XPX64man

Write an email to [email protected]. The same guy who owns it, also operated the store at Avsim. His name is Nicolas. He gives great support. I was in the same situation and he got me all of the updates for my 777 and listed it in my account at X-Plane.org. He'll help you out. This is what's really keeping me in XPX64 along with a lot of, much improved, aircraft. I love 64bit. It makes all the difference in the world. I still enjoy FSX sometimes, but those sometimes are getting less and less.

With shipping, it was around $750 or so. Compared to other similar units, it is so much better designed and it is very easy to assemble. I really took my time and made sure I was doing everything right and it took about four hours. I hate putting something together quickly then finding out you have to take it all back apart to put a piece on that was missed. It is a very sturdy and well thought out unit. Everything is adjustable. I consider it, by far, one of the best things that I have purchased for this hobby. The Volair is really made to accommodate three large monitors, but I just wanted one really big one and was surprised how easily it mounted.

I agree. I purchased a Volair Sim Cockpit, after seeing the add here on Avsim, and mounted a single 52" plasma screen monitor on it. I love it :wub: . It's flightsim heaven. It is a very sturdy unit. It's super comfortable (I've even fallen asleep on it), all of my Saitek hardware is perfectly mounted along with a keyboard and mouse and I can even use it to watch movies and cockpit videos, when I'm not flight simming (or at the same time, just alt/tab). The Volair Sim Cockpit was not really intended to hold a single 52" plasma screen monitor, but it does it so well. The picture shows the Q400 in XPX64. They were so kind at Volair, that when I told them that I lost my screws for the yoke, and couldn't get an answer from Saitek on how to get some more, they sent me the screws that I needed. Here shows the yoke clamped before I screwed it onto the table. Now that it is screwed in, I can swing my keyboard under the yoke. Now, all of my Saitek panels are working correctly in X-Plane with a plug-in. I didn't have them working here, in this picture, yet. Also you can see my little TrackIR camera mounted above the "Multi-Panel", since it would be too high to mount it on the monitor. I put the pillow behind my head, when I go to sleep ^_^

Thank you Tom. That's very nice. So many, like myself, enjoy ProATCX very much, and what it adds to the flight sim. It's good to see that changed.

People should be careful how they choose a title for their forum threads. "Beware Of Purchasing Pro-ATCX" sounds awful no matter what the outcome of the thread. Here, a very good explanation has been given within the thread, yet it is still and always will be plagued with this negative title. Very unfair.

Obviously few simmers have sat in the Captain's seat and man-handled the stick of an A380 to the threshold. Does that mean we can't give an opinion of what we would think the real aircraft would feel like? I think it is narrow minded to say that we can't have an opinion or be impressed with the flight dynamics, because we are not real pilots. It can go without saying that the opinion is from the perspective of a simmer, unless it is said otherwise, but it is still a good opinion.

It looks like they left half of their tire on the runway.

Well these are certainly both excellent simulations. I enjoy them a lot.

I did get the Captain's set for the NGX and they are great. There is a big difference from holding and paging through the real hard copy, spiral bound manuals and looking at a .pdf. No comparison. Since I am moving over to X-Plane 64bit more and more and flying in FSX less and less, I probably won't buy the manuals and I'm not even sure I will buy the T7. But, if I did, I would certainly want the Captains set of manuals. In fact, I may buy some of the PMDG manuals anyway, to use when I fly the T7 in XPX64.

I'm very interested. I'll be installing the demo and trying it out. Thank you.

Ok, so it sounds like it is basically "plug-and-play". This would be much more attractive than having to spend hours formating and installing individual charts. I'm lazy....less work is good. Approximately how many airport diagrams does the Apollo come with? Also, are the enroute charts for the whole world?

I don't see anywhere where it explains how the maps and charts get into this software. Do they have to be installed manually?

How do you get the sectionals and charts into this and where do they come from? I mean, do you have to sit and install all of these maps and charts, or does it get the live feed off of the internet?

Mmmmm....this statement can be used as evidence in narrowing down a date for 777 release! Where is Sherlock Holmes when you need him! Maybe they can do with PFPX like Captain Sim does, and just release an exterior model :Just Kidding: Oh...I'm hot today :Party: