December 22, 20241 yr I have been using a C172 to fly around but I am wondering what other fairly easy to fly aircraft are particularly good for flying around specifically to take in the landscape as opposed to getting from point a to point b the most efficient way. Thanks Case: (Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic XL), PSU: (MEG Ai300p pcie 5 & ATX 3.0), Motherboard: (ASUS TUF Gaming x670E-PLUS WIFI 6E), CPU: (AMD Ryzen 7 7800-X3D) Memory: (G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO RGB Series 64GB DDR5 6000), GPU: (Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme Airo). CPU Cooler: (ASUS ROG Strix LC RGB 360) Fans: (7 Corsair LL Series 120mm RGB)
December 22, 20241 yr Nothing can beat helicopter! Life time flight sim enthusiast, current airplane owner 172P (past C182F). FAA CP/IR ASEL/AMEL, FI ASELMy System: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D , MSI X870 GAMING PLUS, 64G RAM, ASUS RTX5090, 4T SSDPut my hands on (pic/dual/given)7GCAA, 8KCAB, BE24, BE76, BE35-C33, BE35, C150, C152, C172B/N/P/R/SP, 182F, M20E,M20C, M20J, AT6(SNJ4), PA28-140,PA28-151, PA28-161,PA28-181,PA28RT-201,PA28R-180/201T, PA24-250, PA32-300R, PA44, AC114, YAK-18T, YAK-52, SR22
December 22, 20241 yr I use the Xcub a lot for VFR. Only a little slower, but great outside view. I9-14900K, Gigabyte B760 Aorus Elite AX, RTX 4080, 32 ram.1 tb nvme M.2 SSD, MSFS 2020 on 2 tb nvme m.2 SSD
December 22, 20241 yr Recommend the Xcub too.. the ability to land in all sorts of terrain and really soak in the new ground terrain visuals along with new ground handling physics makes it a great VFR aircraft. 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 22, 20241 yr Author 4 minutes ago, sd_flyer said: Nothing can beat helicopter! And I actually have helicopter hardware controls. Thanks for the suggestion. Always looking for opinions as well 🙂 Case: (Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic XL), PSU: (MEG Ai300p pcie 5 & ATX 3.0), Motherboard: (ASUS TUF Gaming x670E-PLUS WIFI 6E), CPU: (AMD Ryzen 7 7800-X3D) Memory: (G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO RGB Series 64GB DDR5 6000), GPU: (Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme Airo). CPU Cooler: (ASUS ROG Strix LC RGB 360) Fans: (7 Corsair LL Series 120mm RGB)
December 22, 20241 yr The Optica is great for this if you don’t want to learn helicopters. 9800X3d, 4090, 64 GB DDR5 6000 RAM, 4 TB NVME (2x2), 4K Ultra + Framegen
December 22, 20241 yr The Fenix 319 is not bad for sightseeing - flaps full and speed 140 🙃 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
December 23, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, sd_flyer said: Nothing can beat helicopter! …except the Joby S4 electric aircraft. It’ll do everything a helicopter can do and accelerate up to 160kts, and it’s FBW system makes it much much easier and more fun to fly than a helicopter. 787 captain. Previously 24 years on 747-400.Technical advisor on PMDG 747 legacy versions QOTS 1 , FS9 and Aerowinx PS1.
December 23, 20241 yr Joby S4 Curtiss JN-4 Jenny Magni Gyro M24 Cessna 152 Optica and, of course, the slowest of them all... the Hot Air Baloon. flightsim.to - map
December 23, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, Rob G said: I have been using a C172 to fly around but I am wondering what other fairly easy to fly aircraft are particularly good for flying around specifically to take in the landscape as opposed to getting from point a to point b the most efficient way. Thanks In v2024? The Default Optica by Got Friends or the default R66 by Carenado. In v2020? Probably the Default Guimbal Cabri, or the C172 with its high wing not obstructing the view. Me personally? I like low and FAST, so I'd go for something like the CJ4, the JF Hawk, FA-18, or F-16 (incomparable view!). All depends on your desire for fidelity, tho.
December 23, 20241 yr Van's RV-8, Zlin Norden "It's ALL about Flying" i7-9700k @5ghz | 32gb Gskill Ripjaw 5 DDR4 3000 | Nvidia RTX 4080 | W10 Pro | Samsung 32" 4K TV | Virpil Throttle & Pedals | Winwing Stick
December 23, 20241 yr How do you disable EFB in Xcub, dont want that in cockpit ? RV-8 dark screen on GTN screens, how to get it brighter ?
December 23, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, deepstar said: How do you disable EFB in Xcub, dont want that in cockpit ? RV-8 dark screen on GTN screens, how to get it brighter ? Dark gtn screen is a 2024 issue.. waiting for a fix.. Bert
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