Some people are going to hate this question from the get-go, and say it's impossible to answer. Ok, so don't.
The rest, who have an opinion, don't hold back. I'm looking for a balance of framerates and...everything else. The two helicopters that I fly almost exclusively are the Acceleration EH101 and the Aerosoft Seahawk. I like the Seahawk's built-in autopilot and autohover, but it's hard on framerates. The EH101 looks great and gets good framerates, but the VC instruments are a little too small for comfortable reading; and it doesn't implement autopilot or autohover (though you can get both of these functions with freeware gauges). I also have the original Alphasim Apache, which I like and which gets good framerates; but the graphics resolution of the VC gauges is low. I've looked at Alphasim's Longbow version, but it seems to be lacking some basic gauges (e.g., radar altimeter).
So, what's great?
The rest, who have an opinion, don't hold back. I'm looking for a balance of framerates and...everything else. The two helicopters that I fly almost exclusively are the Acceleration EH101 and the Aerosoft Seahawk. I like the Seahawk's built-in autopilot and autohover, but it's hard on framerates. The EH101 looks great and gets good framerates, but the VC instruments are a little too small for comfortable reading; and it doesn't implement autopilot or autohover (though you can get both of these functions with freeware gauges). I also have the original Alphasim Apache, which I like and which gets good framerates; but the graphics resolution of the VC gauges is low. I've looked at Alphasim's Longbow version, but it seems to be lacking some basic gauges (e.g., radar altimeter).
So, what's great?