A few questions that I now got a new rig...

[MDzmitry]

5 минут назад, Catch сказал:

I think you should have got the 100" screen Dai. Two extra inches makes a difference I'm told. 

Why not go for the 102" then?

[Shinobimono]

1 час назад, MDzmitry сказал:

Why not go for the 102" then?

Because it will be 4 more inches already. And you shall know that greed is a sin.

[daiphan]

5 hours ago, Catch said:

I think you should have got the 100" screen Dai. Two extra inches makes a difference I'm told. 

Sure it does I am quite certain :). Actually once does get 100 or more the price becomes 10X. For real. The distance from the screen to the seat is 10.65 feet. I have a large room so I can move the seat back if needed. Really cannot wait to see how it turns out and report to you all. I plan to get into GA and racing so the big screen will help. Dai 

Edited Thursday at 01:25 PM by daiphan

[AndreiTomescu]

Hey, Catch ! 2 inch= 5 cm. so, yesss..... but you have tot take into account they are measured/put diagonally .....😉

[SCG_Tzigy]

I might be dating myself but I've been flying for quite a few years and I have had used Thrustmaster products ever since they came out without HOTAS... now I think I have four or five complete sets of Warthog, some w modified slew switches and I couldn't be happier. I agree the old stick base cannot really compete with Virpil and vkb (have both) but I'm super happy with the thrustmaster AVA  and stick with their short extension which is offset in the real a10 fashion... I agree with all the discussion above regarding hardware but I do believe that the TM deserves a little bit more of a shout-out...

[Shinobimono]

38 минут назад, SCG_Tzigy сказал:

I do believe that the TM deserves a little bit more of a shout-out

It's just an old thing that can't compete with newer solutions. Don't confuse newbies.

[SCG_Tzigy]

11 minutes ago, Shinobimono said:

It's just an old thing that can't compete with newer solutions. Don't confuse newbies.

Not my intention 😆 but the throttle is still super solid choice and the new AVA base is actually very competitive - have you tried it yourself?

[Shinobimono]

47 минут назад, SCG_Tzigy сказал:

have you tried it yourself?

Yes. And that's why I prefer modern solutions. If only the Warthog HOTAS was cheap, but it's not.

[daiphan]

Hello everyone,

The 98 inch TV is here. The immersion is the best but the cockpit is oversized despite furthest zoom. No eye strain of any kind and I am 10.5 feet from the screen. Dai 

PS: the typical diameter of a WW2 dial is about 3.125 inches and even when this is resized on the screen the width of the cockpit is very much oversized as I found out. 

 

Edited Friday at 04:22 PM by daiphan

[MDzmitry]

1 час назад, daiphan сказал:

the typical diameter of a WW2 dial is about 3.125 inches and even when this is resized on the screen the width of the cockpit is very much oversized as I found out. 

[SCG_Tzigy]

Daiphan, luv your setup. Sounds like it's working great for you so far. I think for most of us flying w a monitor it might not work all that great, there's just something about having the monitor closer to you. It makes the experience more immersive for me as I feel the instrument panel/ canopy is right in front / about where it should be in space... And we have not even started to talk about seeing EAs/contact once/if you are in a more competitive environment/MP... interestingly the very large monitor in 4k might make the contacts more visible/ rendering/pixel size etc.  🤓😎

[GiftGruen]

Dai - I really wonder what you did expect from this setup.

Typical airplane windscreens and Instruments are not 10 feet away from your eyes, are they ? ( at least if you are not planning a tailgunner career )

Your ( probably quite expensive) display concept is a complete misunderstanding of how it works, to be honest. This is a cinema setup, not a simmer setup.

May well be that you have fun this way, if so - fine. But it has nothing to do with ‚immersion‘ or ‚spotting ability’ or anything else. You should carefully listen to the people that know better how to do it, instead of making the clown here.

Just my 5 cents. You are probably angry about my honest comment, fine so - therefore I will better keep quiet now and quit this topic 😉

Edited Friday at 09:01 PM by GiftGruen

[AndreiTomescu]

this is how "large" a Spit cockpit actually is.

 

 

[daiphan]

1 hour ago, GiftGruen said:

Dai - I really wonder what you did expect from this setup.

Typical airplane windscreens and Instruments are not 10 feet away from your eyes, are they ? ( at least if you are not planning a tailgunner career )

Your ( probably quite expensive) display concept is a complete misunderstanding of how it works, to be honest. This is a cinema setup, not a simmer setup.

