December 14, 20232 yr Fascinating how they used a real 737 cockpit along with MSFS to build this really cool rig. Need to read it more carefully again but following one of the links they mentioned believe this is also using ProSim 737 software along with MSFS (the same systems software maker whose A320 codebase the Fenix is based on).https://fselite.net/content/rtw-in-a-homemade-737-simulator-for-charity/ Excerpt: At the heart of the Cali Crew’s flight operations is a full-scale Boeing 737-800 cockpit section that serves as an interactive sim platform. This is no replica or purpose-built sim; it is the real deal Boeing. Originally delivered to Mandarin Airlines in 2001, this particular Boeing 737-809, MSN 30636, flew for China Airlines, GOL, and eventually Indonesian carrier, Sriwijaya Air, before it was flown to Arizona to be scrapped in 2019. In December 2021, Fabian Betancur, the sim’s builder and the mastermind behind the Orange County 737 Sim, acquired the cockpit section of the Boeing and put it on a trailer to his home in Southern California. There, he would embark on a two-year-long journey to breathe life back into the 737’s cockpit using original parts and make it “fly” again, albeit virtually this time, using Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Len 1980s: Sublogic FS II on C64 ---> 1990s: Flight Unlimited I/II, MSFS 95/98 ---> 2000s/2010s: FS/X, P3D, XP ---> 2020+: MSFS Current system: i9 13900K, RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 4800 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD
December 14, 20232 yr I'm seeing more and more streams on Twitch where MSFS is being used for cockpit builds like this. 2 years ago, it was very rare to see streams on Twitch where a full cockpit build was using MSFS. But this year, it's almost becoming quite frequent to see a Twitch stream where MSFS is being used for the cockpit build. Edited December 14, 20232 yr by abrams_tank i5-12400, RTX 3060 Ti, 32 GB RAM
December 14, 20232 yr A lot of these just use MSFS for the visuals, and all the sim bits are in ProSIm. These things are amazing though.
December 14, 20232 yr Author 9 minutes ago, BrammyH said: A lot of these just use MSFS for the visuals, and all the sim bits are in ProSIm. These things are amazing though. Yup https://prosim-ar.com/prosim737/ is a nice pairing with MSFS (especially when also paired with the real-deal 737 hardware/cockpit like in this example). Aside: here are the full specs for this rig: https://fabianb.medium.com/orange-county-737-sim-hardware-specs-4fe398db73c1 Edited December 14, 20232 yr by lwt1971 Len 1980s: Sublogic FS II on C64 ---> 1990s: Flight Unlimited I/II, MSFS 95/98 ---> 2000s/2010s: FS/X, P3D, XP ---> 2020+: MSFS Current system: i9 13900K, RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 4800 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD
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