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I am considering buying the PMDG DC-6 but does that make sense as I have only 1 throttle (X52 PRO), and not 4, and not Honeycomb set , because of the realism of the PMDG?


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FSUIPC might come in handy here. With that app you can bind the 4 DC-6 throttles to your one joystick throttle.

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10 minutes ago, Rene_Feijen said:

 

I am considering buying the PMDG DC-6 but does that make sense as I have only 1 throttle (X52 PRO), and not 4, and not Honeycomb set , because of the realism of the PMDG?

Your throttle will be just fine; the plane is a pure joy with my lowly CH Products Pro... 🙂

 

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14 minutes ago, Rene_Feijen said:

I am considering buying the PMDG DC-6 but does that make sense as I have only 1 throttle (X52 PRO), and not 4, and not Honeycomb set , because of the realism of the PMDG?

Buy it.

A) You can fly it just fine with a single throttle axis.

B) It's a complex aircraft,   but the automatic flight engineer can configure all phases of operation for you including power settings.

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Ok thanks, I will probably buy it then.


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Just another question: I am willing to do most of the engineering tasks, as far as that is physically possible with my X52 HOTAS setup, because it is informative to learn. Can you selectively let the FE deal with the throttle settings and do the rest yourself?

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13 minutes ago, hvw said:

FSUIPC might come in handy here. With that app you can bind the 4 DC-6 throttles to your one joystick throttle.

+1

.. but as others have said, it should work with an X52 Pro anyway. The DC-6 is my favourite aircraft for MSFS - you'll love it!

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1 minute ago, Rene_Feijen said:

Just another question: I am willing to do most of the engineering tasks, as far as that is physically possible with my X52 HOTAS setup, because it is informative to learn. Can you selectively let the FE deal with the throttle settings and do the rest yourself?

Yes, although I  would recommend letting the AFE do everything in the beginning. Takes awhile to learn this aircraft. 

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14 minutes ago, Rene_Feijen said:

Just another question: I am willing to do most of the engineering tasks, as far as that is physically possible with my X52 HOTAS setup, because it is informative to learn. Can you selectively let the FE deal with the throttle settings and do the rest yourself?

If you've any experience flying WW2 sims the DC-6 won't feel too alien. You'll pick it up pretty easily and won't have much need of the AFE. The AFE is pretty nifty in what it can do and while it's probably more realistic to make use of it in practice I never use it as prefer to have the full experience. Things happen slow with the DC-6 so usually you have plenty of time to get things done without getting behind the plane even if you're taking on all tasks.

For standard operations you'll be totally fine with just one throttle axis as others have said.  

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WW2 sims.. that was years ago, cant remember correctly anymore. B17 Flying Fortress ?  But I will try and see- there are more than enough tutorials on YT.


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2 minutes ago, Tektolnes said:

If you've any experience flying WW2 sims the DC-6 won't feel too alien. You'll pick it up pretty easily and won't have much need of the AFE. The AFE is pretty nifty in what it can do and while it's probably more realistic to make use of it in practice I never use it as prefer to have the full experience. Things happen slow with the DC-6 so usually you have plenty of time to get things done without getting behind the plane even if you're taking on all tasks.

For standard operations you'll be totally fine with just one throttle axis as others have said.  

I have watched a couple of Youtube videos of people demonstrating that they could fly it without the AFE. Mistake after mistake was usually the result. 


 

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DC-6 is a must buy. Period.


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Also a challenge to use SIDS and STARS and approaches with this bird I guess (trying without GPS).


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Just now, Rene_Feijen said:

Also a challenge to use SIDS and STARS and approaches with this bird I guess (trying without GPS).

I fly sids and stars all the time but I use Avliasoft EFB to insert them into the GPS. 


 

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With the GPS I will manage I think, as I am used to using the 430 530 G1000 and G3000. But the challenge is here to do it old school I guess. I hope/suppose that most airfields still have the possibility to depart and approach without GPS?


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