Hi, I am an avid fan of the PMDG 737, but it has occurred to me that I am currently using a Powerful CPU, GPU monitor, Sim Brief Data Base to plan routes and fuel loads, Navigraph Data to plan SIDS,STARS etc, Metar Data from around the world, Black Shark AI, Traffic Data etc
Then after a few minutes pre flighting the aircraft, I “fly for a few minutes” turn on the Autopilot and then let the Simulation of the Autopilot interact with the Simulation of the aircraft interacting with MSFS’s simulation of the world, while I go for a walk for an hour or so, timing my return to set up the approach…
When I fly a Prop plane for an hour I get an hour of Stick Flying, but in a 737 about 20 minutes out of 2 or 3 hours of flight time (I have in the past used time scaling without much success )
I love both types of flying,and am amazed at the ability to integrate all these services and the amazing results, but I wonder if anyone has an idea of the impact of using all these services ?
im not a climate change fanatic, but i do try to observe some level of discipline on my carbon footprint… so i have to say that the sim’s disregard for power consumption bugs me a little bit
just a little…
flying away on my favourite aircraft fixes it quite rapidly
its a non issue. if i hadn’t read this post i’ve never even thought about what must be my elevated co2 emmissions whenever i go for a jog.
having said that my house is running on solar during daytime, and batteries at night. but that is because a. we have unreliable utility service and b. to save on electricity bill.
I’m on nuclear. Using plastic water bottles or buying electric cars are probably the absolute worst things normal(as in I don’t dump used motor oil down storm drains normal) people do for the environment. When I have to buy a large plastic bottle for kids juice or vinegar I remove the label and the cap seal ring so there’s a .5% chance it gets recycled. Buying cheap plastic Chinese junk on Amazon that only lasts a fraction of the time quality items last is another.
Environmental cost notwithstanding, that’s the kind of simming I will never be able to wrap my head around. It’s the equivalent of firing up the home theater putting on a movie and then reading a book on the porch while the movie entertains nothing but itself.
The environmental cost of airline simulation is not impactful enough compared to driving a diesel car or being a passenger on a plane. Turn your heating down can save the environmental cost of airline simulation.
Agreed… That’s why the opinions and comments of the “I’ve got over ten thousand flight hours!” crowd carry absolutely no weight or regard from me… Real-life pilots may well sit back and read a book or whatever, but they’re still in the cockpit in case anything goes wrong… I always think I’m cheating if I stick the autopilot on and nip to the loo during a flight, I wouldn’t dream of leaving it running to do is own thing!
kind of hard to quantify when you’re in a developed regulated region. Other parts of the world out pollute you about 5000 to 1. So you basically represent about .01% of a ‘human’ in the count with your best effort. We’re going to end up like WALL-E before global warming is a problem.
And I have the TV, the XBSX, the PC, speakers and peripherals and buttkicker ALL plugged into one 15A socket with no issue… Not exactly sweating it.
Depends on your electricity source. A good chunk of mine comes off the roof during daylight hours. And I’m opted in to wind source for my from-the-grid power. The manufacturing and distribution of the hardware is a whole different thing.
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