or possibly for scale flyers, but it is not realistic for aerobatic flying with the default models.

First and most importantly, Aerofly RC7 has not been supported since Aug 27, 2015 Version 7.4.7. There is no upgrade path on Steam to version RC8. So, despite this being a good simulator, in my opinion, the absence of support/upgrades makes RC7 a very unattractive investment. Read other reviews on this matter. If you attempt an upgrade path directly through IKARUS online you will be faced with a request for your KEY. If your original purchase was on your Steam account, then you wont have the key.

First off, i want to say that I think this is a great RC sim. It has a nice ratio of performance&physics vs beauty and realism.
Reason for not recommending..
Package A is base content. Package B(pro), is package A, + additional content. Package C(ultimate) is package A + B content, + remaining content. To go from A to B, or A to C(still receive B's content.), the price is scaled, to were you never pay more than the full price of Ultimate. B to C is not. It cost you more to go from B to C, than A to C. They call it a tier. But, the prices do not scale. so , if you buy the base sim, with intentions of upgrading in the future, go straight to the ultimate. Otherwise, it will cost you an outrageous amount extra, for the same content. Basically, if you purchase the pro, they tell you to get bent.

bought the program from the site and downloaded on line program looks good but cannot see the aircraft on screen just have sound and sceenery moves but no aircraft.

Abandoned SIM