Hey there,
i have a home cockpit with 3 x 43" Samsung 4k displays on a Gforcefactory EDGE 6D motion platform.
Center display runs on 4k, left and right are set to 2k. Frame generation is unusable for me, so thats the max my 4090 paired with a 7800X3D can handle with reasonable FPS.
I have the Pro Flight Multi Panel and Switch Panel, and a motorized trim wheel.
And also standard controls like a yoke, quadrant and rudder pedals.
I fly the CJ4 only.
What is frustrating to me ist that i still have to operate a lot of buttons and switches in the virtual cockpit with the mouse. Having at least the FMC on a separate tablet was the next thing i wanted to try, but then i thought of a little bigger.
What do you think about replacing the middle 43" screen with a 43" 4k touchscreen, like an iiyama ProLite T4362AS-B1? Then i would not have to mess around with multiple tablets and pop out instruments and would be able to quickly operate the virtual cockpit directly.
I use two 10.5" touchscreens + POPM.
I identify and calibrate the monitors’ touch functionalty in Windows.
Each monitor has a USB-C connection that lets Windows identify it as an ‘HID-Compliant Touch Screen’ in Device Manager. The devices were enabled by default, but you might have to manually enable them in Device Manager. Once the devices were enabled, I saw an option in Control Panel (I think it’s called ‘Tablet PC’) to identify and calibrate the appropriate monitors (I have two non-touch monitors as well.)
Be careful with the identification routine. You’ll see a message on all your screens in turn, asking whether it’s touch-capable. Follow the instructions to bypass your non-touch monitors and select only the touch monitor.
Once you’ve done that you’ll see an option to calibrate the monitor.
I don’t see why your 43" touchscreen wouldn’t operate exactly the same. You wouldn’t need POPM, since the cockpit instruments would already be on a touch screen monitor.
At least, that’s how I think it should work…
I’m taking a heart break from doing a brake job on my truck, so I can’t work on the PC right now.
Good luck…
I use a large touchscreen with Windows in a vehicle, which could be compared to simming I guess. It can be a challenge to use with apps that aren’t designed for a touch interface, like when you need to hit a small clickspot without seeing where the cursor is tracking on the screen. It’s easy to miss with your finger, and often harder to control than the mouse, which is the problem you’re trying to fix in the first place. I’m sure it would work great for 2024’s Playskool UI, but hitting tiny buttons in a cockpit might be tough. I’m not sure how complex controls would work with just touch, like when you rotate a knob or drag a lever. I also want to rest my palm on the screen so I can get better poke precision, but that causes other issues too of course.
If it were me, I would just try to add more switch panels. I’ve always tried to put everything I need in flight on hardware controllers, but I do almost entirely hand flying VFR GA so I need less buttons, but also can’t leave the flight controls for long with my head down in the panel.
I also do mostly GA flying. I like the 10.5" touchpanels for popped out GPS and radio panels. POPM doesn’t hit my FPS too hard (maybe 10%.)
I also like mapping controls to my Streamdeck XL and Streamdeck Plus. The latter has knobs, which are great. The more dedecated panels by WinWing and others look great for the appropriate aircraft (like tubeliners.)
I don’t think MSFS supports touch natively. I have controls on a 15” touch screen and use Air Manager. They have a fairly complete set of controls for the CJ4 (that was my go-to until I moved to the a320). Plus I think being close enough to touch a larger screen would be more awkward.
I press and hold the knob, and while holding move up or down. In one continious movement without pause.
But the frame was not attached to a display, just standing on my desk. So, I was pointing in the air trying to hit a knob. Since every knob has a left and right area where you can turn it, i may accidently hit that.
I can recheck in a week or so when i will properly install it to my rig.
If you have touch, maybe you or someone else can confirm my finding?
from doing a brake job on my truck, so I can’t work on the PC right now.