13 hours ago, ianb2469 said:

This appeals to me. And not just buttons but axis and sensitivity etc too? 

Yes.  There is a learning curve to it.  But you can customize everything and anything far more than you can in the simulator settings.  

14 hours ago, fakeflyer737 said:

anyone know if the 737 CDU is for the early NG's (like the PMDG) or for the later NG/MAX. They're different. 

For the early NGs. You could use the 777 CDU for the newer NG and MAX, they are virtually the same except for one or two buttons and the color. That said, no idea if you can configure and use this with other aircraft as you can with the FCU.

Completely different price point but I got this new A320 MCDU from Cockpit Simulator yesterday and I am left speechless. Full metal, single USB-C connection and amazing adjustable stand. Their software is great and works. The metal feel and the button are just so realistic. 

I just wish WinWing would improve their SimPro App...It's far from the best. 

Edited January 1, 20251 yr by iFlySimX

6 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

For the early NGs. You could use the 777 CDU for the newer NG and MAX, they are virtually the same except for one or two buttons and the color. That said, no idea if you can configure and use this with other aircraft as you can with the FCU.

Spad.next. I use that with my cockpit simulator 737 cdu to fly every add on plane I own. It’s clunky with airbus due to the differences. But better than keyboard and mouse 

I think I need to find a good SpadNext tutorial YouTube!

2 minutes ago, ianb2469 said:

I think I need to find a good SpadNext tutorial YouTube!

Les has a ton of very helpful videos out there.  

https://www.youtube.com/@LesOReilly/playlists

This is very interesting indeed. I would be hard pressed to choose one right now. I've been trying to decide if I want to focus on Airbus or Boeing aircraft. I want to give each equal time to see which flow I prefer. Once I've done that Ill think about getting one of these. It sure would add to the immersion factor.

2 hours ago, ianb2469 said:

I think I need to find a good SpadNext tutorial YouTube!

Another good thing about SpadNext is that if you don't like figuring things out for yourself, there will usually be community profiles that you can work and learn from.

 

It has great copy/paste functions

4 hours ago, iFlySimX said:

Completely different price point but I got this new A320 MCDU from Cockpit Simulator yesterday and I am left speechless. Full metal, single USB-C connection and amazing adjustable stand. Their software is great and works. The metal feel and the button are just so realistic. 

I just wish WinWing would improve their SimPro App...It's far from the best. 

Do you have link for this please?

40 minutes ago, B777ER said:

Do you have link for this please?

Sure, here you go. Feel free to DM me on Discord if you have any questions. 

https://www.cockpit-simulator.com/shop/cs-320a-mcdu/

Back to Win Wing and Simapp

 

I find that Simapp controls all the Airbuses it was designed for flawlessly. When 2024 came out, things were about 95% perfect on release and 100% within a week.

 

As far as customizing anything, forget about it.

 

Get something like SpadNext

 

edit: being able to use a 3rd party to program it as you wish, is a total bonus.

Edited January 1, 20251 yr by laserit

5 hours ago, iFlySimX said:

Completely different price point but I got this new A320 MCDU from Cockpit Simulator yesterday and I am left speechless. Full metal, single USB-C connection and amazing adjustable stand. Their software is great and works. The metal feel and the button are just so realistic. 

I just wish WinWing would improve their SimPro App...It's far from the best. 

It's $799.00...

The price point isn't even in the same galaxy. That's the same cost as all of my other peripherals put together, and for one airplane, one model.

Edited January 1, 20251 yr by mspencer

5 minutes ago, mspencer said:

It's $799.00...

The price point isn't even in the same galaxy. That's the same cost as all of my other peripherals put together, and for one airplane, one model.

What did I say.... "Completely different price point"....

And yes it's in the same galaxy... lol 

43 minutes ago, laserit said:

Back to Win Wing and Simapp

 

I find that Simapp controls all the Airbuses it was designed for flawlessly. When 2024 came out, things were about 95% perfect on release and 100% within a week.

 

As far as customizing anything, forget about it.

 

Get something like SpadNext

 

edit: being able to use a 3rd party to program it as you wish, is a total bonus.

I use SimApp Pro for airbuses and mobiflight for the MaddogX

Michael Moe 

14 hours ago, eslader said:

My main thing is that I decided it was cheaper and easier to go VR while also having the advantage of having realistic cockpit views. Unfortunately the equation has changed now that my great old Reverb G2 is about to get arbitrarily killed by Windows 10 sunsetting. I got a Pimax Crystal Light which quickly showed me my 3070Ti just doesn't cut it anymore, but prices on top-tier 4x and 5x cards are, frankly, absurd. 4090s are going for about what I paid for my first car and indications are the 5 series is going to be even worse even before any potential tariffs get imposed. It's a ridiculous cash grab, and I keep hoping AMD will come through with some real competition but so far that hasn't materialized.

So true the prices of cards to run vr good is nuts now and most likely worse later much cheaper to just build without the vr now lucky with winwing we can build the simpit cheaper all i would have to make on my side the the mip and the windows if i really wanted to go all out.