Wondero Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 (edited) Figured I would start this thread again for those of you who are interested in flight simming, or some of you pilots (like me) and plane fanatics in the community. The biggest question I probably receive is: Do you fly all of your flights in the sim in real time (1x)? And the answer is yes, I do. Even if the flight is 17 hours long, I will sit there and watch my plane for 17 hours. In the real world, you'd have a second set of captain/copilot but who wants to do that in a sim? I did an evening trip from Las Vegas to Baltimore today and thought my approach on final was absolutely spectacular. I'll continue to post great shots like that over time as I get them. Here is the entire list of my flight sim mods/addons for those who want it: Simulator Spoiler Lockheed Martin - Prepar3D Academic License (http://www.prepar3d.com/) Weather Spoiler REX Texture Direct 4 + Soft Clouds (http://www.rexsimulations.com/texturedirectsc.html) ActiveSky Next - HiFi Simulation (http://www.hifisimtech.com/) Terrain Spoiler ORBX/Fullterrain - https://fullterrain.com/ FTX Global FTX Global Vector FTX Global openLC Europe FTX Global openLC NA Alaska/Canada Australia SP4 EU England EU Ireland EU Northern Ireland EU Norway EU Scotland EU Wales NA Central Rockies NA Northern California NA Northern Rockies NA Pacific Fjords NA Pacific Northwest NA Southern Alaska NA Southern California NZ North Island NZ South Island FTX Trees HD Airports Spoiler Taxi2Gate (http://taxi2gate.org/) Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (KSEA) Hong Kong International Airport (VHHH) Orlando International (KMCO) St. Louis International Airport (KSTL) FlightBeam (http://www.flightbeam.net/) San Francisco Intl Airport (KSFO HD) Washington Dulles International Airport (KIAD HD) Phoenix Sky harbor Intl Airport (KPHX HD) Denver International Airport (KDEN HD) ImagineSim (http://www.imaginesim.com/) KATL Atlanta Intl, Georgia USA KAUS Austin Bergstrom, Texas USA KSJC San Jose, California USA TropicalSim (http://www.tropicalsim.com/2010/) Washington National (KDCA) FSDreamTeam (http://www.fsdreamteam.com/) New York (JFK V2) GSX Ground Services X Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) Honolulu International (PHNL) Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (KFLL) Las Vegas McCarran (KLAS) FlyTampa (http://www.flytampa.org/) Chicago Midway (KMDW) Toronto Pearson (CYYZ) Buffalo (KBUF) Boston (KBOS) Tampa (KTPA) St. Maarten (TNCM) Vienna (LOWW) Dubai, Emirates (OMDB) Sydney, Australia (YSSY) LatinVFR (http://www.latinvfr.org/) Miami International Airport (KMIA) Montego Bay San Diego (KSAN) Aerosoft (http://www.aerosoft.com/cgi-local/us/iboshop.cgi?show270) Mega Airport London Heathrow Xtended (EGLL) Mega Airport Amsterdam (EHAM) Mega Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle X (LFPG) Aircraft Spoiler PMDG (http://precisionmanuals.com/pages/product/p3d.html) 777-200LR/F Base Package 777-300ER Expansion 737NGX Base Package 737 NGX Expansion package Aerosoft (http://www.aerosoft.com/cgi-local/us/iboshop.cgi?show270) Airbus A318/A319 Airbus A320/A321 Hardware Saitek Pro Flight Yoke and Throttle Quadrant(http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/yoke.html) Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals (http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/pedals.html) Edited March 12, 2016 by Wondero SV Paul, dj.devran, Sergio and 8 others like this Link to comment
CyanogenCX Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I don't do this, but wouldn't staring at the screen for 17 hours with just the plane in the sky get boring? Or do you set it on autopilot and do other things. Link to comment
iFox Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 (edited) What sim is that? Edited March 12, 2016 by iFox Beef... likes this Link to comment
Beef... Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 1 minute ago, iFox said: What sim is that? Link to comment
Wondero Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 1 minute ago, iFox said: What sim is that? It's Lockheed Martin's Prepar3D (P3D) (http://www.prepar3d.com/) It's basically a replica of the old and absolute trash Flight Simulator X by Microsoft with a lot of performance differences. P3D offers way better memory allocators and with the $1000+ worth in mods to make my sim as realistic as possible, I need all the memory-saving technology I can get. Link to comment
Wondero Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 (edited) 11 minutes ago, CyanogenCX said: I don't do this, but wouldn't staring at the screen for 17 hours with just the plane in the sky get boring? Or do you set it on autopilot and do other things. Well no pilot in real life would hand fly the entire cruise portion of the flight. So to answer your question, yes, I do set the autopilot and do other things in the background on my computer but I am still attentive to what's going on in the cockpit. Edited March 12, 2016 by Wondero Link to comment
Cifunds Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 If i remember theres a story that someone found his own house in that game and said ALLAH ACKBAR ! Sergio and Wondero like this Link to comment
iFox Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Any other flight sims that are decent without spending a grand? lol Link to comment
SV Paul Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 (edited) Nice! I played the shit out of Flight Simulator X back in the day. I always flew real time never used the speed up time function. Edited March 12, 2016 by SV Paul Wondero likes this Link to comment
Wondero Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, iFox said: Any other flight sims that are decent without spending a grand? lol To start off, I would recommend Flight Simulator X. It's a perfectly fine sim for the default aircraft it has. Practice some of your departures and landings, and as you gain experience and can land and takeoff without breaking the plane, that's when I would start investing money. The grand that I've spent over time is on mods and addons to make aspects such as airports, weather, airplanes, etc. as close to real life as possible. Edited March 12, 2016 by Wondero Link to comment
iFox Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Just now, Wondero said: The grand that I've spent over time is on mods and addons to make aspects such as airports, weather, airplanes, etc. as close to real life as possible. To piratebay I go bunni, Vash and Med_Ex like this Link to comment
