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What's a good 4K TV for flight simming/gaming?
cap10jaf replied to captain420's topic in Video Hardware: Monitors | Multi-Monitors | Video Cards | Drivers etcHi Folks, Maybe someone can help me understand what I'm looking for. You have convinced me to buy a 4K TV rather than a monitor. My situation: Saving-up $ as I go to buy one piece at a time and I did the i6700K/GTX1080 build. System will be used for P3D only. Not as a TV at all. No other games or video/picture editing. My desk can only handle up to a 43" display. My question: I understand for the most part what makes one computer monitor more expensive than another, but what do I gain for my application when buying a $650 43" Sony XBR43X800D vs. a $330 43" Hitachi LU43V809 ? If anyone has a different recommendation I would love to hear it as well. Thank you for the help, Greg
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Some help with drives please...
cap10jaf replied to cap10jaf's topic in System Hardware: PC | MOBO | RAM | CPU | HDD | SSD | PSU etcThank you Gary. I was afraid Nick's bible was not up to date with M.2 and such. You really summed it up perfectly. If one large SSD is the best option I'll do that. I appreciate your input Kylan! I'm over budget already, but choose to buy in stages to get a good result. Vortex and Luke, Thanks for the all the information. I came to the right place to ask for help. You guys are the best. I appreciate your help. Greg
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Some help with drives please...
Greetings friends, I took the plunge and I'm leaving FS9 and 2D panel flying behind. I've done hours of reading and video watching to build a 2016 machine within my budget and I need some help with the last part, selecting and setting-up the drive/drives. This machine is exclusively for flight simulation and I want to run P3D V3+ and try X Plane. I read a theory about installing two different drives and where to put the OS and where to put the sims, but I cannot seem to find that discussion again. So far I have: i6700K Skylake Corsair H110i GTX ASUS Z170A Ripjaws V (2x8GB) DDR4 3200 EVGA 220-G2-0850-XR power supply Corsair Airflow 750D case and waiting for: EVGA GTX 1080 Non-reference Can anyone please offer some advice or provide a link on what drive or drives a best suited for this type of build and where to install the OS and sims? Thank you very much, Greg
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KDFW Scenery FS9
Don't forget... http://www.frfstudio.net/downloads.html
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Autopilot turns off course?
Thank you both for the info. I'm fairly certain you've nailed it. I checked my CPU usage while flying and 99% is the lowest number I see! With FS9, FSACARS, FSINN, VATSPY and Firefox running this old system is tapping out. My WILCO planes seem to be the only ones that turn back to the previous waypoint, but it seems that's exactly what is happening. This old machine has been fun, and I have put countless hours into scenery and aircraft add-ons but I think I'm ready to upgrade. Now I need to decide if it's worth building an FSX/P3D rig or just a better FS9 version. Thanks again Gents, Greg D.
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Autopilot turns off course?
Alrighty then, This sounds promising! I'm glad I asked before giving up. I'll do some research an see what I find, then report back with the test results. Thank you very much, Greg Hi and thanks for the reply. The only problem with testing that is that I fly in windowed mode (better fps is what I was told). Curious what you are wanting to test though. Thank you, Greg
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Autopilot turns off course?
Greetings, I'm ready to give up. I have searched everywhere and tried everthing I know. Can some FS wizard out there diagnose this problem? This is only happening with three planes. Wilco 737, Wilco Regional Jets(ERJ-135 ECT), and Wilco Ejets (E-170 ect). I have contacted Wilco support and they claim all issues are resolved. When flying online (Vatsim), in LNAV mode the plane suddenly enters a full banking turn off course. Sometimes I go a whole flight without this happening, but it's rare. I was supecting real world wind shifts for awhile. I'm using REX and yesterday I purchased a registered copy of FSUIPC after reading about the smooth weather function. Tested it last night and after 20 minutes, hard banking turn to the right. I've tried coping the Autopilot features in the aircraft.cfg file (nav_proportional_control ect) from other planes. Didn't help. Another thing that is curious, it seems to happen much more frequently when I'm not watching flight sim. If I go to a website to download an approach plate, when I go back to the sim it's banking off course. This makes me think it's my crappy rig (which is old: Pent 4 3.2 ghz/Nvidia 1G GPU/ 4G RAM) but why does it only do this with WILCO. Never with iFly, LSH, PMDG, Dreamfleat 727 which all work fine? Any thoughts? Thank you in advance, Greg
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FFS Saab 340 Paintkit
Greetings all, Is the FFS Saab available to purchase anywhere? Thank you, GD
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What is this object floating outside the a319/320/321s?
Merge the PSS with the Project Airbus model and don't look back.
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Online flying
Here are a few tips FWIW. VATSIM UNICOM texts are on 122.80 should include who/what you are, where you are, and what you are doing. Your callsign is automatic generated when you send a text, so no need to retype it. If you are using a smaller airport with other airports nearby use the City name and the airport ID. To a pilot holding short for takeoff, a Learjet or C152 on a ten mile final are not the same so say type aircraft. Keep in mind that other pilots don't always know where, let's say "WORMS" intersection is so give distance and direction info. Include Departure/Arrival ID and Approach type when applicable. Sample: AAY1066: Orlando KSFB traffic, type MD83 t/o RWY9L Northwest Departure to WORMS (SFB4) AAL1411: KMCO traffic, type A320 ~15nm Southwest at UNITY visual approach RWY35L (MINEE5) I like to type in notepad before pushback and decent, then copy/paste as it gets busy during takeoffs and landings. Hope that helps. GD
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FSInn v's Squawkbox v's vPilot
FSInn is worth the trouble. The mini control panel is my favorite part. You can hide it in the bottom corner of your screen and have instant access to connection status, transponder modes, nearby ATC online, adjustable radar range, and weather metars via individual pop-up windows. It takes a little more time to learn, but works great for me. GD P.S. It also allows you to fly shared cockpit in the LSH Maddog with one radar target for ATC.
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Airbus questions.
I prefer the PSS merged with the Project Airbus models. The merges are available in the Avsim library. GD
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Can't see the landing lights on the runway from the cockpit at night
So Trevor, Just so I understand, was the problem only with new aircraft you installed, or all aircraft? My SEE_SELF is at 1, and I only have the problem you described when I fly my Electra II. All other planes are normal. Thanks for the time, GD
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Can't see the landing lights on the runway from the cockpit at night
I have an Electra II that drove me to drink with the same problem. I've been told it's a model issue. I don't think it can be fixed without a major rework of the aircraft model. I'll be checking back to see if you find a way. Good luck... GD
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iFly 747-400 Manual
Did anyone ever find a way to update the Navdata on this plane? I tried the iFly B737 data but it doesn't work. Thanks, GD