Even though many of the new hardware I ordered, such as the MFG Crosswind Rudders, 
are arriving these days, the progress of my rebuilding, unfortunately, has come to a halt due to the waiting for the outside racks.
Out of expectation, the same happens to my new computer installation as well even on the software side.
Nevertheless, I can’t help getting a grin on my face as the performance of it right out of the box is already double Continue reading
Just received the new computer solely for flight simulation today with some revisions to the spec listed in my last post originally. The full spec now is:
I’ve been talking about rebuilding my home cockpit and a computer dedicated to flight simulation…er… for quite a long time. I really get moving now.
Followings are some of the gears I already purchased for the new cockpit. And in
general, it will be somewhat resemblance to what the guy ON THE GLIDESLOPE (OTG) does — a 3-monitor setup, one in the front and two on both sides.
But I am planning to use Continue reading
Are you sure you have your system set up properly? I thought I did until two days ago I found out that my 2133 MHz memory actually had been running at standard 1333 MHz for over a year. 
Obviously I somehow missed the configuration the last time when I upgraded the system BIOS. And too bad I didn’t aware of it at all.
The problem was spotted by a free utility Continue reading
by Michael Basler (http://michael-basler.net)
Michael is a veteran flightsimmer, who started playing Flight Simulator 4 back in 1991. About 2 weeks ago, while we were discussing various issues regarding compatibility of my FIP gauges in X-Plane, an idea of inviting him to write a guess piece for his impressions and thoughts on the new X-Plane 11 came to my mind suddenly. Thanks Michael and here’s the piece.
At first: No, I am not one more X-Plane evangelist trying to persuade you to “convert”. But I don’t think it hurts to look what’s going on elsewhere.
At second: Do you think this is misplaced at FSX Times? It’s not – as you’ll find below. Continue reading
A few days ago, Kim in Switzerland emailed me that he had built a touch-screen GPS using an iPad (see photo).
Frankly, even though I never thought about the idea of putting the GPS onto an iPad before, I have to admit that my immediate response to Kim’s approach was not excited because there are many apps available to turn the iPad into a second display for Mac or Windows computers.
From the many similar apps I tried before, none of them, in my opinion, was smooth enough to handle the data flow demand to and from FSX or P3D. Some of them even caused serious dragging to the simulator in return.
But after checking the information Kim provided, I found his iPad was wired to his computer, rather than wirelessly connected over the network.
After further Googling the app he recommended, I decided to give it a try. The result is surprisingly good. Continue reading
There are lots of comments on the Internet saying that the AffinityMask is no longer required in Prepar3D for a smooth flight. Is it true?
The answer is both a YES and a NO, mainly depending on whether additional hardware are included.
During the recent clean re-installation of the just released Prepar3D version 3.4, I must say that I was very impressed with its overall performance under the factory settings in the beginning. But the thrill only lasted UNTIL my Saitek’s Flight Instrument Panels (a notorious performance hitter) were added to the system, no matter running under the Saitek or the SPAD.neXt driver.
Framerates Continue reading
As I replied to some friends, my Post 369: Aerofly is Good but Be Careful was by no mean to scare anybody who is interested in the new simulator. The post simply states a fact that my card was burnt during the game and gives my personal comment to others who are using or are intending to use the software.
To play safe, I have installed Real Temp to monitor the CPU and GPU status of my computer. The utility can be configured to stay on top of all displays.
I used to run Real Temp Continue reading
I purchased FSX-SE a year ago but abandoned it after briefly playing it for awhile 
because many setup procedures “seemed” to be different and I’d rather spend more time on my grandson at that time.
Last week, I picked it up again due to the recent Summer sales on Steam, where I finally got the long waited Flight School app.
This time, I seriously compared it to the box edition and found that the differences in structure between the two versions actually aren’t much. I quickly copied Continue reading
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