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I use Air Manager to create the strip of instruments give it a see through background and drop it on top of X-Plane. Plan to do a video on this in the new year

@ColinParker1967 thanks I'm a relatively new user of Air manager so I'd not discovered that - what a great idea 👍

Agreed, I am not sure it will ever be as good as interacting with a real controller though…

Thanks, still haven’t worked out how to land the A22 well though 😀. New year’s resolution I reckon….

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Interesting isn’t it. The latest format allows for some really quite sophisticated effects including attached objects.

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Orbx True Earth Great Britain South for X-Plane 12. I think there is still a free trial of the scenery for Southampton and the Isle of Wight.

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Thanks. I may have downloaded some of the airfields using WorldEditor but otherwise, just the Orbx TrueEarth. I haven’t tried the lossless scaling software yet. Chatting to people about it, I understand it behaves a bit oddly if you have multiple apps running on different screens which I do. Will give it a go and post something about it at some point

Thanks for the feedback. It’s funny you mention the sky, I was thinking the same thing the other day as well. I have a habit of tracking real world time and weather. It turns out that recording early in the UK approaching winter often results in a bleak aspect!

I fly mostly IFR flight plans in X-Plane 12. The ATC is dismal, in my opinion, for filing IFR flight plans, and the flight following feature has me changing squawk codes more often than is necessary. ATC during IFR operations unfailingly gives me vectors that stray from my filed flight plan, and the majority of IFR flights are not logged as such in the X-Plane 12 logbook. Great video, mate! 😊

@@nathanwildthorn6919 That's why I fly IFR in PilotEdge!

Thanks, it will be interesting to see if the promised updates result in a step change. What is a bit weird at Humberside is the missing out of the Approach controller in the the transition to London Control. That and the unwillingness to clear landings in VFR.

PilotEdge is a brilliant service. Too expensive for me so I just sign up once a year for Oskkosh. This was brilliant th-cam.com/video/0-a2TmW5O40/w-d-xo.html

Yep, looks good in the Dawn light I reckon

I couldn’t believe the strength of some of the wind over the mountains….

Thank you for these encouraging words. Hope you enjoy my back catalogue… check out my channel description for links to some useful additional software and the CIX VFR Club: youtube.com/@colinparker1967?si=l023LStcMOe8kLRr

Yeah I know 😀… more or less the first time in the stock C172… need to practice more…

I agree….

Yep, long may the competition drive both products forward.

Nice one, I would be interested to hear how you get in.

Thanks, using a separate panel in Air Manager which is great product made by SimInnovations.

Thanks, lovely scenery and a real challenge to do at all, let alone well. It sure I will ever be competition standard but will keep trying.

I use opentrack to manage the head movement in X-Plane and aitrack to actually track head movement. Both are free and open source applications. github.com/AIRLegend/aitrack github.com/opentrack A bit fiddly to setup but they do work very well. The instructions are pretty clear. Happy to do a short intro video if there is interest.

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I use Air Manager by Sim Innovations to run my main instrument panel in a separate screen. I also create a separate instrument strip as a panel and layer it over the top of X-Plane

I use Air Manager from SimInnovations to display my instrument panel and a second “screen strip” with key instruments and then just display the “strip” in front of x-plane.

@@ColinParker1967 Thank you.

You should give it a go. I particularly enjoyed giving the figure of 8 circuit a go…

I’ve tried both and for a variety of reasons prefer X-Plane. Not that I think MSFS isn’t a good simulator, it simply isn’t for me. Competition between Microsoft and Laminar is giving both sides better products so win-win I say. Thanks for watching the video.

Bc XPlane is more realistic. FAA approved as well.

I suspect running around in the woods as an avatar will never be X-Plane’s gig. However, there a few options for flying together, VATSim being the most popular. If you are not already a member check out www.cixvfrclub.org.uk. We are a friendly bunch committed to online flying in small planes.

Each to their own I guess. Thanks for giving it a watch…

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Yep, check out the fisherman on the boat being circled…

If at first you don’t succeed crash into the sea 😀. Hats off to the pilots who do it for real….

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I believe they are currently working on a complete rewrite of the scenery engine. Not before time I’d say, looking forward to seeing the results.

Agreed.

you mean asabo has

Interesting isn’t it. If you look at the airport scenery you will notice a retaining wall at the back of the parking area. Orthophotos just folded straight over the top of it. When I removed the ortho tiles the problem went away.

Hey Jesse glad you watched the video. Purely on the landscape I would agree, X-Plane has a way to go. Arguably, Microsoft's ability to leverage their Bing Maps content will always give them an edge. In other aspects, for example sound-scape, light and weather, I would say X-Plane has the edge at the moment. I started life as a computer programmer and trying out add-ons to improve the landscape to make it more realistic is part of the fun for me. I would say the best thing about Microsoft's return to the Flight Simulator market is the competitive environment it has created. X-Plane has improve immeasurably because of this and I would bet that MSFS users are seeing the same thing. When two great products go head to head like this, the only winners are us I reckon.

X-Plane does a great job considering there is no billion $$$ company behind it. Excellent job. What good is eye candy if the planes are crap (except 4 or 5).

It’s a transparent panel created using AirManager and placed on main flight screen.

This scenery pack is pretty good: forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/42118-kosh-wittman-regional-eaa-airventure-oshkosh/ The actual scenery I have is from PilotEdge and is unfortunately only available in the run up to SimVenture because of licensing restrictions.

Yep, PilotEdge seems like a really good platform if you fly in the US.

I will see what can be done. In the meantime you could try this scenery: forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/42118-kosh-wittman-regional-eaa-airventure-oshkosh/

Thanks Malcolm

Postscript... just noticed you said it is included 😁

Thanks. Did you learn at Linton on Ouse as well?

@@ColinParker1967 RAF Syerston

I use Air Manager to provide the full panel on a separate screen, then drop sections onto the recording using display sharing on OBS.

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