VR, immersion, charts, VATSIM, etc

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Any controller board visible to Windows as joystick (HID device) should work fine. There is no need to use any flight simulation or MFS2020 dedicated hardware/software.

VR flying without a mouse (DIY hardware panel for finding the controls in the blind)

Using a mouse to operate the cockpit knobs, switches and buttons when flying is an immersion killer for me. The remedy – the hardware panel, built with VR in mind: controls (knobs/encoders, switches, buttons) placed well apart to allow finding them in blind, dual rotary encoders with pushbuttons (expensive but worth every penny) used, allowing 5 inputs in one hand position (outer ring CW/CCW, inner ring CW/CCW, pushbutton), controls located left, right and bottom of the yoke to allow locatin…