Yes, crashes/flying mechanics is the same in both versions. I made Recharged a separate version primarily because I needed to keep the file size for the original small, and with Recharged I wanted to be able to add bigger and more detailed sceneries without such limitations.

Manual really isn't that hard. What took me a while was breaking old habits from flying in GPS and ATTI mode. Once I did that, it became a lot easier. Flying with FPV Freerider has really helped a lot. I can't thank the developer a enough for this great software!