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@@jay-rus4437 I have my first flight with it posting tomorrow morning and it makes a world of difference. By the end of the flight, I felt really comfortable with it on VR. Game changer for me.

Thanks for the great product. I did know of the shift functionality but didn't demo it. Very much looking forward to using it this weekend. As for the DLSS, its a compromise for my VR performance and I'm pretty happy with my settings overall between the refresh rate and resolution given my system. I'll be upgrading at the end of the year for both my headset and system, and enjoying a much better experience in terms of sharpness. For me, refresh rate and consistent performance is a priority over crispness so long as I can read what things say. That was a VR vid rather than a 2D monitor capture.

Its great. Its the Gear Falcon "FCP182A with true Vernier adjustment". There's a bundle where you can pick which one you want between the 172 and the 182 that comes with the elevator trim wheel. It can be mounted either as I have it or reversed for a top-desk mount. It all is very well made and works wonderfully. The Vernier knobs means you can twist to fine tune and it works perfectly. Flaps can either be set to a stepped mode or a smooth lever with a simple switch. You can find it here: gear-falcon.com/collections/all

@@elbutchio When and if you do, you won’t be sorry. It’s quite solid. Very well made and worked with absolutely no setup on my part. The plugin runs and it just works. But I hear you. That’s me with the European hardware. This one is made in Germany but they sell it on Amazon and there was free shipping.

@@freakaviator I use openKneeboard for my kneeboard and the neat trick of using any tablet with it is using OpenTablet Driver. I uploaded a quick tutorial a couple of months ago showing how to set it up: th-cam.com/video/B-oTOBclcfI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=c93tRX-U3a_-dCE3

@@MrSnacko Yeah, that’s why I recorded the vid. Glad you found it helpful. I figured I’d save people from feeling around in the dark the way I had to. If only they’d just make clear concise docs.

@@SDFalchetti Such a great job with the addon! Loved the 7 Down ;) Oh, that’s good to hear about the multicom. I was so confused because it was acting like an ASOS but I had swore you had done calls on an advisory frequency before. I actually did that flight twice this weekend, with the first one suffering a rare CTD on Saturday, and you were all over the radio chatter. It had taken me by surprise and it made the flight a bit more special given how many of your vids I’ve watched. Hopefully my calls won’t pollute your local SayIntentions chatter too much ;) I loved the flight. It was perfect distance with just enough to do. I need to get better about having a plan for my VFR departures that I communicate as well as my arrivals, especially class Charlies. Slowly getting there. Oh and not slurring my call sign so obnoxiously ;)

@@fauxflights77 I wondered if I'd show up in other pilot's SI feeds. Kind of neat that I perpetually fly around KWBW. If it makes you feel any better, my first radio call on my latest MSFS flight was "New York Center, uh (forgets tail number), 4 miles south of, uh (forgets airport identifier)...disregard."

@@SDFalchettiThat does make me feel better! You’re so smooth on your virtual and real flights. One last thing, I am curious why I’ve never seen a Comanche vid from you. Did you consciously avoid the A2A bandwagon or is it you already had plenty of GA single engines? I forgot how good it is. It certainly punishes me for when I abuse it and having to keep an eye on stuff like cylinder heads and conscious of cooling taught me a lot that others didn’t cover.

@@fauxflights77 I've done a bunch! It was my go to plane for anything greater than 100 nm or flying IFR for a while. Here's one you might enjoy: th-cam.com/video/0_EohcEmIqU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nVExzdtmyuKZ3IIS

@@SDFalchettiHow did I miss these? Thanks

@@planeplaces thanks for the advice! Is that for all landings or just touch-and-goes? I’m assuming you mean all landings. And thank you for sharing so many of your adventures in the Comanche. It’s so helpful to see real world procedures and performance.

