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Newbie to Flight Simulators - Lots of questions


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Hello All! Let me open with this... I have a PPL and aquired it in 1972 in a Piper Cherokee PA-28. I also have my A&P licence from East Coast Arero Tech in MA. Not having flown since 1985 and being retired now I thought I might want to build a simualtor to entertain myself. So, a few questions. I know I have the ability to build one and also have the funds. Ideally I would like to build a sim for a Piper Cherokee or the newer version of this aircraft. I do not have an instrument rating, so i'll be flying VFR. Where do I start? Are there tutorials for buying and assembling the panel, instruments and hardware? What about the computor and software recommendations? I'd like my simualtor to look as much like the newer Piper trainer as possible. I have a small hobby room in my basement to set everything up. Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.... JOHN
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Welcome, John! :D Now to get everyone together and find the "initiation paddles". ("Thank-you, sir! May I have another?");)

 

A great place to ask about cockpit building would be here: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/forumdisplay.php?12-Cockpit-Builders

 

Have you decided on a Sim yet, or waiting on the new one coming from Microsoft?

Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer!  ✈️

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Welcome, John! :D Now to get everyone together and find the "initiation paddles". ("Thank-you, sir! May I have another?");)

 

A great place to ask about cockpit building would be here: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/forumdisplay.php?12-Cockpit-Builders

 

Have you decided on a Sim yet, or waiting on the new one coming from Microsoft?

 

I think I'll wait for the new one from MS. In the meantime, I'll keep doing my research and start building the cockpit, I'll save getting the computer until nearly last. By then the new MS Sim might have been released. Thank you for the reply.

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No point buying hardware if you have no idea what these pc games are like.

 

Buy fsx steam edition. Install it on your current pc. Learn to use it, get to know the various game settings and aircraft. See if you like it.

 

Once you have gotten to know the game in and out you will know how the computer holds up, and if you like the game enough to get extra hardware like a yoke or a better computer.

[sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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No point buying hardware if you have no idea what these pc games are like.

 

Buy fsx steam edition. Install it on your current pc. Learn to use it, get to know the various game settings and aircraft. See if you like it.

 

Once you have gotten to know the game in and out you will know how the computer holds up, and if you like the game enough to get extra hardware like a yoke or a better computer.

 

No matter what you purchase (P3D/FSX/XP) you are not restricted to VFR...

I would get a firm handle on the choice, and put a few hundred hours on it before deciding where to go next...

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Hi Top Gun.. Thanks for the reply. You make a lot of sense advising me to buy the software first. I will do that and take the time to learn how it operates as you suggest before I purchase the many pieces of hardware to make a flight sim. Maybe just a yoke and some rudder pedals to get started :-).
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Hi Top Gun.. Thanks for the reply. You make a lot of sense advising me to buy the software first. I will do that and take the time to learn how it operates as you suggest before I purchase the many pieces of hardware to make a flight sim. Maybe just a yoke and some rudder pedals to get started :-).

 

Yoke and Pedals as a minimum. You don't fly with a keyboard!

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Hi Top Gun..

Just a quick note about this board: That "Top Gun" designation is something the software puts up after 5000 (I think) posts, in the same place that you are shown as "Junior Member." So that poster was actually "il88pp" -- this seems to be a common mistake for people new to this style of forum.

 

Larry N.

As Skylab would say:

Remember: Aviation is NOT an exact Science!

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