May well be that you have fun this way, if so - fine. But it has nothing to do with ‚immersion‘ or ‚spotting ability’ or anything else. You should carefully listen to the people that know better how to do it, instead of making the clown here.

Just my 5 cents. You are probably angry about my honest comment, fine so - therefore I will better keep quiet now and quit this topic 😉

I find out that the bigger the screen the harder for the cockpit to be displayed at the life size and in a way affects the immersion somewhat FOR ME. This is my personal opinion and not meant to be offending anyone. Dai 

3 hours ago, SCG_Tzigy said:

Daiphan, luv your setup. Sounds like it's working great for you so far. I think for most of us flying w a monitor it might not work all that great, there's just something about having the monitor closer to you. It makes the experience more immersive for me as I feel the instrument panel/ canopy is right in front / about where it should be in space... And we have not even started to talk about seeing EAs/contact once/if you are in a more competitive environment/MP... interestingly the very large monitor in 4k might make the contacts more visible/ rendering/pixel size etc.  🤓😎

Thanks. Today's TVs are geared toward gamers with 144 Hz. And the price is very affordable. I bought the 98" for under 1500. A bigger TV offers more immersion so if you have the space go for it! Dai 

Edited Friday at 10:51 PM by daiphan

[Dash,Polder]

Don't ever let anyone shove your own personal preference to the way side, play it how you like it, or we'll have a whole lot less active pilots in the pool.  And that spells the end of the hobby.  Everyone gets burnt out quicker with any game when its pushed into more work, expense, and effort over their own fun factor.

Than there's the techie's who aren't really about the game at all but love the hardware arms race involved more than the game itself, they tend to be narrowly focused in their approaches and don't tend to see it in any other approach.  Different strokes, no wrong solutions, be glad they are many, it keeps that pilot pool populated.  A lot of guys do more than one sim at a time, so their solutions have to blend.  He already said he races too, so cut him some slack.

[daiphan]

4 minutes ago, Dash,Polder said:

Don't ever let anyone shove your own personal preference to the way side, play it how you like it, or we'll have a whole lot less active pilots in the pool.  And that spells the end of the hobby.  Everyone gets burnt out quicker with any game when its pushed into more work, expense, and effort over their own fun factor.

Than there's the techie's who aren't really about the game at all but love the hardware arms race involved more than the game itself, they tend to be narrowly focused in their approaches and don't tend to see it in any other approach.  Different strokes, no wrong solutions, be glad they are many, it keeps that pilot pool populated.  A lot of guys do more than one sim at a time, so their solutions have to blend.  He already said he races too, so cut him some slack.

Thank you very much for your understanding. I know my comments are likely wrong and may angry someone but those were just my dumb, newbie, naive perceptions. I mean no problem to anyone here. Dai 

PS: I have been playing hours and hours on my 98" and I believe I made the right choice of getting this large TV.  

[GiftGruen]

Dash, maybe to your surprise, I like your comment.

Yes. There are different approches to like this game/hobby and maybe I was to focussed on what seems ‚technically right‘.

so - Dai - apologize. While I still think ( from techical point of view ) that your approach is - well, weird - I wish you to habe fun with gaming IL2.

Prost 🥂

[daiphan]

41 minutes ago, GiftGruen said:

Dash, maybe to your surprise, I like your comment.

Yes. There are different approches to like this game/hobby and maybe I was to focussed on what seems ‚technically right‘.

so - Dai - apologize. While I still think ( from techical point of view ) that your approach is - well, weird - I wish you to habe fun with gaming IL2.

Prost 🥂

Yes I have been playing the heck out and that 98" really serves me well. My friends came over and they had a ball too. I notice that in FC it takes an act of God in my hands to bring down a plane. I keep pumping lead dead smack in the cross hair but the darn thing just keep flying like I was shooting water bullets! Dai 

[BlitzPig_EL]

In the WW1 kites there are two things to aim at to be successful, Meat, or metal.  Shooting the canvas bits isn't very effective.

Aim for the pilot or the engine.

[daiphan]

12 minutes ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

In the WW1 kites there are two things to aim at to be successful, Meat, or metal.  Shooting the canvas bits isn't very effective.

Aim for the pilot or the engine.

You are 1000% right. Now I think about it, a kill is registered if the pilot or the engine is hit as it was real life and so it is programmed that way. I say getting a kill in FC is much harder than in IL2. Dai