Aviation Thread

[south of heaven]

And dcs

 

[Mr Invisible]

Neither will let you smash into the twin towers though will they?

 

[K E]

Xplane hands down

Will check it out.

 

[south of heaven]

Will check it out.

Actually i got the 5 disc copy of xplane 10 you can have it for nothing if you want it .

 

[K E]

Actually i got the 5 disc copy of xplane 10 you can have it for nothing if you want it .

Any difference between that and 11?

I'm happy to pay for whichever.

 

[K E]

And dcs

What's DCS?

And what's this prepar3d I hear of?

 

[south of heaven]

Any difference between that and 11?

I'm happy to pay for whichever.

Theres differences but its still pretty impressive and looks a million times better than fsx

 

[south of heaven]

What's DCS?

And what's this prepar3d I hear of?

Dcs digital combat simulator pretty good, prepar3d is more for people that are building full cockpits so for now xplane would be a wise choice.

 

[south of heaven]

What plane do you think you will be doing things on the most ?

 

[K E]

What plane do you think you will be doing things on the most ?

777, by far. Then 757 then the 747.

 

[south of heaven]

777, by far. Then 757 then the 747.

Tutorials are non existent on flight sims bar a few basic get a book from this dude
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&...FjAJegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw15lXfWhdT3a2p8N9sRo70R
Will make life so much easier for start up procedures and stuff

 

[K E]

Thank you. I'll check it out.

Apparently, FSX is a good game while X Plane is a good sim.

X plane has it all over FSX in terms of looks, though.

 

[south of heaven]

Thank you. I'll check it out.

Apparently, FSX is a good game while X Plane is a good sim.

X plane has it all over FSX in terms of looks, though.

Yep are you going to buy any hardware down the track?

 

[K E]

Yep are you going to buy any hardware down the track?

Down the track after the little one is born but not any time soon.

 

[south of heaven]

Down the track after the little one is born but not any time soon.

When you are ready to spoil yourself

Thats about 300 bucks which will be well worth it in the long run a set of mid range rudder pedals is very advantageous and a decent yoke ,once you start going over that thats when you need prepar3d and sim avionics

 

[Rodzilla]

fuck planes

my great grandfather had the monopoly on the zeppelin blimps and i would have in inherited $875,000,000.00 if planes werent invented and put him out of business ffs

i hope the world regretted their decision on 9/11, if the terrorists hijacked a blimp instead then they would have had 8 hours warning to evacuate the buildings before the collisions, idiots

 

[K E]

When you are ready to spoil yourself
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Thats about 300 bucks which will be well worth it in the long run a set of mid range rudder pedals is very advantageous and a decent yoke ,once you start going over that thats when you need prepar3d and sim avionics

Do you rate the logitech equipment?

My cousin has almost every piece and loves them.

 

[south of heaven]

Do you rate the logitech equipment?

My cousin has almost every piece and loves them.

I own logitech its fine for certain things . I have a yoke while its pretty light weight flimsy plastic it adds so much more than a key board though, i will outgrow it one day as its not forced feedback, you will get a shitload of hours out of it .but you got to think where you going with it.
A full logitech set up can run about 3k all up and i think they are based of a cesna
You can always pick stuff up on gumtree at a good price to get started.
That throttle quadrant i posted early i feel is really good price and you will get more joy out of it than a logitech throttle, they are ok but......
Ill post a few ideas and suggestions to get you started, it takes years but thats part of the fun

 

[K E]

Awesome. Thank you.

I think, just for now, I'm gonna get a yoke or at worst a joystick to play FS to kind of hold me. I was originally going to have a dedicated room for my pc stuff but we're going to use it for the little one to play in so I gotta set up in my man cave which isn't ideal.

But you know your shit so any advice you've got, I'm all ears.

 

[south of heaven]

Joys sticks good start i got

Thats pretty good for $120 its got twist rudder control that works great feels very comfortable for the price its fucking great.
But....if you see one of these on the cheap i got mine $200 gumtree stripped it down clesned it up its a fucking beast at 7kg no twist Rudder though but fucking solid as all fuck. The warthog.

 

[south of heaven]

Pedals as i learnt from sim racing pedals are extremely important same as flight you want a good feel.
I got these they feel great on feet but dying now and to much plastic.

Thrustmaster dropped these this year like really nice and solid but $800 is pretty damn pricey still doing research on them.

These babies you have to order from slaw in romania his English is fucked doesn't do PayPal but has a solid as fuck reputation ive spoken with him once
At $500 you will never have to buy a set ever again.

Then you have brunner which will set you back about $2300 they are forced feed back so would be absolutely fantastic but fuck $$$$