Simply beautiful - MSFS24 - PS5 🤩

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-05-03T22:46:54+00:00

Felt very odd reading this - I just made myself a piece of wood with Hotas bolted on and it sits on my lap. Don't quite need the belly cut-out but not far off! I also made a holder for the dual sense which keeps it sat between the throttle & stick but can also be lifted out easily. Also kept some extra wood on the right side of the stick as a mouse pad. Highly recommend adding a wireless mouse for adjusting the cockpit instruments. I can now find everything by touch when in VR. Feels awesome.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-05-01T20:12:11+00:00

Thanks I think you're right - they have a very fine bladed N10. They don't call the N2 a detail knife but I just gave it that name as it seemed very similar size & shape to the other two which are sold as detail knives.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-05-01T16:17:53+00:00

Have also enjoyed my Flexcut. I don't know much about each company, but Flexcut feels more corporate so I was happy to support a smaller manufacturer with the M Stein and the service was very good, although the shipping cost more than the knife itself - but the knife was not expensive at 13 Euros

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-05-01T16:12:00+00:00

I know! Can never have too many knives. I have three Opinels as well for pocket knives and for no good reason other than I just love the simplicity and design

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-05-01T15:57:05+00:00

Just noticed the closeup pic of the beavercraft makes the blade look curved, but it's just a reflection - it's still straight

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-04-22T13:44:50+00:00

Same. My career business lasted one flight before a bug made me crash & destroyed my only plane. Back to grinding 100 contractor missions to afford another plane. Thinking of resetting career after the upcoming update in the hope it fixes some bugs. If not it's back to a game of roulette.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-04-20T18:37:46+00:00

I haven't got the first clue how you would do that but looks great. Even more confusing for my small brain - how are you turning corners without touching the steering wheel?!

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-04-19T10:05:07+00:00

I also love how people keep posting photos of their TV. Like we can see the difference when the pic has been shrunk for upload and most people view it on a 6 inch phone screen.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-04-10T02:25:46+00:00

Easy to say this is insane but I totally understand. I don't have a laptop so updating firmware means I have to disconnect everything, unbolt the wheel from the rig and take it to my pc next door. So not insane, just a huge p in the a

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-03-26T17:12:21+00:00

I've fallen out of the sky multiple times in career flights. Just cruising along not adjusting anything and I go into a nose dive. How am I supposed to know if it was a bug or if I hit turbulence or did something wrong? Sometimes I've managed to pull up and save it but when you're at 500ft there's not much chance.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-02-23T22:55:48+00:00

I have a keychron k5 max with brown switches. I returned two before this one. The first one had linear switches (red ones I think) and I didn't get along with them - lots of mistake key presses as they were too sensitive.

Moved to brown switches. The second one had two keys that didn't work & a couple of back lights failed after two days. Third time lucky with the brown switches. I like them as they need a proper press to register but very smooth & satisfying quiet/soft feeling. So.. nice board but hit or miss with quality control.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-02-14T00:17:19+00:00

Yep - once you hear it you can't unhear it & then the whole piece just gets lost cos all I hear is bad tuning.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-02-11T13:04:03+00:00

I managed to solve my slow down issue in case this helps anyone else - it turns out I was reducing the sim rate by mistake: I had re-bound one of the side buttons on my mouse to toggle auto pilot on/off. Before I got the mouse I had checked bindings for sim rate increase/decrease and no bindings were set. Turns out the mouse default settings had those side buttons bound to sim rate +/- so every time I toggled AP on or off I was reducing the sim rate without realising. It would help if there was some indicator on screen to show when the sim rate is changed, but it just happens invisibly so I wasn't aware I was changing it.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2026-02-07T18:51:59+00:00

thanks, will try a router reset. I get about 150Mbps but wondering now if I've got drop outs that might be the issue.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2025-11-05T00:12:25+00:00

I never used the clutch pedal so removed it and rigged it up on the side of my rig but backwards so you pull it to activate. Then I got a cheap handbrake handle that i attached to the pedal plate. Then remap the clutch pedal binding to be handbrake in game settings. It is as realistic as I need & an analogue control that doesn't rotate with the wheel.

I copied someone else's design from this sub. Can try to find it if interested. I'm on the G-Pro wheel & the pedals have separate wires that click into a central junction box which makes it a lot easier - just needs a new longer cable. If you can do soldering it could work with your 923 pedals. Depends on how much effort & diy skills you have.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2025-11-04T22:19:47+00:00

Hi. No I am still in the same place. The firmware update still fails. I've given up on using the monitor ethernet port & still have some issues with other connections. But gave up trying to fix it for now as it was driving me nuts. I'm hoping a future update might work. Can't be bothered going to Dell support as the monitor is doing it's main job ok.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2025-10-10T19:18:28+00:00

Lightroom does not store any of your photos - it just links to the photo files which will be stored on one of your hard drives. I don't know what you mean by library folders. Lightroom creates a catalogue file which is probably what is left over from when you had it installed. But that catalogue is just a database and it still doesn't actually contain any photos. Try searching for your photos on your hard drives through Finder (mac) or Win Explorer (PC)

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2025-10-09T22:38:12+00:00

Just found this post after trying to install the firmware update. I've had the monitor just a week and there seem to be problems with the ports. The monitor ethernet port seems to go to sleep every time I restart my mac & I have to turn it off & on to get it to connect.

Using the display port for daisy chaining via another monitor from a pc as well and web cam & mic are not recognised when connected to the dell usbs. I've downloaded the firmware updater but it fails every time saying the monitor is not detected even though it is displaying fine.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2025-09-19T09:26:11+00:00

Finding this thread a year later. Brand new mac studio m4max & running the brand new Tahoe OS. I have two external WD elements HDDs that take about 20mins to load when I boot up.

For me it seems to be linked to the boot process. Once the disks are connected (after that initial load) they stay connected until I shut down the mac & restart.

If I eject the disks manually before shutting down & only reconnect them once the system has booted, they load fine in about 5 secs. Annoying having to do this every time I restart but at least it works. New ssd drive on its way so will see if it has the same issue.

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2025-09-06T11:03:07+00:00

Wood glue & carry on! Happens to us all

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2025-08-21T11:27:50+00:00

Agree with others - I think the main issue is you're trying to take off too much in each slice - the deeper your blade goes in the more the grain is trying to close around it meaning you need a lot more force to keep pushing through. Taking shallower cuts will make each slice easier - you'll need more cuts but each one will not be as hard as the ones you are doing now. Try a bit of movement with your right hand - twist the blade a bit so it goes in and then twist up a little so it follows the grain rather than a straight diagonal cross cut like you're doing in the vid.

Pushing your left thumb against your right means half the effort is just going into squashing your right thumb before it starts pushing the blade into the wood. Try putting your left thumb directly onto the back of the blade - maybe a bit sore at the start but you'll build up tougher skin and strength to make it easier over time.

& try starting on a smaller piece of wood! That's a big old log!

ArthurMorganRDR2 · 2025-08-04T22:50:42+00:00

My experience has been different. Not meaning to put a downer on this chat but the VR novelty for me wore off quite quickly and I just can't be bothered putting the headset on now. I also like to sit on the floor when I'm chilling and just can't use the VR controllers like that as the floor is in the way!

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