@@fauxflights77 Yes generally on all landings. Most also don't use flaps on takeoff except for very short or soft fields as you don't get a lot of benefit with the Comanche's laminar flow wing until you are at flying speed anyway

@@ShermanAviation This video is where I got my current settings. I liked its smoothness and it’s been great. I’ve turned up a few things but these are generally it: th-cam.com/video/ebz6ojacY7Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TmuchP55DvyQL8-n

@@ShermanAviation One more note that I forgot to mention. With respect to my recordings, I didn’t like all of the jitter in my vids from my talking which causes the headset to vibrate, so I use a post-stabilizer in OBS Studio. I uploaded a demo long ago of how to use that if smoother recordings are what you’re after: th-cam.com/video/e341AUrKA2I/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5A-FtL-xHcHhORCu

That’s interesting to know. I’m not an actual pilot, so I’m always trying to work out what is the case between varying sources of information. On the flight I uploaded yesterday, I noticed that the AI air traffic control did give me two explicit clearances into class C airspaces as part of my flight following, so I probably don’t need to request it from the tower, as you say. With respect to ATIS, I’ve been meaning to contact the ATIS on my approaches but I keep forgetting even though I’ll cue up the frequency. One of these days I’ll remember. If there were only things called “checklists” ;) With respect to the pattern, I was making those calls but its not required by the ATC in any way. I’m still getting used to proper procedures for impromptu VFR approaches. IFR is way more straightforward for me in the sim with the ATC because you are mostly responding. One of my goals for this VFR journey down the coast is to work on all of that so I’m initiating the right kind of contact at the right moments. I’m also not sure that the ATC asked me to join the left downwind over midfield in this vid. I might have just taken that on myself. I’ll have to rewatch and check. Most of what you saw I’d say is more of an issue with me any my knowledge than the ATC in the sim. This AI ATC I use is great if you know what to do, but as I’m still learning, I rely on people like you telling me where it (or myself) is getting it wrong. Thanks for the feedback!

Its actually become somewhat solid. My recent IFR flight went off without a hitch and it was fantastic. I am also skeptical of LLMs being foolproof given the problem of hallucinations, but this is plenty close enough for me. th-cam.com/video/ZJYkwc2nBgE/w-d-xo.html As well, you should DEFINITELY check out this mayday situation at 13:10 of this guy's vid. This put it back on the map for me. Its pretty fantastic. th-cam.com/video/HeEunmRNThg/w-d-xo.html

You can find it here. Its called All In One Panels, and has other handy things like Vatsim Radio integration and other tools. flightsimulator.me/

@@Dforwty Thanks! Yeah, I went back and rewatched, and you’re absolutely right. My IFR flights like the last one I posted, I fill it all out with the anticipated SID and altitude, but I think I’m much more gathered doing it back on the ramp. For whatever reason, I’m far less on top of everything in VFR. Comms are less familiar or structured for me. My process is more chaotic. That’s partially why I’m doing this series. Tighten things up and try to get ahead of my situations in VFR. For whatever reason, probably because it can be more organic, I’m all over the place. That’s also why I’m putting aside the autopilot for a bit. Practicing altitude control. Trimming properly. Get a bit more disciplined and I’ve got a long way to go. Thanks for the encouragement.

@ it’s funny you say that because I definitely feel like IFR even though it’s more complicated is actually easier to fly. You kind of just do what you’re told. While all of the responsibility is on you vfr. Airspace routes who to contact when. It’s cool to see someone going back to the basics. I am excited to see more.

@@joshmosh1313 I got the idea from SD Falchetti’s channel (the other person who commented on this video). I quite enjoy his channel and if you’re looking for great vids that are a pleasure to watch and very informative, his channel is quite good.

@E.D.M-i9n Yeah, I purposely haven't created an account on skyvector because of that reason, so I don't submit a flight by accident. One thing I realized on this flight is that skyvector provides the radial headings which are specific to when the particular VOR was last aligned to magnetic north as opposed to Navigraph which is always giving you the magnetic heading. For the purposes of flight planning next time, I'm going to use Skyvector to get the OBS, but when getting values for my course for the sake of calculating my true heading, I'm going to use Navigraph. It can sometimes be a difference of 4-5 degrees.

That was totally inspired by the navlog you shared. Hopefully with a few more tries at it, I can do them with less fumbling, but its been a lot of fun. It took me until I was on top of the Augusta VOR to realize I had written 114.9 instead of 114.95, but other than that it was pretty smooth. I do have to do better about timing my legs. Now I have to learn the 1/60 rule for enroute course corrections. I'm being told that's like magic.

I also need more full VFR flights from you so I can mimic your calls ;) You're so smooth on the comms.

@@stuartlandes20 Unfortunately not. I suspect my vision isn’t good enough even with correction to get a private pilots license, but I try to learn as much as I can for simulating. For ATC calls, using pilot2atc the past 1.5 years helped me get a bit of a handle on comms, and I read/watch a lot, like studying the FAA pilots handbook and that sort of thing. Or, if you see my videos flying the pattern, I follow a real world channel called Lewdix Aviation that has his training sessions with student pilots and try to mimic those using the same airports/planes. I try to study up on each plane I’m using and how it works in the real world, reading the actual POHs. I’ve been pretty hardcore into it the past 3 years. Quite a hobby!

