Hi,

Thanks for your post

Whereabouts do you download the Cockpit texture pack for the 757?

The cockpit texture pack is for the 777, search for Pumpers Mods

 

 

http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=25511

 

757 is perfect as it is

 

Forgot to mention the deadly XPFR Sbach 300 whew

For context, I never fly large airliners, mainly vintage GA bush pilot planes and helicopters. The plane selection is also tilted a bit towards what is available in the FSEconomy game (and profitable there):

 

Scenery:

HD Mesh V3

HD Mesh for New Zealand

The Tom Curtis payware sceney for the Pacific Northwest & Alaska (Inside Passage, Final Frontier, Canadian Rockies)

Otherwise, it's all freware scenery for individual airports found at the .org or elsewhere. 

 

Environment and Weather:

Real Terra Haze

SkyMaxxxpro

 

Planes (all payware):

DDenn Grumman Goose package

Carenado 208 Caravan

Carenado Beechcraft Bonanza F33

Carenado Beechcraft D17 Staggerwing

X-Aviation Mitsubishi MU-2B

Leading Edge Simulations Douglas DC-3

HydroZ PBY-5A Catalina

Shade Tree DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver and DHC-3 Otter

ND Kawasaki BK-117 helicopter

X-Trident Bell 412 helicopter

 

Controls:

Thrustmaster Warthog joystick and throttle quadrant

Saitek Pro Combat pedals

TrackIR 5

 

 

- World2XPlane, yes, yes I know, I wrote the thing ;-)

Yes Tony is famous around here  :rolleyes:

 

 

 

see the video Poppet posted above. 

And he actually mentioned my name  :o

 

Haven't flew in X-Plane in a while

But Your going to need a moving map, i started off with this one,  its good,  not cheap though about 40 Euro i think. 

 

http://www.apollosoftware.com/ADefault.aspx

 

Then i got this on for my Ipad, i like it, half the price but lacks some of the features.  

 

http://fswidgets.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=52

 

And of course Austin released his Xavion for free,  haven't used it but here its good 

 

http://xavion.com/

 

Begs the question what's everyone else using for a moving map??

Looks like I might need a bigger SSD.

 

Thanks for all the excellent advice and suggestions.

 

Jose

I run a 500GB 840 Evo, runs P3D, FSX, XP10, Battlefield 4, and a vanilla FSX:SE

 

I've got about 100GB remaining

X-Plane is on and off my system these days - I'm mainly focused on P3D - but when it's on, the first add-on aircraft I load up is the Leading Edge Simulations DC-3.  A wonderful mix of smooth and balky handling and for once a real sense of mass, like you're flying a heavy object through the air.  Really a pleasure.

Begs the question what's everyone else using for a moving map??

 

I use either Plan-G (mainly for the terrain display during VFR) and FS Commander, an FSX moving map that contains SIDs/STARs.  Both link with X-Plane using XPUIPC.  I use FS Commander for big iron where I have charts for approaches and don't need to worry about terrain obstacles.

Welcome to X-Plane Jose. For aircraft you can't go wrong with Flight Factor, LES, FlyJSim, or Carenado depending on what you fly. For scenery, (along with U/HD mesh, World2Xplane, G2XPL, and every thing else mentioned) I would highly recommend ISDG, MisterX, AXDG, Fred-E, and TDG. And the best part about it is you can get all those scenery for a grand total of a few bucks. You can also browse x-plane.org and see if any thing interests you. Finally, you can browse this Avsim thread to find a more concise list of all the stuff mentioned.

 

Edit: 2 more websites to find links to scenery, http://apxp.info and https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zKdUoyDRH6j0.k7Q3rMFgZpe4

Begs the question what's everyone else using for a moving map??

 

 

As a GA/bush pilot here's what I do:

 

1)Figure out a route and minimum safe altitude in the free Plan-G flight planner.

 

2) Dial the destination into the default X-Plane GPS, set my heading, and take off. Once I'm in a stable climb, set the autopilot to Nav for the GPS, watch my altitude, level off the autopilot into cruise, and Bob's your uncle. 

 

If I need to check where I am, I just use the default X-Plane map (which pauses the flight). I know Plan-G can link to X-Plane and show a moving map, but I've just never used it. Without casting aspersions on any other sim pilot here, for me It feels a bit like cheating for GA/bush planes that don't actually have that in the cockpit. I've never felt that a moving map added anything I'm not getting from the GPS for time to destination, etc. And the X-Plane map is always there if you need a spot check.

Yes Tony is famous around here 

 

LOL, think my post came out wrong there. I of course meant that I'm going into talk-about-my-own-scenery mode, which is of course going to be completely unbiased :-)

 

 

 

Begs the question what's everyone else using for a moving map??

 

I use an Android app call Airnav Pro which can be loaded will real charts or use OpenStreetMap. 

Most GA pilots and bush pilots today use a GPS mainly for safety regarding terrain clearance.  The default map in X-Plane is limited in scope in not loading sufficient tiles to see far enough ahead to suit me.  Like @Paraffin, I use the GPS mainly, but the XP Garmin GPS doesn't show terrain, so I use Plan-G for planning which is seldom a simple point to point direct route unless you're over flat country.  I've also found that a GPS is almost mandatory when searching for those tiny grass airstrips hidden among the default landclass scenery.

Welcome to X-Plane Jose. For aircraft you can't go wrong with Flight Factor, LES, FlyJSim, or Carenado depending on what you fly. For scenery, (along with U/HD mesh, World2Xplane, G2XPL, and every thing else mentioned) I would highly recommend ISDG, MisterX, AXDG, Fred-E, and TDG. And the best part about it is you can get all those scenery for a grand total of a few bucks. You can also browse x-plane.org and see if any thing interests you. Finally, you can browse this Avsim thread to find a more concise list of all the stuff mentioned.

 

Edit: 2 more websites to find links to scenery, http://apxp.info and https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zKdUoyDRH6j0.k7Q3rMFgZpe4

Jon,

 

Thank you for these links. Can't wait to see KTPA & KPIE in X-Plane.

 

Fantastic!

 

Jose

Looks like I might need a bigger SSD.

 

Thanks for all the excellent advice and suggestions.

 

Jose

 

This is a very subjective question, and it really depends upon what kind of flying / aircraft you enjoy.

However you should consider at an absolute bare minimum:

 

Plugins:

 

Real Terra Haze

http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=22387

http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=17468

 

NOAA Weather

http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=15881

 

Scenery:

 

HD Mesh v3

http://mirror-eu.aerosoft.com/hd_mesh/

 

Now knock yourself out with the best payware planes, there are some gems (and a few freeware ones aren't bad too).

I love x-plane as much as the next guy but the plane quality is actually sub par compare to FSX/P3D. I purchased the 777 worldliner and its no way near the PMDG counterpart. I am uncertain if the 757 resolved the shortcoming of the 777 but I am not sure I am willing to spend the money on it based on my experience with the 777.