There are also hardware solutions from a few different places but they are:

a) often mind bogglingly expensive and

b) often unavailable due to COVID

 

https://realsimgear.com/collections/all

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 24, 20215 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick

9 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

There are also hardware solutions from a few different places but they are:

a) often mind bogglingly expensive and

b) often unavailable due to COVID

 

https://realsimgear.com/collections/all

 

 

 

 

 

Yess, I know this gear. But:

I fly mainly  in VR, it is a bit overkill then, and quite expensive for that.

Second: when flying in VR my second monitor windows disappear, and as I understand it the Realsimgear uses its displays as a second monitor (with touchscreen and a knob).

If I still would be flying in pancake mode then I would certainly buy one of these.

The Saitek radio panel has the advantage of physical knobs, and I could learn to operate these blindly even with my headset on, with the direct feedback of the NAV and COM numbers in the VR cockpit.

BTW Yesterday I had the idea of using some of the 4-way switches on my X52 Pro to use for radio tuning. That also works.

At the moment i am flying without communicating with ATC myself, but the problem I would see is: how to write down the ATC info (if it is overwhelming much) for correct readback..

Edited February 25, 20215 yr by Rene_Feijen