Nothing beats actually flying a quad but charging, even 30 minutes in the case of the Cheerson CX-10, is sometimes just seems too long. And picking up the quad to right it after crashes, although good exercise, can get tiring. So the next best thing? Simulators.
I have a Steelseries Stratus lying around and it’s just a little bit smaller than the CX-10’s controller. Unfortunately, it can’t be used on the MacBook Pro so I have to find something for the iPad mini that supports MFI controllers.
After some searching I found RealFlight Mobile. It’s the mobile version of RealFlight, supposedly the most detailed and powerful simulator on the market
It’s free but unfortunately, it initially comes only with fixed wing aircraft so I had to in-app purchase a quadcopter model (looks suspiciously looks like a DJI Phantom).