@@SDFalchetti I think I’ll take the crosswind over the dark in VR ;) That was rough! I think I saw my landing lights on the runway for about half a second. SI seems to be great. I haven’t had a readback rejected yet and I can’t tell if that’s because I’m nailing them or it’s hallucinating ;) But at least it doesn’t flake and stop working altogether as was getting to be my experience with pilot2atc. I do have one question I haven’t tested enough to know the answer of; in terms of the flight plans for clearances, I assume it’s using my current simbrief flight plan? And not the one loaded in the avionics? They’ve always entailed the same thing for me so I’ve not yet learned which it’s using. In any case, it’s all a lot easier to manage and use, and more reliable thus far. Quite a treat!

@ It uses Simbrief (and requires it), although someone else commented that they had success with a popup IFR clearance, so there might be roleplay scenarios where it’ll give clearance without Simbrief.

@@SDFalchetti Thanks, that's what I suspected. On that note, did you catch the news that Navigraph is integrating Simbrief into the sim? Looks great and super handy to be able to export your flight plan directly into the avionics: th-cam.com/video/BfnH5XKrg4E/w-d-xo.html

Oh, right. Open the Open Kneeboard app and to to settings. Go to VR. There is a section called "Position". The vertical distance control is how far the tablet is from your head center in VR (like when you press the key to set your VR position... that position) My distance would probably work for most people around 6 feet tall, and I have it at "0.50m". The Left-to-right position is how far it is to the left or right of center with the center line from your nose being the center. Mine is set to "0.14m". The forward position is the distance forward from that head position. I have mine set to "0.45 m" And then the pitch/roll/yaw in degrees is how tilted the kneeboard is on its axis. I have my pitch slider down a little from center, my roll on center, and my yaw a little to the right. All of those settings result in the tablet being on my right leg, slightly tilted to me, and rotated a little clockwise as you see in my videos. i will pin this as a comment so others see it.

@@rom1usa I’ll try to record a little tutorial tomorrow and upload it. It should be pretty quick and help get you going.

@@fauxflights77 sounds great. Thanks

@@rom1usa I have uploaded a quick tutorial. Let me know if you still have questions after going through it and trying to set it up. th-cam.com/video/B-oTOBclcfI/w-d-xo.html

@@fauxflights77 Thanks. Will check it out and let you know in the next hours once I get time to sit my the Sim

@@rom1usa You want to see something amazing that got me onboard? Check out 13:08 in this video and watch for a bit. So good. th-cam.com/video/HeEunmRNThg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9Wt1YYc7rH8KeGwv

I have the same attitude regarding SI. Was even a early Beta... and it was painfull ;) Glad the products find its way.

@ Still not perfect I suspect but this flight was solid, and so much less hassle to setup. They seem to be actively improving all the time. I was a big pilot2atc user but the last few months it’s been flaking out on me and the new version 3.0 is buggy as hell. I really liked what I assume was the historical chatter where its filling in background chatter with past flights that went through those areas. Nice to hear pilots talking to Camarillo and Point Mugu while flying past Oxnard.

@@vbazillio Always. And at some point I’ll stop habit of injecting an R in your name. I got Brazillio stuck in my head long ago though I’ve known forever that there is no R ;) lol

you have great scenery, thanks for what you do

Nice! Its fun to be able to customize our hobby like this. Makes it all a much more rich experience. Best of luck with your liveries :)

@@ragegohard9603 It would seem to me that it could work so long as the material to part assignments don’t change. I haven’t had a ton of success getting models out of Blender and back into the sim, but I also haven’t tried it much and haven’t spent a lot of time doing airport or airplane mods. So long as you get the hierarchy, the rig, and other stuff the original mod files expect out successfully, a change in uvs should be fine, I’d think. If that fails, you could also re-UV it, do your paint work, and then bake/transfer the textures back into the original UV space.

@@raeldor The gear falcon stuff is excellent. Well constructed and worked flawlessly out of the box. The sim and spad.next recognized it right away and never a problem. The Vernier adjustment where you can rotate the mixture or other levers to fine tune works perfectly. I was really happy with it. Trim wheel can mount above or below the TPM box. All of that said, if you like the Comanche over the Skyhawk config, you might take a look at this one that came out a few weeks ago: th-cam.com/video/cQ9thgob-O0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pZSWJVqUjST8fjkj I do love my gear falcon one though.

