May 18, 20242 yr Hi. My name is Mike and I'm a temporarily retired expat in Thailand. I have some time on my hands recently and figured I would engage in some bucket listery and do some real sim flying. My budget is a combination of "as cheap as possible" and " best bang for my buck." HOTAS and rudder pedals were a must. Bought those off FB marketplace today. Very slim selection of rudder pedals so the "bang/buck" quotient was filled by a quality pair of racing pedals. A slightly used Saito HOTAS later and controls shopping is done. $75 poorer but all right. Stuff will be here on Wednesday. I will either build a rough 2 x 4 or square tube steel cockpit. Program? Both of my objectives are satisfied by FS9. Took several hours to install and get running but it seems to be OK. There seems to be a some free content available for this little gem hehe. Since I am super noob and I love that kind of main character energy I will probably do a build thread. I also might have questions and end up on the apparently dead FS9 board. Sounds like fun.
May 18, 20242 yr Administrators Welcome to the AVSIM forums, Mike! Plenty of help available! 😀 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
May 19, 20242 yr Welcome to Avsim! My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
May 20, 20242 yr Hi mike, i been hooked downloaded two weeks ago. So much high quality free content. Ill post a list on the fsx forum. Enjoy!
May 21, 20242 yr Author Thank you to everyone who has given me a friendly welcome! I have FS9 up and running with only minor hassle, and the HOTAS and rudder pedals are here. I have a car seat being delivered in 2 days. Will start flight school shortly.
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