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Honeycomb Alpha Yoke
Honeycomb Bravo Throttle
Logitech Radio Panel
CH Pro Pedals
Track IR 5
Track Clip Pro (not shown)
Logitech Single Ear Headset (not shown)
Lenovo M10 HD Tablet
Suptek Desk Mount Tablet Stand
ASUS 23" 1080p Monitor
PC Specs: Ryzen 3600X, RTX 2060S 8GB, 32GB Ram, NVME SSD
Planned Upgrades
Samsung 34" UWQHD Monitor
Ryzen 9 5950X
EVGA RTX 3080ti
2nd NVME SSD Dedicated to MSFS
Potential Upgrades
Honeycomb Charlie Pedals
Dual 15" Touch Screens, Mounted on Alpha & Bravo, Running Air Manager 4.0 (Logitech Radio Panel Removed)
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Very nice, but you forgot something.
One Samuel Adams Cold Snap
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Very nice setup - I am jealous of your TM TCA Airbus stuff - I have the same on order (only 1 clamp rather than your 2) - but delivery date keeps getting pushed back.
What screen is that please? It looks good - are you pleased with it? Would you recommend it?
Thanks in advance, Alasdair (aka FlyBasher…)
Pssssst… dude, the FSFAA might be watching, gotta keep that on the down low.
(Nice choice, btw)
It’s the Samsung CRG9. It’s not OLED or 4K but I’m quite pleased with it.
Great - thank you. Regards, A
Still very much a work in progress. Everything revolves around Air Manager and a DIY Knobster.
Still needs a few parts and to iron out a couple of kinks, but as of right now, it’s totally functional and my cockpit is mouse free for the C172 Classic and Mooney, as well as a few of the G1000 equipped planes.
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Just a quick question without wading through 400 postings. You still have to popout the G1000 and insert it into the Airmanager frame, don’t you? Thanks for reply.
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Yes I do. Same thing for the GNS 530/430 in the planes that use them.
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Just walked out the door to walk my dogs and found a Honeycomb box with my Bravo on the doorstep.
Guess it’s time for some modifications to implement this new addition/replacement.
Yay, can’t wait to take some time off for that. Loong weekend, here I come.
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OK, here’s my completed setup (at least as far I wanted it to be currently lol). Screenshot from X-Plane, not MSFS, btw. Wasn’t yet done setting it all up in MSFS when I took this pic.
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Mine has taken its next step in its hardware evolution with the addition of a second 15" touch screen. Between the 2 touch screens and tablet on the side, my physical controls, Air Manager, plus a couple of Knobsters, all the pieces are there for a functional home cockpit for both glass and steam gauge panels.
The ultimate goal will be to have it running on a separate, dedicated PC to free up my main computer with a up to 3 x 48" screens go give me a 180 degree field of view. That obviously won’t be happening until Asobo get proper multi-monitor support built in. But it’s a future goal. In the meantime, hardware-wise, I would consider my simpit complete.
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So how are you planning to achieve that while keeping framerates reasonable, running each screen in 1080p? Also, what graphics card are you currently using? I’m using an RTX 2070 and at 5120x1440 my FPS in any dense city area in MSFS really drops frames into the teens. Over the updated London I was getting like 11-14fps (average of 12fps). Brutal. Hoping to finally be able to snag a 3080 or 3090 someday, which yes I know it won’t be giving me 60fps with the current coding, but so long as I stay 25fps or higher in these dense areas I’ll be happy. I’m figuring Asobo will improve the coding eventually as well as my opinion is the issue lies in the coding. Plus, X-Plane (which I’ve been using most lately) already gives me much better framerates. But yeah I’d love three 2K monitors, man that would be amazing! Just wouldn’t be able to do it in my current apartment space.
Well that’s exactly why I’m not in any rush to do it. To me, the outboard hardware is more important at the moment in order to get the functionality for a mouse and keyboard-free experience, which I’ve now achieved for all but 2 of the planes I fly (G3000/5000 planes). As of right now, the last time I need to touch a mouse is when I press the FLY button until I shut down and have my log book pop up. And that in itself is a wonderful experience.
For now, my 34" 3440x1440 screen will have to do. As of right now, performance is dreadful at best. World Update 3 robbed me of 10 fps that I can’t get back no matter what settings I run at. I can run at full resolution on a mix of high and medium (normal settings I’ve been using since October), or lower resolution to 720p (50% resolution scaling) and low quality, and I see absolutely no difference in my frame rates. That’s running on a Ryzen 2700X, 64GB RAM, 2x 1TB NVMe and an RTX2080. At times in dense areas, I’m running at frame rates that are barely playable.
So for now, the planned dedicated cockpit is just that - a plan. It’s what I aspire to. However, the current state of the sim prevents me from making that a reality. But when / if Microsobo ever get their act together, at least I’ll have the hardware on hand to make it happen.
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