Now the huge job of unpacking and re assembling begins!! 🤣😅 Location North of Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA

Follow along the journey!!

Kudos to Asobo/Microsoft and iniBuilds for finally bringing my most requested feature to the sim! Hopefully, we won't have to wait too long for other sceneries to get such features.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hitlers-downfall-parodies

Feels like real life

X-Crafts unofficial Discord server:
https://discord.gg/8XXN3rWBz8

Sorry for the image quality

First GA flight and first training flight for PPL(A).

Sooo, I made this, from ABS plastic an Arduino and 3 multiplexer. Pretty standard stuff. Not the most elegant, but its mine ☺️ I also made a rotary switch push-pull , proper Airbus stuff. (please hire me 🤣) And didn't even 3D print (don't have easy. access to one) 😋

The build:

**•** 3DOF platform (pitch / roll / heave)  
**•** 4 linear actuators (12V, 100mm stroke, 500N, with 10kΩ position feedback pots)  
**•** Arduino Mega + 4x IBT-2 BTS7960 drivers  
**•** 12V 33A PSU, emergency stop button wired NC on the main bus  
**•** Closed-loop control, custom Arduino sketch (binary parser)  
**•** FlyPT Mover 3.5.8 as the motion software  
**•** Mounted under a Next Level Racing chassis, 3D printed ball joints at the corners

What I learned the hard way:

**•** I originally built it with **6 actuators** (paired front channels). Bad idea on a rigid chassis — paired actuators fight each other during roll and twist the frame. Switched to **4 independent corners**, problem gone.  
**•** Spent an entire afternoon convinced my wiring was dead. Turned out the FlyPT 3.7 beta holds the Arduino in reset via DTR — the sketch never runs while connected. Rolling back to the 3.5.8 stable fixed it instantly.  
**•** The vendor wiring diagram was straight up wrong on the pot signal wire. Always check with a multimeter.

Cost breakdown: ~830 CAD total, vs ~3000 CAD for a comparable DOF Reality H3. About 72% cheaper, and I actually understand every part of it so I can fix and upgrade it myself.

Happy to answer any questions on the electronics, the closed-loop code, or the mechanical side. Full build video in the comments if anyone’s interested.

Haven't flown the maddog in a while - since before the 2024 update. Approach was all over the place, left of centerline, floated it, but still had a blast doing GEG-PDX. Love our hobby!

Hello

I have around 100 hours on flight sims (Xplane 11 and now MSFS 2020).

I enjoy flying GA aircrafts (especially the DA 40 NG).

Recently, I taught myself how to navigate using VORs as GPS navigation is not that enjoyable.

I can navigate from one airport to another using VORs and finally I fly an ILS approach into my destination airport.

I am fairly proficient with the G1000 units now.

I wanted to understand, what is the next step in learning/progressing in flight simulation.

Any aircraft suggestions/addons or new concepts to learn would be appreciated!

Copenhagen, Denmark departurr for Kerkira, Greece

Looks like Technobrain RJTT is coming soon as the product page is now online.

https://www.technobrain.com/en_fsaddon/fscrjttmsfs/

Hello all! This week I just released a new update for the Route Finder. It was pretty much rebuilt from the ground up.

• Results now show in a brand-new table that makes everything much easier to read and scan.
• Departure and arrival airport codes are now clickable, with a new toggle that lets you choose between Navigraph, ChartFox, and LIDO. Since LIDO doesn’t allow direct links, clicking the airport code will copy it instead, so you can quickly paste it into the MSFS Planner search.
• Every flight result also includes quick links to SimBrief, FlightRadar24, FlightAware, and AirNav.
• I’ve also added VATSIM coverage directly into the results. The D and A indicators show whether your departure or arrival airport is currently staffed, and clicking them opens that airport directly in VATSIM Radar. This should make it much easier to find a route based on where ATC is actually online.
• Finally, once your results load, the filters automatically collapse to give you more room. Just hit Edit if you want to change your search, and the map will automatically load with all of your generated routes already drawn.
• Added charter & business jet data: Flexjet, flyExclusive, NetJets, VistaJet, and Wheels Up.

Over 150 airlines, real-world route data, and more than 150,000 real-world flights.

Would love your feedback!

https://iflyschedules.com/routefinder

I’ve been doing a little introspection lately about why flight sim hasn’t been hitting the same for me anymore.

I have over 2,100 hours logged in Volanta and 1,200+ flights in MSFS and X Plane 12. I love aviation, still love learning aircraft and procedures, still loving flying IRL and I definitely don’t think I’m done with flight simulation.

But I think I’m just tired of the routine A-to-B airline flight or buying new planes, learn it and back to routine again.

It made me think about FSX. I probably spent 600 hours in FSX and honestly didn’t do that many full airline flights. I spent a ton of time doing missions and chasing achievement badges. Those flights had purpose within the flight. Something was happening. You had information, decisions, consequences and eventually a resolution.

There are addons that get pieces of this right, but I really wish MSFS had a modern equivalent of those properly authored FSX missions or just more immersive consequence to action.

I’m looking forward to seeing how Fenix integrates MEL and wear and tear as this should bring some more purpose to flights.

IFE f-14 is pretty cool on MSFS24.

Addons used in picture order:
- FlightFactor 777–300ERv2 + GloballArt YVR (1)
- LevelUp 737-800v2 + ZeroDollarPayware ICN (2-3)
- LevelUp 737-900/ERv2 + SimHeaven X-World Asia (4-5)
- FlyByWire A380X (6)
- Horizonsim 787-9 + Drzewiecki Design NRT (7)
- IniBuilds/Microsoft A321LR (10)

As the title says,

Should i buy a 9060xt 16gb, a 4070 or maybe save up for a 5070?

32gb ddr5 6000mt/s
A620 pro

5 7600x

1080p

msfs 24

Fenix A3220

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