18 hours ago18 hr 8 minutes ago, Egbert Drenth said:Only one? It will be the one I'm going to buy tomorrow at JustFlight... Go figure 😄oh no, my wallet can't take anymore abuse! 😁 Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by hangar Dave Kalin Excel Classes Computer Lessons
17 hours ago17 hr The starter of the thread himself said 1 aircraft any everyone including himself are listing Multiple Aircraft Jason Richards
17 hours ago17 hr When I returned to simming after a long layoff (now almost 2 years back, good grief!), I decided I was going to be extremely selective in the planes I purchased this time around. No more impulse purchases of pretty faces, only high quality models of planes that match my personal interests get considered these days. As a consequence, every plane I own gets flown regularly so this would be a really tough call. That said, at heart I'm a turbo-charged, single engine piston guy. While twins beguile me, turbines tempt me, and I've recently even added a jet with glass (and I'm enjoying it! Don't tell anybody!), push come to shove I'd still revert back to who I am IRL. So...If it's really the ONLY one I could have - The BS Turbo-normalized Bonanza would be it.Piston guy that I am, it was still tough not to say the BS TBM 850. As Ryan notes earlier, it's such a great "sweet spot" airplane - fast and with an avionics setup that just works for me - but I'd miss the sound of my piston engines too much!Side note: Lost my "data" D: drive late yesterday - about 1.5 TB of "stuff". So I get the "what if you could only have NO planes" scenario. No simming for me until the new SSD arrives and I get things restored. Critical stuff (but not everything!) is backed up in the cloud, but this is still going to be a pain as pretty much my whole sim environment was on it. I think the computer deities are trying to tell me something. 3 weeks ago one of my 16GB RAM sticks failed.Scott
17 hours ago17 hr 22 minutes ago, tttocs said:When I returned to simming after a long layoff (now almost 2 years back, good grief!), I decided I was going to be extremely selective in the planes I purchased this time around. No more impulse purchases of pretty faces, only high quality models of planes that match my personal interests get considered these days. As a consequence, every plane I own gets flown regularly so this would be a really tough call.That said, at heart I'm a turbo-charged, single engine piston guy. While twins beguile me, turbines tempt me, and I've recently even added a jet with glass (and I'm enjoying it! Don't tell anybody!), push come to shove I'd still revert back to who I am IRL. So...If it's really the ONLY one I could have - The BS Turbo-normalized Bonanza would be it.Piston guy that I am, it was still tough not to say the BS TBM 850. As Ryan notes earlier, it's such a great "sweet spot" airplane - fast and with an avionics setup that just works for me - but I'd miss the sound of my piston engines too much!Side note: Lost my "data" D: drive late yesterday - about 1.5 TB of "stuff". So I get the "what if you could only have NO planes" scenario. No simming for me until the new SSD arrives and I get things restored. Critical stuff (but not everything!) is backed up in the cloud, but this is still going to be a pain as pretty much my whole sim environment was on it. I think the computer deities are trying to tell me something. 3 weeks ago one of my 16GB RAM sticks failed.ScottMight as well commit to a second mortgage and buy a whole new PC LOL! | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
16 hours ago16 hr 52 minutes ago, ryanbatc said:Might as well commit to a second mortgage and buy a whole new PC LOL!I think I'll coin a new phrase:Too many hobbies, not enough equity! 🤣Scott
16 hours ago16 hr Author 1 hour ago, jason74 said:The starter of the thread himself said 1 aircraft any everyone including himself are listing Multiple AircraftA. Did you read the entire lede…? No, obviously not.B. What’s your “Just One”?
16 hours ago16 hr Animated gifs tend to become quite annoying quickly so I’ve deleted it now, but imagine the Gorgon from Highlander delivering the infamous line “THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE” and. You’ll get the picture.Mind you probably no more annoying than the video of the Russian guy trying to sell me an aeroplane every time I visit here. Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by jon b 787 captain. Previously 24 years on 747-400.Technical advisor on PMDG 747 legacy versions QOTS 1 , FS9 and Aerowinx PS1.
16 hours ago16 hr 3 hours ago, UrgentSiesta said:Well, its kinda like picking your favorite child 😁like for your girl friends, 1 for each category.😄 AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler. 60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking. very nice.
14 hours ago14 hr 1 hour ago, tttocs said:I think I'll coin a new phrase:Too many hobbies, not enough equity! 🤣ScottI like this, it really made me smile 😉 Dave Kalin Excel Classes Computer Lessons
11 hours ago11 hr Author 4 hours ago, jon b said:Animated gifs tend to become quite annoying quickly so I’ve deleted it now, but imagine the Gorgon from Highlander delivering the infamous line “THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE” and. You’ll get the picture.Mind you probably no more annoying than the video of the Russian guy trying to sell me an aeroplane every time I visit here.I thought it was kinda funny 😁 I picked the 737-700 as my favorite-of-favorites because it just ticks so many boxes. Small enough to operate from so many airports (particularly as a lightly loaded BBJ1), more than fast enough to get where ever you wanna go in reasonable time, up to 6,000 nm range (who has that kind of free time, anyway…? 😂), and complicated enough that it’s unlikely to ever bore me, or get into a situation that it cant handle. And it might be surprising, but it’s actually pretty good at low n slow sight seeing (like the P-8 Poseidons are known to do 😎). Hang the flaps out and it’s even slower and lower - we’re not paying for gas!One of the main reasons, though, is that it’s just so well documented. If I have a question, chances are the answer is readily available. That’s not the case with sooo many addons, even the Hi Fi ones.It’s a pretty straightforward decision I guess, and I’m just thankful I’ll never have to make the choice for real. 😁🤙
11 hours ago11 hr Author 1 hour ago, 0stones0 said:Miltech SkyraiderNow THAT’S one I’d not expected to see!It’d probably be fun for aircraft carrier ops!
8 hours ago8 hr 9 hours ago, Egbert Drenth said:Only one? It will be the one I'm going to buy tomorrow at JustFlight... Go figure 😄F 70/100 DA B760M PRO4 | i5-13400F | RTX 3060 12 GB | G.Skills Ripjaws 32GB | MSI MAG A550BN | Ace Power 1 TB NVMe | Cooler Master Hyper 212
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1 hour ago1 hr Simples... PMDG 737-800 Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Rocky_53 HowardMSI Mag B650 Tomahawk MB, Ryzen7-7800X3D CPU@5ghz, Arctic AIO II 360 cooler, Nvidia RTX4090 GPU, 32gb DDR5@6000Mhz, SSD/2Tb+SSD/500Gb+OS, Corsair 1000W PSU, LG Ultragear 48"4K, MFG Crosswinds, TQ6 Throttle, Fulcrum One YokeMy FlightSim YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@skyhigh776
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