@@fauxflights77 This is great info, thank you. I'm really looking at Skyhawk config since that's what 90% of flight schools seem to use. But the shipping price is as much as the kit right now, so it's stopping me from pulling the trigger.

@@raeldor Gotcha. Well I have been thrilled with it. Solid construction and as I said, those vernier knobs are a nice touch for fine-tuning to the perfect rpm on all 3 pull-handles. Just dropped right in and I’ve never had to do anything since. Just works every time.

@@fauxflights77 That's very reassuring. Thank you so much. Happy flying!

@@raeldor you as well. I hope it works out as well for you as it did for me.

@@OGYZuko glad you found it helpful.

@@bluebrus first, people shouldn’t be using simplaza. Addons take time to make and Devs deserve their compensation to put food on their tables. And yeah, you need to run maketaxiways anytime an airport changes if you wish to use that airport, and as you say, then run the TaxiMnt for taxiways and gateways. Hope you found the vid useful and cheers.

@@fauxflights77 SIM - PLAZA is a testing ground - I have purchased truck loads over the years. cheers

@@bluebrus Yeah, I understand a lot of people use it that way and buy what they like which is preferable to not buying at all. I still feel that’s a decision a developer has the right to make as to trial periods. Certainly a lot of garbage addons out there and the vetting isn’t great. Seems like something is missing in the system but I have no hope for an alternative. I get what you’re saying.

Yeah, I've had similar concerns. Using simaware, it looks like generally there is some coverage often enough, but I've realized I would potentially need to do a lot more flying in Europe or go to a differing network like pilotsEdge. They have a 5 hour trial that I think I'm going to try just for fun. If I find myself with the common experience of flying CTAF/unicom all the time, I might need to reconsider something like SayIntentions, but I even as good as that was, I don't feel like its as organic as real controllers. Given that its essentially the same price as getting the LA Center area on PilotsEdge, I might prefer that. I really want that experience.

@@aDogdoor I’m glad you found it handy!

Last summer, I started following a series by Lewdix Aviation called The Road to Flying Solo where I was trying to reproduce his private pilot training in the simulator. It was handy to be able to pick up a paid version of Orlando Executive and fly circuits in the appropriate aircraft. Now it almost feels like my home airport even though I'm out in Oxnard California ;)

@@shanesdiy thanks for getting back to me on that. Hilariously my recourse was to go back and watch my pilot2atc vids just to remember what it had me do. Once you get off the rails, you realize how much you depend on them. Going to be a hurdle getting over it on VATSIM but I’m determined. Thanks for the comment and getting back to me on that question.

Isn't 'extending your upwind' extending your final?

@@imacmill No, that's the downwind. Extending the upwind would be after takeoff go straight out further before crosswind -> downwind -> base -> final.

@@shanesdiy Ah... you're talking about extending your takeoff, which is indeed upwind. Disregard.

@@shanesdiy I am not a pilot and not looking to be pedantic, but if I was talking to ATC, wouldn't it be my departure leg (though technically being "upwind")? From my studies, the upwind leg parallels the runway on the opposite side from the downwind leg. It would be extending my departure leg, but again, I'm not a pilot and I'm open to always being wrong as a result.

@@Curious_Skeptic I’ve been doing a lot of research with nerfs/radiance fields/Gaussian splats for work. I initially thought things would go that way for the simulator, but it’s just too incompatible with current render paradigms. They’re also quite large so to get an earth comprised of radiance fields isn’t likely. But I think the way I use them as a 3d format for capturing moments to be experienced in vr later is quite nice. I’ve been enjoying messing around with them. In the rig topic, yep, cheaper than real flying by a lot. I have a couple of rig vids on my channel if you’re curious what I’m using. The additions of the force feedback yoke and rudder pedals and the gear falcon tpm was a huge upgrade for me in terms of the experience. So good right now.

@fauxflights77 Great info. Regardless, of where tech of nerf is today, in two years it may very well be the first baby step to the future. We hit a limit on what traditional 3d geometry will give us. The complexity of plants, trees, clouds, effects, and overall accurate lighting can't get much better unless there is a major shift in rendering process. Just my opinion of course, but maybe I will be surprised by Nvidia's next jump forward from rtx.