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Fs95,98,2000,2002,2004,fsx… kind of expected, I’ll buy it day one if only to support the flight simulation genre and to play my part in progress. 

Coming back to flight sim after about 3 months and am interested in the A310, lots of information here, in a nutshell, I’m planning on taking it from Cyyz to kmia for its maiden voyage, is it ready? or should I just take the fenix or pmdg 

At times it can be. I usually spend my summers away from the sim as I enjoy the sun, warm weather and my motorcycle riding. However in the winter is when I usually sim as I don’t like the cold weather, or winter in general. I think if I used the sim all year round I would get bored of it so my on and off again system works out pretty well for me.

7 minutes ago, Beardyman said:

I had similar indecision - please pay attention for one important aspect - updates.

Most Android based brands support and upgrade system for rather short time, for example Asus only 2 years, others 3 or 4 years..

With Apple u have full support for many years - my old Iphone 6s ( released 7 years ago ) was fully supported until recently published IOS16...

Very good point! 

Just now, Luis Hernandez said:

Do you have any apps purchased for your phone? That may add up to the cost of switching OSs.

Also, do you really need to upgrade?

Thanks, No purchased apps.

Technically no real need to upgrade, however I only have the regular size screen and would like the bigger screen size, so pretty much the reason I would upgrade phones. The iPhone 14 now offers a plus size without having to dish out for the max version (kudos to apple for offering this) but the plus is pretty much the same size as the S22+. I would just sell my 12 to recoup some of the cost.

Good day all,

not aviation related, but sorta is as tech works hand in hand with aviation 😀

So I’ve been an iPhone user since the iPhone 4, I’m now on the 12 and was holding out on an upgrade until the iPhone 14 was announced to see if there were any changes. Pretty disappointed with the offering so I’m thinking of switching to the Samsung S22+, it seems to offer more for less money. I’m pretty happy with iOS but getting rather bored of the very small incremental updates where I may end up trying the android for a few years. 

Im not heavily invested in the so called “eco-system”. I do have an iPad that I will be keeping but that’s about it, no Iwatch, no mac book, no AirPods. 

Im enjoy tech, and know there are no right or wrong answers, but figured if anyone else is into this kind of thing maybe we can have a healthy discussion on what you prefer to use and why. Might sway my decision on sticking with the Apple brand 😂

Cheers! 
 

9 hours ago, JJ_ said:

Yes, I had this for a long time where the top of the screen gets pixelated. It is an Nvidia driver issue. See this post:

 

Ya that’s pretty much exactly what is happening in that video, glad it’s not just me. Thank your posting this!

After updating my driver, I’ve tried it a few times and there was no screen tearing like I was having, I can’t say for sure it’s gone completely yet but I’ll see within the next few flights. 

I’ve used both but prefer tobii and it’s what I’m using full time, as mentioned, for me the selling point is not having to wear anything on my head, the downfall is what was mentioned above by someone, when you freeze the camera it reverts back to the original head position… I haven’t seen any hard evidence that they are fixing it, but it would seem like common sense that they are aware of this and will fix it I would hope, but even if they were to not fix that, I still much prefer it over track ir…. It’s good to have options! 

Thanks all, I will start with updating driver, I was on 471.41 so it may be that, I will also look into this freesync thing… not even sure what free sync is but I’ll google it.

Edit: just googled freesync and it looks to be an amd thing, so it wouldn’t affect me. 

I’m curious to see if anyone has seen this at all, every once in a while I get some screen tearing, it’s always at the top of the monitor, maybe about 4 inches from the top and appears when I pan around, it’s like a strip of multiple cubes across the monitor horizontally (from one end to the other) is best I can describe it, and the strip is about 2 inches wide vertically. What’s odd is that sometimes it doesn’t appear for a whole sim session, and sometimes it does, and if it appears it’s there for the whole flight. It’s probably like 50/50 on when it shows it’s ugly face.

Curious if anyones had this issue happen? And if not wonder if there are any opinions on what could cause this. 
 

as a side note, when it does appear I can still fly the flight as it’s at the top of the screen, but just looking to diagnose the possible issue.

