[hdus001]

Wow that looks awesome! Hopefully it becomes available soon. FSX while still good has been getting on a bit.

[Jeroen]

Some nice video’s from the latest World flight simulation.

I have followed this team for more than a decade. It is just astonishing what they have managed to achieve. Admittedly, it is also the world’s most expensive DIY Flight Simulator. But you get something very close to the real deal.

This is Flight simulation with a capital F!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEot...ature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21nb...ature=youtu.be

Enjoy,

Jeroen

[Jeroen]

I just came across this interesting article:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...ing/index.html

Converting/recycling old airplane cockpits into flight simulators. I know of several of these. Some are well published on the internet. Some are well hidden.

I know of one in India, a full blown 747-400 cockpit, with many of the ancillary system still in tact and up and running. I had the pleasure of ‘flying’ it several times, when I was still in India.

Happy flying!

Jeroen

[Mr.Bentley]

Hello everyone!
I like simulators a lot. I usually enjoy them in my humble mobile phone. I do have a good spec laptop, but I don't have any joysticks with me. IMHO, simulators are not that enjoyable with a keyboard. The sensors in mobile do a better job than keyboards.

In one casual game search, I stumbled upon this flight simulator game: "Turboprop Flight Simulator" in play store. Installed it and had a test flight and I was blown away with the detailed controls. I think that's because I'm a beginner in this aspect. This may be a 'baby game' in front of the simulators for PC, but I wanted to ask you experienced people on this forum to get a perspective.

There are many more flight simulators (by name), but of all the other flight games I tried, this one got me addicted! Me being a beginner, it was a little difficult to get a hang of controls in the initial flights, and the low real estate of the mobile screen added to that. Managed about 30 hours of "flying hours" on this game in this lock-down period.

(PS.: I'm nowhere related to this game directly or indirectly. I'm just an excited guy venturing into new space )

I'm attaching a few screenshots from the game below:

After we pass the preliminary flight lessons, We can choose between missions or free flight. Free flight options with variety of flights and backdrops to choose.


Controls customization:


Controls dashboard with all the menus opened:


In-flight view:


View from Cockpit:


The flight and the background:


Expecting your views on this game. I'm really considering getting my hands on a joystick to experience simulators on my laptop.

Stay safe and happy flying!

[SansGT]

Checking if this is still active, with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 taking the experience and immersion to a whole new level! How many of you are still active simmers?

[cryptarchy]

Originally Posted by SansGT

Checking if this is still active, with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 taking the experience and immersion to a whole new level! How many of you are still active simmers?

I recently installed MSFS on my Xbox, runs flawlessly on series x. I plan to start playing regularly.

[hdus001]

I use MSFS occasionally, though it has been a few months now. Currently, I have it set up with Honeycombe yoke & throttle. Have purchased a few addons from Orbx - airport and city sceneries etc to make the flying more realistic.

I also recently bought the Elite XTS simulation software, with an AP4000 tower (https://flight-simulators.co.uk/acat...Panel-454.html), looking to set this up and have it certified by the Aviation authority here (CASA), so some IFR hours can be logged. I haven't started installing this yet, as I'm unsure if this would be compatible with my Honeycombe peripherals.

[Jeroen]

Originally Posted by hdus001

looking to set this up and have it certified by the Aviation authority here (CASA), so some IFR hours can be logged. I haven't started installing this yet, as I'm unsure if this would be compatible with my Honeycombe peripherals.

Interesting. Can you share some more details on what the requirements are to get it certified? Do you have a ppl, is that the reason you want to log hours?

Thanks
Jeroen

[alpha1]

Anyone here ever used a program called ACM?
https://www.icosaedro.it/acm/manual/acmdoc-basic.htm

I use Linux and chanced upon it while searching for some games on the repository.

[hdus001]

Originally Posted by Jeroen

Interesting. Can you share some more details on what the requirements are to get it certified? Do you have a ppl, is that the reason you want to log hours?

Thanks
Jeroen

Yes, I've held a PPL for quite a few years now and added a Private IFR (CASA PIFR) rating last year. One of the currency requirements of this PIFR is 3 instrument approaches every 90 days as a pilot in command. The approaches can be done on real aircraft or on approved "flight simulation training devices".

