You may also want to consider an 85" monitor, relatively cheap these days and facilitates looking into turns by head movement rather than head tracking.
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How does that work exactly?
In a turn IRL the pilot looks ‘up’ relative to his seat, into the turn. With the 85" screen you do the same and can see 30-45 deg into the turn with eye or head movement.
I don’t see that. It’s larger but the same aspect ratio as a smaller monitor so the screen shows no extra information from a FOV perspective. Yes it’s immersive and surrounding but it’s no replacement for extra side screens. If I thought it would make a difference I’d consider using my 86”.
It’s like the difference between looking at a postcard of Klimt’s “The Kiss”, and standing in front of the painting itself at 1.8 x 1.8m.
A profoundly different psychological experience.
I do like to point this out to people who are making these decisions, because a lot of sim advice comes from the more techno-autist crowd rather than the techno-artist crowd.
Yeah, MigMan’s setup would work with a tracking device, but that defeats the purpose for me.
I now have a 3 monitor setup that allows 30-45 degrees view to the side without having to use tracking or change the view with a HAT switch.
If I want to replace my current viewing experience it has to come at least close to what I see now. The 49" Ultra Wide screens are 47" wide, which is only about 6" less than my current width.
What I wonder though, is if the image on the UW monitor is stretched on the outer sides, whitch would be an experience killer for me.
A very unconvincing analogy. It’s not going to work when flying downwind and wanting to look left to judge where the runway is in preparation for your turn to base. No turning has even begun yet. 3 monitors gives you that.
Guys, use what works for you.
As for my ‘unconvincing analogy’, no, it’s one of the many starting points in gaining visual literacy.
I run an academy teaching visual literacy and have published 14 books on that subject. Another 14 books on performance of complex tasks with a man/machine interface.
These are complex subjects.
Enjoy what you have.
I think I’d know if I was convinced or not and frankly I was not. Hence the use of the word unconvincing. Not putting down the use of large screens but simply saying it’s not the same as having three that’s all.
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The difficulties of communicating clearly online. Are huge.
Yes, I was making no assertion about the validity of your own opinion. I hope that is clearer now.
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Love your setup. Simple yet functional. Less is definitely more sometimes. I use a keyboard, mouse, game controller for planes and a joystick for Helicopters. That’s all I need. 
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A fantastic setup - very immersive!
May I ask what the seats are? They look very comfortable.
Great immerse experience. Saitek Yoke, pedals and quadrant. Thrustmaster A320 set, Spad.next, space desk to move displays to the tablet. Secondary desktop running widefs for Fenix tablet, Simbrief, Virtual Airline Acars, MCDU in a tablet thanks to Simbix.
Simple and cheapeat as possible
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Thanks for that info!
Thank you for your comment, really appreciate
I fly only in VR, but I like to have physical controls, so my home cockpit is kinda of a hybrid based on the three planes that I fly the most (WB-Sim 172, A2A Comanche, Black Square Baron). Thank goodness for SPAD.next!
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What are the 3 white knobs under the Bravo?
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For the A2A Comanche’s CABIN VENT, CABIN HEAT, DEFROSTER. I upgraded my TPM to the V3RNIO and repurposed the old one for the cabin controls.
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