flemon
06-28-2016, 04:06 PM
Hello to everyone on these very helpful forums!
I'm a flight-simmer who's big project is to create a hybrid (not fully simulated but still somewhere that is satisfactory) airbus cockpit for use in my office. I fly primarily on Vatsim and with the Aerosoft Airbus A320/321 (waiting for the A330!).
I have a smallish budget but if needs must, be willing to spend an amount on essentials.
My specs are:
i7 CPU @ 4.2GHz (OC to approx. 4.4GHz)
GTX960 2gb
8gb RAM
I fly on P3D v3 and my system is pretty fine on this. With real-world weather, flying into Gatwick (addon scenery-UK2000) with the Airbus, I can easily get around 30-40fps with not so bad weather (blue-ish skies).
I've noticed that the Airbus does not have 2D panels apart from the MCDU which I will use on my iPAD. But, if I'm correct, it has 2D views which can be undocked and moved around. I'm always a perfectionist and hate the look of <20fps. It just ruins the immersion. But with 2D views, I've heard that your performance can be affected quite a bit. Am I correct, or am I getting muddled up with multiple 3D views running at the same time.
I use my PC in my office on a large desk that fits my monitor (1920x1080) and with the printer and box at the back. I'm looking to get some small monitors to act as the PFD, ND and upper and lower ECAM. Preferably 3 monitors, 2 for displaying Captain and FO and 1 for the ECAM's.
From the way the desk is layed out, I can fit the throttle pedestal in the middle and put two chairs either side.
I own a Blackwidow Joystick (going to upgrade to Logitech 3D Pro in the near future!) and a Saitek yoke and throttle. The throttle only works through a PS/2 cable into the yoke, so I'd quite like to get a USB throttle when Saitek actually start to manufacture again!
I hope to start a website to post my progress or maybe even YouTube some stuff, but I will post pics of my office and my initial thoughts on where I should place stuff. This is a project which I want to have flexibility over - I want to make it possible to fly at every stage of the project, so I can't have my sim out of action for weeks on end.
I've heard about you guys as being basically THE BEST out there for flight deck creating, so I'd quite like to say a HUGE THANK YOU in advance for your help. My dream is to be a bus pilot, so this project will take one step close compared to just sitting in front of a screen and clicking. It might not seem like much but actually flicking switches and using rotary knobs and hardware is oddly satisfying and immersive at the same time.
Thanks so much!
Fraser
I'm a flight-simmer who's big project is to create a hybrid (not fully simulated but still somewhere that is satisfactory) airbus cockpit for use in my office. I fly primarily on Vatsim and with the Aerosoft Airbus A320/321 (waiting for the A330!).
I have a smallish budget but if needs must, be willing to spend an amount on essentials.
My specs are:
i7 CPU @ 4.2GHz (OC to approx. 4.4GHz)
GTX960 2gb
8gb RAM
I fly on P3D v3 and my system is pretty fine on this. With real-world weather, flying into Gatwick (addon scenery-UK2000) with the Airbus, I can easily get around 30-40fps with not so bad weather (blue-ish skies).
I've noticed that the Airbus does not have 2D panels apart from the MCDU which I will use on my iPAD. But, if I'm correct, it has 2D views which can be undocked and moved around. I'm always a perfectionist and hate the look of <20fps. It just ruins the immersion. But with 2D views, I've heard that your performance can be affected quite a bit. Am I correct, or am I getting muddled up with multiple 3D views running at the same time.
I use my PC in my office on a large desk that fits my monitor (1920x1080) and with the printer and box at the back. I'm looking to get some small monitors to act as the PFD, ND and upper and lower ECAM. Preferably 3 monitors, 2 for displaying Captain and FO and 1 for the ECAM's.
From the way the desk is layed out, I can fit the throttle pedestal in the middle and put two chairs either side.
I own a Blackwidow Joystick (going to upgrade to Logitech 3D Pro in the near future!) and a Saitek yoke and throttle. The throttle only works through a PS/2 cable into the yoke, so I'd quite like to get a USB throttle when Saitek actually start to manufacture again!
I hope to start a website to post my progress or maybe even YouTube some stuff, but I will post pics of my office and my initial thoughts on where I should place stuff. This is a project which I want to have flexibility over - I want to make it possible to fly at every stage of the project, so I can't have my sim out of action for weeks on end.
I've heard about you guys as being basically THE BEST out there for flight deck creating, so I'd quite like to say a HUGE THANK YOU in advance for your help. My dream is to be a bus pilot, so this project will take one step close compared to just sitting in front of a screen and clicking. It might not seem like much but actually flicking switches and using rotary knobs and hardware is oddly satisfying and immersive at the same time.
Thanks so much!
Fraser