These devices can be a home set up too as long as it has undergone an approval process. Regular simulation software like MSFS cannot be used for this, it has to be approved software. One such software is ELITE XTS. In addition to the software, the setup also requires some physical devices too. After a bit of research, including contacting the makers of Elite (https://flyelite.com/certification/), the bare minimum required is the combo of the XTS software + the AP4000 module.

I bought the AP4000 module second-hand from someone else who previously had it set up and CASA-approved at his home.

The certification process as I understand is,
- Once it's all connected up, apply to CASA for certification (links: https://www.casa.gov.au/rules/regula...aining-devices, https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2005B00648)
- Then they come over and inspect your local setup, including the log book of the simulator. From the previous owner, I hear this is pretty much a formality, and they may do a sample flight or so on the sim.
- If satisfied they give you a certificate and it's valid for a certain period. If you make any changes to the setup, then the approval is no longer valid.

The Fly Elite company also guide you through the process, and on their website they mention they have relationships with DGCA, CASA etc among others
https://flyelite.com/certification/

I've had the software and module for over a year, gathering dust in a corner, as I've been doing a lot of real IFR flying lately. One of my friends is a GP who consults in several rural clinics a few hours outside Sydney, and he has a Cessna 172 that he uses to fly between those clinics. He has a PPL, but prefers to not fly alone, so has a pool of pilot friends to do the flying, at a much-reduced cost. So I help him out every now and then, leaving at dawn, flying him out to a remote place, then sitting in a room at the medical centre or the totally unmanned little one-room airfield terminal all day, working on my day job (I WFH, so all I need is a laptop and a fast internet connection), and then bringing him back in the evening mostly reaching back at night. Many of these flights are in real IFR conditions, but regardless I do instrument approaches wherever an approach is available, so I've had no issues maintaining currency.

[hdus001]

Originally Posted by Jeroen

Can you share some more details on what the requirements are to get it certified?
Jeroen

I was digging through the simulator's documents today. In case you are interested in having a look @Jeroen, here is its approval certificate and the checklist the inspector goes through during their check. Also, have attached the trainer manual specific to this approval.

[SansGT]

Originally Posted by cryptarchy

I recently installed MSFS on my Xbox, runs flawlessly on series x. I plan to start playing regularly.

Excellent. The Series X, with all the hardware limitations any console comes with, runs MSFS flawlessly. I did fly on the Series X for quite some time.

However, if you are serious about it, it is just not the place to fly. Flight Sim is an open system, enriched by the thousands of mods and addons, which the closed system of Xbox won't allow. It just has the marketplace with limited planes. No online flying, not freeware addons like liveries, sceneries, aircrafts, etc. This is the same reason I shifted to a PC and gave up my Series X.

[Jeroen]

Originally Posted by hdus001

Yes, I've held a PPL for quite a few years now and added a Private IFR (CASA PIFR) rating last year. One of the currency requirements of this PIFR is 3 instrument approaches every 90 days as a pilot in command. The approaches can be done on real aircraft or on approved "flight simulation training devices".
. One of my friends is a GP who consults in several rural clinics a few hours outside Sydney, and he has a Cessna 172 that he uses to fly between those clinics. He has a PPL, but prefers to not fly alone, so has a pool of pilot friends to do the flying, at a much-reduced cost. So I help him out every now and then, leaving at dawn, flying him out to a remote place, then sitting in a room at the medical centre or the totally unmanned little one-room airfield terminal all day, working on my day job (I WFH, so all I need is a laptop and a fast internet connection), and then bringing him back in the evening mostly reaching back at night. Many of these flights are in real IFR conditions, but regardless I do instrument approaches wherever an approach is available, so I've had no issues maintaining currency.

Very interesting. I have an (expired) FAA PPPL and IFR. I have done a bit of training and currency flying on simulators too. There were no home trainers available at the time. Well, unless you bought some very expensive kit.

The currency requirements in the usa were somewhat different at the time. It might have changed since.

A lot of my flying in the USA was with friends and their planes too. Great way to build hours. Eventually I became part of a small group of guys, about 10-12. Four owned planes. We set up a flying club for us. Which meant we shared all the cost of these planes. It worked out really well. I have had a fractional ownership of a Cirrus as well.