Lee

Follow up on the problem I was having with one of my Pimax Crystal Lights. Opened a ticket with pimax, explained the problem and mentioned I had two Crystal Lights. They asked me to export the log files from Pimax Play and to swap the DP cable from my working headset to the problem one. I did and it worked fine. They replied that according to the log I provided, both the DP signal and USB recognition are normal. The issue lies in the UVC camera recognition. Combined with the DP cable cross-test I mentioned, it can be proven that the DP cable is intact. They asked me to download two tools, run them and send screenshots. One was a pimax power on self test, the other a USB device tree viewer. On receiving the screenshots. they said the UVC camera-related modules are abnormal and arrainged for the headset to be replaced. Received the shipping label on June 23 and mailed it back the same day. Received the new unit today, July 3.

This one has me stumped. I have two workstations with Pimax Crystal Light headsets. Both are i7-12700k 64GB RAM systems, one using an RTX3080 and the other an RTX4070 GPU. The 4070 system runs fine. The 3080 system started to give me trouble where it would occasionally need the USB 3.0 to be replugged in or to use a different USB port before the Crystal would work. Normally, a reboot would be enough to get it up and running. Then I started to get a program freeze with system crash and reboot 5 to 10 minutes into a game. After the reboot everything worked and I could finish playing. Finally, the crashes became too frequent to be playable. So I disconnected the Crystal Light. Ran some simple system diagnostics on the 3080 box with no issues found. Ran the games in 2-D using Track IR that I had been playing with the headset. They ran perfectly. So I figured the problem’s the headset, Just to make sure I installed my other Crystal headset from the 4070 system on the 3080 box and it ran perfectly. Getting ready to send a ticket to Pimax, I plugged the problem headset into my 4070 box to see if I could duplicate the issues. Well, it ran perfectly. Started right up and didn’t crash. IL2 and Elite Dangerous run with no problems. I’m happy to have both headsets working, just puzzled as to why the headset works fine with one computer but not the other, particularly since the other identical headset works with both.

The Reverb G2 may be getting a new lease on life.

A good reference on German aerial torpedo operations in WWI is: https://www.amazon.com/Torpedo-Los-German-Imperial-Torpedo-Flieger/dp/1953201172/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Q3JV7MZABT64&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ymNUNO-QL1k3qTEnlYrMzvuDkWq9WTB52nb-yo_XTH4.0aRZMf0btkm-YfIdPS2R5ysCRIG-3lhmz0WhCUksONI&dib_tag=se&keywords=aeronaut+books+torpedo+los&qid=1747773369&s=books&sprefix=aeronaut+books+torpedo+los%2Cstripbooks%2C159&sr=1-1

More news from the Military Aviation Musuem in Virginia Beach. Our Zero has completed its first flight! https://www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/the-zero-flies/

Hampton? You posted Hawg said Holiday Inn earlier, so that's where I made reservations.

Sharing an email I received from the Military Aviation Museum on its Me-262. Enjoy, LeeG Greetings MAM Volunteers, Our very own Museum Director Keegan Chetwynd participated in a special webinar this week hosted by the Commemorative Air Force in which he shared the history and development of the 262 and MAM's Me-262 replica. Feel free to check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KXXxjr6VGw Thanks everyone!! Zack Zack Baughman Volunteer Coordinator/Curator Military Aviation Museum Virginia Beach, VA 23457

Just verifying that’s the Holiday Inn at 123 Gano Rd Wilmington, Ohio 45177 ?

Got my show tickets. See you in Dayton!

Seriously considering this. Will any other spouses be attending?

Here’s an update on the Military Aviation Museum’s Me262 replica. Watch on YouTube for a full description.

@Vonrd Good information. My Crystal is new enough that all I needed to uninstall was the WMR stuff. I also deleted OpenComposite and OpenXRToolKit before installing PimaxPlay. MSFS2020 runs natively on PimaxPlay. I reinstalled OpenComposite to run Il2 without needing any of the Steam stuff. And I reinstalled OpenXRToolKit for tweaking Il2. I have so far resisted getting DCS. Elite Dangerous, MSFS2020/2024 and Il2 keep me busy enough. My rig is an i7-12700k, 64GB RAM, RTX 4070. I’m currently running Il2 with PimaxPlay set for 90 Hz, High Render Quality (1.00) and OpenXR Toolkit 70% upscale with sharpness 100%. I'm getting 90 fps with no stutter but a lot of background shimmer. I do have an annoying problem where Il2 doesn’t always start in VR. Setting it to run as administrator has helped a lot, but not completely fixed the problem. I recently learned one can zoom the view in VR with pilot quick zoom. I didn’t think that was possible since the (+) and (-) zoom keys didn’t work in VR. That’s going to help a lot. Thanks @Gabi for the info.

