Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

[Narcisus]

Fell on my feet yesterday there was a miss price on Steam and for 15 minutes they were selling the standard 40th anniversary edition for £11.99 ! Bought a copy for myself and a mate then it went back up to £48

[Scabutz]

I've been building a DA62 home sim for some time. I had some help with the main design files. But it's been a learning journey with 3d printers and the like. I'm disappointed I didn't go the CNC route and add backlighting but that can be V2.

Anyway the main panel is finished in terms of construction. Next step is wiring and programming. That will be easy as it's more my background. Am concerned about how much noise I'm going to have to deal with on the circuits, especially with the screens. Lot still to do with the garmins in terms of knobs and encoder holders etc.

Then I've got the pedestal to worry about with a motorised trim wheel, throttle controls and rudder trim. Plus a joystick.

[BrettMRC]

Just downloaded a few new planes... the B52 is utter crap, but the Typhoon... it's incredible!

[FourWheelDrift]

Who's B-52?

I had/have the old Captain SIM B-52 for FSX.

[marksx]

FourWheelDrift said:

Who's B-52?

I had/have the old Captain SIM B-52 for FSX.

The one on Marketplace is MScenery

[kowalski655]

Yeah,B-52 is a really stty cash grab. Too shiny, no smoke, no outboard wheels, no cockpit.
Typhoon is great though although if anyone is tempted, don't get it from the marketplace as it won't have weapons..learned my lesson the hard way on that with the F-16!

[BrettMRC]

kowalski655 said:

Yeah,B-52 is a really stty cash grab. Too shiny, no smoke, no outboard wheels, no cockpit.
Typhoon is great though although if anyone is tempted, don't get it from the marketplace as it won't have weapons..learned my lesson the hard way on that with the F-16!

Feeling really daft now... where are you getting the additional planes from outside of the Marketplace?

[Narcisus]

BrettMRC said:

Feeling really daft now... where are you getting the additional planes from outside of the Marketplace?

Hi Brett loads of places if on PC not sure if possible on Xbox which platform you using ?

[BrettMRC]

Narcisus said:

Hi Brett loads of places if on PC not sure if possible on Xbox which platform you using ?

I'm on PC, but rather than look at random would welcome some recommendations

[surveyor]

What kind of planes are you into?

[BrettMRC]

Not too keen on the modern airliners, but anything and everything else

[FourWheelDrift]

BrettMRC said:

Feeling really daft now... where are you getting the additional planes from outside of the Marketplace?

Just make sure it's for 2020. Here's a couple.
Just Flight - https://www.justflight.com/category/flight-sim-add...
Aeroplane Heaven - https://www.aeroplaneheaven.com/index.php#products

[BrettMRC]

FourWheelDrift said:

Just make sure it's for 2020. Here's a couple.
Just Flight - https://www.justflight.com/category/flight-sim-add...
Aeroplane Heaven - https://www.aeroplaneheaven.com/index.php#products

Great stuff - thank you

[FourWheelDrift]

Ps. Just flight have some things on the marketplace but not all.

[Narcisus]

Also something to keep in mind … if you are using game pass then buy MS on Steam anything you have purchased in the Marketplace using your Gamepass MS will not be transferred over to the Steam version.

[surveyor]

Also... Airplanes on MSFS market place don't have guns. Buy them elsewhere they might!

PMDG have a DC6 worth looking at for something a little different.

[kowalski655]

The DC-6 is amazing. I second Justflight and also recommend Orbx. Their installer let's you keep stuff up to date, and they have other developers planes there too. But you have to pay in didgerydollaroos!
Flightsim.to has some free planes, as well as some total crap. Also thousands of liveries.
Forums like avsim, flights in.com, and sim-outhouse (my favourite) are handy for highlighting good planes

[bloomen]

kowalski655 said:

Flightsim.to has some free planes, as well as some total crap.

I've yet to come across a scratch built freeware plane that feels properly rounded. I almost always sample them and then delete them.

But I'm not surprised. It looks like a hideous amount of work and a very steep learning curve compared to scenery.

[kowalski655]

I would generally agree, freeware stuff is usually not up to payware quality (although some payware is cash grab garbage) but the FBW Airbus, Dave Garwood's Hawker Hunters, and stuff like the Meteor by Rob Richardson,are very good-thsre is the odd diamond

[BrettMRC]

If you should decide to spawn over Antartica, be prepared to be blown away by the effort they have put in. (Unless I have some kind of problem that is)

Straight back to FS 95'!