Hello from Thailand!

[Thai Flier 2]

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. 

[charliearon 3,061]

Welcome to the AVSIM forums, Mike!  Plenty of help available!  😀

[stans 715]

Welcome to Avsim!

[Sweetd31 6]

Hi mike, i been hooked downloaded two weeks ago. So much high quality free content. Ill post a list on the fsx forum. Enjoy!

[Thai Flier 2]

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.