I have enjoyed flight simulation for many many years, and whilst I am not a qualified pilot (at least not yet), I was inspired to build my own creation and learn from all those talented people in the RU-vid community.
Flight simulation is such a great hobby, and I hope I can give back into this community by sharing stories of my journey (and my mistakes !), learning how to fly the glass cockpit C172, but most importantly..............having fun !
Thanks buddy. The frames were made from timber, with mdf cladding and then 3d printed capping inside. I have an entire build series on my channel that you might like to check out. Feel free to have a browse........
Its a game changer mate as you rightly put in your review. I should have bought this addon a long time ago !! BTW your video reviews are world class mate. Love watching the content you produce....
thanks mate and yes agree. In my later videos I have managed to edit the aircraft config file which removes the interior and I think is about as good as I can get it. Feel free to check the latest videos out and you will see what I mean.......
I think my biggest problem I've had with Pilot2ATC is not the app itself but me not completely reading the manual when I first started. You can do so many things with it. Force runways, atc chatter, the list goes on and on
Great work man! I'm trying to build a home cockpit too, but I'm not shure about (3) screens size and VGA cards. There is some kind of formula/ratio which I can use to know if a VGA can support for example 3 X 40" screens, let's say 1080 P or also 1440 with a decent FPS? I'm looking for RTX 4080 S (so expensive) maybe 4070 Ti Super or RX7900XT. I appreciate a lot if you can help me, thank you so much :)
Thanks for the support really appreciate it. With respects to screen size it really doesnt matter from a performance perspective, but it will matter from a visual perspective. On a pixel basis a smaller 1080P screen (say 40" or lower) will look much better than a 55" TV at the same 1080P resolution as they both have the same number of pixels just the TV are larger. Not sure of your budget and it really comes down to your budget. If you are running with 40" screens then I would probably go for at least 1440P resolution at minimum of 60Hz refresh rate. I am not familiar with AMD chips, so cant comment there, however a 4070Ti will work fine (especially if you have DLSS mode and Frame generation on in FS2020) together with a 12900K CPU (if you were to go with intel). Keep ram to DDR5 with 32GB (2x16GB) and run your programs through an M.2 SSD as this will be quicker. Hope this helps.
@@CessSim about CPU I was thinking i5 or i7 maybe Ryzen 7 7800X3D, but someone told me that after 10 years AMD CPU need to be replaced , instead Intel are more reliable through the time. Do you think the same? Thanks😊
Absolutely brilliant mate.. Im in the middle of building the standby instruments from Trevor as well.. I really struggled with the side views and hoping MS 2024 goes back to undocking outside views so I can have physical windows again.Looks like you have cracked it on this version.. Keep up the great videos mate 😊😊
You've done a really good job! Please can you tell me what kind of VGA and CPU have installed in your pc? Did you use 3 x 55" 1080p tv as screens? You use tv because there aren't pure monitors of that size? Thank you so much!
Please check out my later videos which have full specs in the description. This is quite old now and many things upgraded including TVs which are now 4K QLED....
@@CessSim thank you, I will check! I know about 4K ...they require a pricey VGA . I'm looking for an affordable setup to "flying at home"...but for now I saw things that cost like a plane...I mean a real plane:)
I would love to have the space to do that. My flight sim, and my driving sim and my workplace are all on the same desk. Haha. How is the heat in there? I find my room gets extremely hot very quickly when the flight sim is running.
@@CessSim Ah. Yeah, I guess in Oz that's standard. In the UK relatively few people have that at home. We have it in our conservatory, as that's the hottest room in the house in summer. But elsewhere we don't. I am planning to add some PC fans to my ceiling above the PCs to vent the heat to the loft space.
Maybe less stuttery, but I haven't noticed any average framerate improvement. I still don't understand how you are able to run triple 4k with it. I certainly can't and my hardware isn't much lower spec than yours. I have Ryzen 5800X3D and RTX 3080 Ti
I am going to revisit the benchmarking exercise I did a while back and compare it to now. Having just updated XP to v 12.1.1 I am certain the performance is better than what I had before. Will do a video on my 2nd round tests. Stay tuned....
But is it a better graphical experience than MSFS? Flight model has always been considered better, but having delved into the control sensitivities in MSFS, I am getting a much more realistic flying experience in MSFS now. Look forward to your final assessment 👍
Sorry to butt in ,but whilst your GPU will give similar performance your CPU benchmark tests are nowhere near this one, even with 3d cache (in my opinion). Maybe look at your graphics settings. You can have 4k with low settings, modest settings, high setting etc, but they are all 4k. Hope this helps
@brexpatfarang3780 Michael brown posted a video entitled "X-Plane 12 Benchmarks - Large list" in the description of that is a link to a spreadsheet. In that he shows that the 5800X3D is of similar performance to a 12700K.
@brexpatfarang3780 For sure the graphics in MSFS are better. Nobody is questioning that. I have MSFS also and I find that I can do triple screen with that. It is better optimised than XP12
I'm living a nightmare trying to figure out how on earth my Seitek and Velocity flight controls suddenly began operating "COUPLED" as in rudder to ailerons. I believe it had something to do with the latest xplane 12 update. All flight controls worked beautifully before with the right response curves. Can someone help me find what I need to do to uncoupled the rudder and ailerons? Thanks so much.
HI mate. That sounds like a first to me. Have you tried completely disconnecting the unit from the USB side, restarting XP without it plugged in and then attaching it again, perhaps in a different USB port?
@@CessSim Thank you Q8 - I have tried that and still have the problem. I think now I wwill delete ALL x-Plane and reload the Disc version X-Plane 11 and see if it comes back. Thanks again for the suggestion.
This looks amazing, I have followed for a while now and you always produce good, informative videos. One observation if I may....I notice you are using an old office swivel chair minus wheels as the pilots seat...Why don't you pick up an old car seat from a scrapper and mount it on a frame. One where the back/forward/up/down and lumbar support adjuster all still work, much more realistic...Push it back to get out, climb in and adjust, just like real life.
@@davenicoll43 Thanks for the kind words. The real seat was part of an early concept but to be honest doesn't work when getting out from rear. I have also post this video installed another type of side table for the streamdeck, ipad for chat, and cup of coffee !! If I had side exits I would have bought proper seats. Thanks for tuning in.
Apologies but I am not sharing the Fusion360 file at this stage. The model is quite detailed. I do have some basic layout drawings covering various aspects if that helps get you started. Feel free to reach out via my contact details in the about section.
It's always interesting to see the "off camera" side of simulators. I like how you've added depth to your windows. I'm long overdue for an updated tour myself. Cheers mate!
