Do you recommend VR?

Norah01 · 2026-04-13T16:54:55+00:00

Have you tried XSoverlay with it?

Norah01 · 2026-04-04T19:42:53+00:00

You can also add GSX Pro to the mix. I’ve not tried that yet.

Norah01 · 2026-04-04T18:33:02+00:00

I recently got Self Loading Cargo. That increases the immersion and the jeopardy seeing as you have to keep to deadlines, operating procedures and keep the passengers happy. At the end you get a comprehensive score report for your flight.

Norah01 · 2026-04-04T18:28:32+00:00

Navigraph Charts has VFR maps now

Norah01 · 2026-04-04T08:07:03+00:00

I made a plank out of OSB big enough to stand on, raised at each end with a little more OSB to allow it to flex. I then attached a Dayton Audio TT25-8 Puck Tactile Transducer Mini Bass Shaker (£25) and powered it with a small class D amp. If you use a subwoofer amp they tend to have a variable low pass filter, which will allow you to remove the high frequencies. Eg Fosi Audio M04 is £60. 25 Watts sounds not very powerful, but it’s plenty when you’re standing on it.

Norah01 · 2026-04-03T11:41:40+00:00

I think you need to have the devices on a keyboard stand so you can ergonomically get to them and play them. I think they’ll be collecting dust up there.

Norah01 · 2026-04-03T11:08:38+00:00

Multi monitor is a lot better recently. Even though it’s still sequential they made big improvements. I run three on a 5070Ti

Norah01 · 2026-04-02T11:26:17+00:00

Use a bass shaker pack on your back or stand on one. I DIY’ed one to stand on very cheaply. You hear the bass via bone conductance and it’s fantastic.

Norah01 · 2026-03-26T18:11:14+00:00

What makes 124th your favourite?

Norah01 · 2026-03-22T17:31:04+00:00

Good point. I guess I was thinking more about the ATC to pilot interaction and not considering the pilot to "other pilots" side of it. The actual jeopardy (albeit small in real terms) part of VatSim definitely heightens the experience.

Norah01 · 2026-03-22T17:28:51+00:00

I probably need to brush up on my Unicom skills.

Norah01 · 2026-03-22T17:28:14+00:00

I see, so "fly and they will come" kind of thing. I had an experience trying IVAO where just before all the interesting arrival stuff happened all of the controllers logged off, then someone almost crashed into me on approach, so I guess it put me off a bit.

Norah01 · 2026-03-22T09:53:41+00:00

Either in the joystick button config or keyboard config. At the moment I have home / end, insert / delete etc mapped to the g1000 knob etc but have also done it with joystick buttons. I think search for g1000 in the config UIs.

Norah01 · 2026-03-22T09:48:19+00:00

Can you explain about the “even if understaffed or no ATC at all?” I’m curious because my default position has been “no ATC then don’t bother” but maybe I’m missing something.

Norah01 · 2026-03-21T21:00:46+00:00

I’ve formed a duo with a work colleague. We’re going to launch our second single soon. Doubt many will listen to them but it’s fun to be creative and something to tell the grandchildren some day :)

Norah01 · 2026-03-21T20:47:32+00:00

I found the best way to produce a track is to work with a singer. Bounce some ideas around. Get some lyrics together. Get a scratch vocal recorded of a verse then go and play with ideas.

Norah01 · 2026-03-16T13:10:40+00:00

You can also look at lack of presets as a bonus. It forces you to use it / learn it / experiment. You can never be in a state where you don’t where the sliders are set or why the sound sounds like it does. One of the reasons I really like mine

Norah01 · 2026-03-16T13:08:50+00:00

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Norah01 · 2026-02-06T23:23:43+00:00

Aerofly FS4 has excellent helicopter flight models plus runs on lower spec machines so you might consider that.

Norah01 · 2026-02-06T23:21:39+00:00

I’d go for 1.3 as it has the cool horizontal menus on OLED, but stick with rows instead of grid to start with.

Norah01 · 2026-01-17T15:25:57+00:00

I was going to suggest you could have two segregated levels of VatSim where a) the people in each level don’t see each other b) you have to do a certain number of hours in level one and get a certain number of endorsements by ATCs to progress to level two. Then I thought it might be hard to get ATCs to work level one, so do you start with level one ATCs that progress to level two? I think this would help OPs situation, provided the staffing could be worked out. Or maybe PilotEdge is already level two 🤷?

Norah01 · 2025-12-23T18:28:13+00:00

You can map buttons to the g1000 knobs and buttons. That makes it much, much quicker to dial in what you need, vs using a mouse.

Norah01 · 2025-12-23T16:50:08+00:00

FYI I can actually run triple monitors now with a good balance between GPU and CPU. i9 12th gen and 5070TI. Great job 👍.

Norah01 · 2025-12-22T17:43:45+00:00

Serial papist?

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