Cheers 

On 9/4/2022 at 4:11 PM, hychewright said:

Hi Stoopy, we flew from BHAM to New York on a supper Connie and from their to the Azores's on.....you guessed it.....a DC-6. This was in 1958.

Holy jeebus!! Digging up my old thread that I had forgotten about lol

I might as well update everyone, I’m back to my old ways and not using anything, it was fun using such a program for a littl while but back to just flying the skies with no purpose in mind! 

I’m disappointed, I was hoping this iteration of x-plane was the one I would get my x-plane start in alongside msfs, unfortunately reading these comments and watching a few videos has made me decide to stay away yet again. 
I hope those who dove in are enjoying it though as I’m not an “us versus them” type person.

Cheers folks! 

I’ve used both, both work but I so much prefer tobii for the fact that I don’t have to wear anything on my head, for those that say “well the hardware is light and you barely notice it”… don’t really care if it’s light and barely noticeable, I prefer nothing, and tobii offers that.

5 minutes ago, ark said:

No, I do not see that control lock problem. I am using the TDS 750Xi ver of the plane. If you are using a third party livery I suggest you try a default one. Also make sure you don't have two copies of the C414 in your Community folder. The latest installer may not uninstall versions of the plane installed by a previous installer.

Al

Thanks, I am noticing 2 414 in my airplanes list within msfs, I’ll try removing one. 

I’m noticing an issue with the 414, I can remove the control lock, but as soon as I go full throttle the control lock automatically comes back on. Anyone else noticing this issue or is it just me? I’m using the latest version. 

Good day folks,

After a solid 10 plus years, my rudder pedals have decided to start acting up, I’m in the market for some new ones and not having really looked at a set of pedals in that timeframe, looking to see what’s available now a days that works decent as a budget priced set of pedals. Any recommendations (budget priced)?

Cheers!

I’m in the mood to try something new and would like to try to fly the 737-600 into the old kai tak airport. Can anyone recommend a Kai tak scenery, as I’m extremely unfamiliar with this area of the world, can someone also recommend where I should depart from (looking for something within an hour ish. Shorter if possible)

Cheers! 

16 hours ago, RJC68 said:

No Problems,

As other's have said once you build your own PC you will never buy another off the shelf 

Absolutely, I can say I’ll never buy a pre-built system again. I was intimidated at first but wasn’t really all that difficult. Just took my time, the most difficult part was choosing the parts, and making sure they were all compatible (and even that wasn’t that difficult after a bit of research… being a noob)

On 7/14/2022 at 4:44 PM, RJC68 said:

I may be a bit late to the party but if you are anywhere near Toronto I can help. I built a new PC 2 weeks ago

Richard 

Ya I built it a month or so ago… but thanks for the offer, cheers from a fellow Ontarian. 

19 hours ago, Reader said:

 

Unfortunately, this will be/is by now a very effective bottleneck.

I did end up with bitting the bullet and upgrading the card, I went with a 3060ti 

10 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

When I took my motorcycle driving test the instructor asked why I didn't look right or left at intersections and I said peripfheral vision and he said to look right or left anyway.

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In Canada, It’s unnatural the amount of head movement they look for on the road test… now I want to go riding some! 

I used both, prefer tobii, using it on a 32” monitor with no issues. I have it mounted on the bottom of my monitor, using a honeycomb yoke and there is no interference with line of site. I do keep the eye tracking off, but even then I prefer tobii as I dont have to wear anything on my head, which is a huge bonus for me, might not be for others, but sure is for me. 

3 hours ago, micstatic said:

I’m a 1-2 hr flight guy. So many options.  

Same here, I plan my airport add-on purchases on that principal, and CYUL offers great options!

26 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

In no particular order;

PMDG DC6 (dev mode only)

Curious why dev mode only?
I bought this plane months and months ago but never actually flew it or took the time to learn it, getting an urge to fly it. 

My current list in this order:
PMDG 737
Fenix Airbus
Carenado C337 sky master