DCS Legacy Hornet sim....

[Brett327]

Why do I get the feeling that you cut and pasted this post?

 

[ChuckMK23]

@Brett327 what happened to that grand Naval Aviation tradition of "if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying!"

 

[picklesuit]

@sevenhelmet entry into flightsim ready PC hardware can be had in teh $500 USD range - its really all about the GPU. The current generation of sub $200 graphics cards work great with 1080P displays. A little "overclocking" and you are there.

VR headsets like Oculus and HTC Vive are awesome but pricey and they need more horsepower in both CPU and Graphics card - easily a $1500 conversation.

A basic gaming PC in the $500-600 range, teamed with open source head tracking software (that works with a standard webcam) is often used freetrack http://www.free-track.net/english/ and opentrack https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack

Lastly high quality switched and controllers are the rage - like Thrustmaster's HOTAS series - with industrial grade potentiameters, rate sensors, switches and castings of real world stick and throttles.

Not getting laid because you spent all your money on a Gucci flight simulator...Priceless!

 

[nittany03]

Not getting laid because you spent all your money on a Gucci flight simulator...Priceless!

Yeah, that'd be a tempting setup . . . if I'd won the lottery when I was 14. Yeah, a HoloLens, Oculus, and/or Magic Leap are on my "to get" list, but it's because I want to break into that industry professionally.

 

[Flash]

Lastly high quality switched and controllers are the rage - like Thrustmaster's HOTAS series - with industrial grade potentiameters, rate sensors, switches and castings of real world stick and throttles.

Does the USAF know they have endorsed that product?

 

[SynixMan]

Nobody? Okay I'll do it.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Not getting laid because you spent all your money on a Gucci flight simulator...Priceless!

I promise my multitude of nerdy pursuits in no way compromise my bachelorhood lifestyle.

 

[Austin-Powers]

Being TACAIR is a big responsibility

 

[Treetop Flyer]

Being TACAIR is a big responsibility

Do less

 

[ChuckMK23]

OK this DCS Hornet module gets better and better - being able to fly online with your buddies in a distributed environmernt in a CV pattern complete with LSO and PLAT...

 

[Duc'-guy25]

I don't think better is the word...

 

[Brett327]

If they're CQing, why do they have weapons loaded? If they aren't CQing, why are they making ball calls during a case I recovery. In either scenario, why is paddles telling them to call the ball?

 

[Jim123]

Seems legit based on my extensive knowledge of CQ...

 

[Gatordev]

Over the last few days, I've been toying with the idea of grabbing X-Plane to do some instrument proficiency while I hang out in limbo. Really, having a 430 or 750 simulator that I can shoot approaches with is what I need. In doing some research, it's led me to YT videos of people showing THE DEFINITIVE WAY to start helicopter x up(!!!!).

It's amazing the amount of energy put into arguing things like whether you should turn on the collision lights BEFORE (!!!!) turning on the battery. It quickly becomes clear that these same people don't really understand what they're explaining to the world when they say things like, "You would never want to start a helicopter with the rotor brake on," or can't properly pronounce the word "pitot."

 

[Jim123]

It's amazing the amount of energy put into arguing things like whether you should turn on the collision lights BEFORE (!!!!) turning on the battery. It quickly becomes clear that these same people don't really understand what they're explaining to the world when they say things like, "You would never want to start a helicopter with the rotor brake on," or can't properly pronounce the word "pitot."

Why do you hate safety, @Gatordev ?