BruceA320

I've used BATC since it was released but have been trying SI for the last few weeks. I like that SI gives you shortcuts so you don't have to fly the full arrival. I do my flying in Europe and you sometimes get these long arrivals that double back on themselves. With BATC you have to fly the full thing but SI will often give you a shortcut which is a lot more realistic and fun. Also other things can happen in SI. On a flight to Berlin yesterday, the tower had some power issues so put me in a hold for a while before I could continue.

FBW A320 beginners guide:- A32NX Beginner Guide - Overview - FlyByWire Simulations Documentation

I did end up buying the Wingflex combo cube back in July. But I also bought the MCDU from Winctrl because of the very low price. So I've been using both the companies Discords and seeing what support is like. Wingflex is much better customer support from what I've seen over the last couple of months. Wingflex released their gear panel recently so I bought it. I asked if they could add an option to the software (Terr On Capt) and they added it in on the next software update 👍.

If it's mainly for flight sim, then you want the biggest monitor you can accommodate. I've been using a 48" TV as my main monitor for the last five years. It's OLED, variable refresh, 120HZ so image quality is really good.

I've been using the "VKB Gunfighter IV ‘Modern Combat Edition’ Ultimate" for about 18 months now. It's a full metal stick using quality components and will last a lifetime but it is very expensive. For a similar price you can get the Moza AB9 force feedback base and the plastic flightstick or spend a bit more for the metal flightstick. It's unlikely to last as long as the VKB but you might get more enjoyment out of it.

Yes, I remember that you used to be able to see the aircraft and the navigation lights. Now the aircraft are invisible unless it's quite close. Sometimes you see a contrail but no aircraft at the end of it.

I was using Windows volume controls to reduce the volume of the cockpit when I reached cruise. Then I found out that a setting in the Fenix EFB lets you assign the radio volume knobs to different apps. So now I use the VHF3 volume knob to reduce the sound.

Tried the Glass Out demo. On my system it seems a little bit more efficient when increasing the number of pop outs. So for four pop outs (Fenix ND, PFD ECAM upper/lower), I lose about 6 FPS the old way and with Glass Out I lose about 4 FPS. So actually that's 50% more efficient if I'm losing 1.5 FPS per pop out the old way and 1 FPS per pop out with Glass Out !

I will need to try this out. Bought a very cheap 15.6" portable monitor from AliExpress recently and was experimenting popping out displays in the Fenix. I was losing about 3 FPS. The last time I tried popping out a display was in MSFS 2020 and I was losing 15 FPS ! I'll give Glass Out a go.

What are Wingflex customer services like ? I want to buy an FCU/EFIS and Wingflex combo unit (includes RMP) is currently on sale for $467. The individual Winctrl units come out to $394. I'd pay the bit extra for Wingflex if quality and service are better.

I used a pushback app in the past that had voice control. I think it was "FS2Crew Pushback Express". It would be cool if GSX added voice control for its pushback.

I bought the Orion 32 rudder pedals from Winctrl but avoided getting anything else from them in case something went wrong and I had to deal with their customer services (I heard the stories !). Don't think much can go wrong with rudder pedals so thought it was worth the risk. Stick and throttle I purchased from VKB. Virpil were always out of stock but VKB are just as good and have stuff in stock.

I got a disconnect yesterday when I switched to premium voices so I switched back to local voices. Local voices work fine, no disconnects.

I installed the basepack and then everything tagged as an airline. It comes out to 55GB and 44,000 files. msfs2024 is much faster at loading than 2020. Takes under 2 minutes to load in and that includes GSX which is over 40,000 files as well.

I can see the Postimages image but the Imgur images are just a big purple rectangle with the words "content not viewable in your region".