Flight Sim Setups (X Plane, FSX, FS2020 etc)
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No photos to hand, but here goes:
- Home built base using 3*3" fence posts and plenty of screws. Cost was around £60. Not what you'd call pretty, but very solid and functional. To buy the equivalent in Aluminium would probably be closer to £300 if I built it myself. Monstertech do good units if you want to pay for it.
- s/h MX5 leather seat. £25.
- I've centre mounted onto the base my Virpil T50 base, which has a 20cm swan kneck extension to a Thrustmaster F18 grip. I fly the F18 and Harrier quite a lot in DCS, so it's nice to have a match
- Left side is a Virpil CM1 throttle, CH pro throttle on it's side (for the additional buttons and mini-stick), logitech marble mouse for mouse operation whilst I'm flying and a custom built Arduino button box
- Right side is my normal mouse and another arduino button box (DCS uses a LOT of buttons)
- Front is the keyboard, centre mounted, but on hinged mount such that you can swing it out of the way to get in and out. Most of the normal bases I've seen tend to put the keyboard to the side, which I'm not a fan of
- Marantz microphone for in-game comms
- Rift S with a pair of Koss KSC75 clip on headphones
- MFG crosswind rudder pedals
- Jetseat, haptic pad
- x2 USB powered hubs to run the above
For comms, Teamspeak, Discord and SRS. Most DCS groups seem to use Discord and SRS. SRS is brill.
- Home built base using 3*3" fence posts and plenty of screws. Cost was around £60. Not what you'd call pretty, but very solid and functional. To buy the equivalent in Aluminium would probably be closer to £300 if I built it myself. Monstertech do good units if you want to pay for it.
- s/h MX5 leather seat. £25.
- I've centre mounted onto the base my Virpil T50 base, which has a 20cm swan kneck extension to a Thrustmaster F18 grip. I fly the F18 and Harrier quite a lot in DCS, so it's nice to have a match
- Left side is a Virpil CM1 throttle, CH pro throttle on it's side (for the additional buttons and mini-stick), logitech marble mouse for mouse operation whilst I'm flying and a custom built Arduino button box
- Right side is my normal mouse and another arduino button box (DCS uses a LOT of buttons)
- Front is the keyboard, centre mounted, but on hinged mount such that you can swing it out of the way to get in and out. Most of the normal bases I've seen tend to put the keyboard to the side, which I'm not a fan of
- Marantz microphone for in-game comms
- Rift S with a pair of Koss KSC75 clip on headphones
- MFG crosswind rudder pedals
- Jetseat, haptic pad
- x2 USB powered hubs to run the above
For comms, Teamspeak, Discord and SRS. Most DCS groups seem to use Discord and SRS. SRS is brill.
CH Products Flight Stick Pro
CH Product Pro Throttle
Logitech G Autopilot Panel
Tempted to swap the stick for a Honeycomb Alpha yoke when they're available again. I only do MSFS.
The autopilot panel is so useful in MSFS because it's just a pain in the butt to adjust dials in MSFS, especially in turbulence.
CH Product Pro Throttle
Logitech G Autopilot Panel
Tempted to swap the stick for a Honeycomb Alpha yoke when they're available again. I only do MSFS.
The autopilot panel is so useful in MSFS because it's just a pain in the butt to adjust dials in MSFS, especially in turbulence.
Sounds very impressive! Thanks for sharing. What screen(s) do you use?
Yeah, I'm tempted by the honeycombe. Reviews indicate that it is much more realistic feel than logitech.
Right now all I have is a 15yr old Microsoft sidewinder joystick. Haha.
Nice. I have never tried VR. Not sure my eyes would be able to focus on something so close to my face!
I get the impression that kind of 1/10 (ish) don't actually get on with VR. The rest of us love it. Only way to really find out is to see if you can get someone to dem a set to you.
It's a real game changer. Whilst the resolution is no great shakes, you soon ignore it and get to enjoy the immersion and feeling of being IN the cockpit, not just admiring it from afar.
Thanks. Maybe one day I will try it when I have more disposable income. I think I will be happy with monitors for now
I am looking at buying the thrustmaster tca officer pack airbus edition, being left-handed it looks ideal as you can swap the buttons on the joystick either side and it has seperate throttle controls that you can have on the left or right side of the joystick
That looks like a very cool Joystick
Pic of my setup:
There's something charming about the way CH haven't updated their packaging and branding since the 80s
Good solid kit, no complaints from me. I'm kinda limited in what I can do visually as those two 32" monitors are for work. I don't find the bezel at all annoying though as you're not looking dead center all the time like you would be in an FPS.
There's something charming about the way CH haven't updated their packaging and branding since the 80s
Good solid kit, no complaints from me. I'm kinda limited in what I can do visually as those two 32" monitors are for work. I don't find the bezel at all annoying though as you're not looking dead center all the time like you would be in an FPS.Thats great! What flight sim and plane(s) do you fly with it?
It depends what YOU LIKE and what you find more comfortable to use... I use an ultrawide screen and would not change it with anything else as the view and bezelfree is priceless, sold my oculus a while back and purchased this and I am super happy with it.