Face Recka Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hello fellow pilots at heart yes I like to take it to the sky's as well. I do like FSX when I was younger, I also am a real life pilot I have my PPL private pilots License. I also was in the air force for 6 years I was a Weapons Loader on the F-15's I was in the 65th Aggressor Fighter Squadron Nellis AFB Las Vegas. I also got to ride in the back seat of a F-15D Eagle ill post a pic of me in it. I have 1.5 hours in the Eagle in real life the G forces were very intense I had to learn how to do the hick maneuver to keep me from passing out. If any one else has had any real life experiences would be nice to know. Senior Airmen Mulvaney USAF Veteran cloud - 911, Wondero, Le Razoir and 1 other like this Link to comment
Wondero Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 For those of you interested, I've taken the time and listed out all of my mods with the links to their respective websites in my original post. Link to comment
Wondero Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 12 hours ago, FaceRecka said: Very nice, and thanks for your service. I hold my PPL (instrument + multi engine rating) as well as my Commercial license, and maybe by the start of next month, I'll have my CFI. Link to comment
Henry Facesmasher Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 im not calling people names like losers, or nerds or anything like that but... it's a flight simulator.. what's so good about it? I don't understand how someone could do that for 17 hours if they're not getting paid good money for it.. Link to comment
Wondero Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Another pic I only took about 30 minutes ago - this time departing out of Baltimore and en-route to Manchester, NM. The picture was taken at about maybe 2,000 ft off of runway 15R at BWI. Link to comment
Atmosphere Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 On 12-3-2016 at 3:03 AM, iFox said: Any other flight sims that are decent without spending a grand? lol Torrent it s9n Vash likes this Link to comment
Wondero Posted March 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Enroute from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to Hong Kong International. Hong Kong is such an amazing airport in the sim and I'm sure I'll have tons of pictures of the airport and surrounding terrain... in 14 hours. Eric916 and Sergio like this Link to comment
Sean // Fitty Bread Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 go play oldschool runescape its a much better simulation Yung Kali-G likes this Link to comment
Chau Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Flying in circles for 17 hours simulator. Link to comment
Vash Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 And here I am, pirating 1$ games.... Link to comment
cloud - 911 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 You play is Prepar3D or FSX, we have a common hobby, I also like to fly, PMDG777 is my favorite one of the aircraft, the air we can exchange the experience of flying my friend! Link to comment
Wondero Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 27 minutes ago, Clou tony said: Very nice. I mostly fly the PMDG 737 and 777, and occasionally pop into the Aerosoft Airbus Series, QualityWings 757, LevelD 767, Blackbox A330/A340, etc. Link to comment
Wondero Posted April 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Taking off from Baltimore.... Boston, here we come! Patrick likes this Link to comment
Jewinator Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) I usually use X-Plane 10 for simming, idk what it is about it but i really seem to enjoy it over FSX and other sims... I usually fly the 737-200 by FlyJSim. I am also currently a student pilot working towards my PPL hoping to have a career in flying some day Edited April 17, 2016 by cohenhar Link to comment
Wondero Posted April 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Departing from Las Vegas McCarran Intl, en-route to Philidelpha. ETA to Philly is 4 hours, 30 minutes. Jewinator and Mike Stmria like this Link to comment
Jewinator Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) @Wondero Do you use any ATC services like Vatsim or PilotEdge? Edited April 24, 2016 by cohenhar Link to comment
Wondero Posted April 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 2 minutes ago, cohenhar said: @Wondero Do you use any ATC services like Vatsim or PilotEdge? All of my flights are flown on VATSIM, and I also regularly control as well (I am C1 rated). Jewinator likes this Link to comment
Eric916 Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 On 3/11/2016 at 6:02 PM, Wondero said: Well no pilot in real life would hand fly the entire cruise portion of the flight. So to answer your question, yes, I do set the autopilot and do other things in the background on my computer but I am still attentive to what's going on in the cockpit. that's pretty cool.. multiple monitors would make this perfect Jewinator likes this Link to comment
Pat Rick Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 This makes me want to cry with happiness ;( Link to comment
Yung Kali-G Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 1 hour ago, dev said: You cant drive a car, you definitely cant fly a plane donkey kong. dj.devran likes this Link to comment
Norwegianviking Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 4 minutes ago, Khaliq Fahid said: You cant drive a car, you definitely cant fly a plane donkey kong. Khaliq i told you to stop being toxic! Link to comment
dj.devran Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Khaliq Fahid said: You cant drive a car, you definitely cant fly a plane donkey kong. practising turning right you fat fuvk Yung Kali-G likes this Link to comment
Wondero Posted May 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) Welcome to the beautiful Punta Cana! Edited May 7, 2016 by Wondero Jewinator likes this Link to comment
Sergio Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 i love flight sims but i rarely have time for them these days, i can barely play arma! I ended up making KSP have realistic mods and went from there... Link to comment
Wondero Posted May 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 That Chicago scenery tho Link to comment
Wondero Posted May 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 (edited) Ever wanted to see some closeups of an airplane cockpit? Edited May 13, 2016 by Wondero Link to comment
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