Please post the following information: Your In-Game Name: JG1_leeG FIF Discord Name: JG1_leeG [if applicable] Squadron affiliation: JG1 Your time zone: Eastern Your certainty of attending: Dry Run Test (Saturday, 12 October 2024): No Week A1 (Saturday, 19 October 2024): Yes Week A2 (Saturday, 26 October 2024): Yes Week A3 (Saturday, 2 November 2024): Yes Week A4 (Saturday, 9 November 2024): Yes

This is the first off a four volume set. I suspect it may be of interest to a few people here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1964637058/ref=sr_1_2?crid=WZ9YZL9G2ZDY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8yhXSGjZiPKHMMxX5VPkjx_djYnFEMjjbLy6PPzQ5kZxLvkB3nDuhPxEw4IbDBFBqX_T1I93k_0fWBRoCipiIl2EVnx1wIQL1neLjlFFt7cjFceVFaFnk_oJ_tBRH7Wf5O4foNYlOTPwZT1YYkVAYYrE75P2u8xioe4D0xayXepgDtcRKMox0nAqkwdAoNutbJiwJ0l9oli_5F6QJgppIeYUjCGtdGK-CEq0jKMz840Fi8VX-Iz1CmBW-RtmjRRb0vVH6H0Ko1bnOvlslivdpnFI50hxrBXV_sBen8RnPMk.F4zdu3B6xmP7SxOuVSxorOkG4CVVdoP3kczfT27zAL4&dib_tag=se&keywords=aeronaut+books&qid=1723669729&s=books&sprefix=Aeronaut%2Cstripbooks%2C73&sr=1-2

The WACO CG-4A has a glide ratio of 12:1 and sink rate of 400 ft/min at 60 mph. You initiate landing by releaseing the tow line. Upon landing you become a rifleman. I prefer sailplanes myself.

This is the airport where I learned to fly and kept my sailplane back in the late seventies early eighties. Still unique and as charming as ever. https://www.avweb.com/multimedia/test-video/?MailingID=1245

I’m still using an earlier version of neck safer with no issues.

Vik, good to hear from you. As a fellow 73 year old I fully understand and sympathize with your situation. Hopefully your optometrist will work something out. Visual target acquisition is overrated anyway, I just follow the bullet stream back to its origin. My optometrist tells me I’m starting to get cataracts, so there’s that for me to look forward to. Lately I’ve been pushing the idea that the 70’s are the new 60’s. What do you think? S!

I uninstalled Steam and Steam VR and just use the runtime switcher to enable Flying Circus to run on my Reverb G2. Launch Windows Mixed Reality Portal then launch Flying Circuis. Works great with the added bonus of getting rid of unneeded software (Steam and its associated components).

Carenado just released a PA28-181 Archer II, which comes with the GNS 430 with an integration option for the GTN 750. Available from the MSFS in game marketplace. https://www.carenado.com/sitecarenado/product/pa28-181-archer-ii-msfs/ Just Flight's PA28-161 Warrior II offers options for GNS 530 with GNS 430 or a single GNS 530 or single GTN 750 with freeware PMS50 GTN 750. Available from Just Flight or the MSFS in game marketplace. https://www.justflight.com/product/pa28-161-warrior-ii-microsoft-flight-simulator

Yes, HD space. My install uses 350 GB. I have the Premium Deluxe version and Reno Air Races along with all the World Updates. I connect my iPad's FltPlan Go app over Wi-Fi for moving maps. The pms50 Garmin mods for GTN750 and GNS530. AuthentiKit Tuning App with vjoy to get the trim wheel functioning on my Honeycomb Quadrant. Then 11 addon aircraft I purchased, mostly GA singles plus 3 freeware gliders. I'm currently checking out the Eastern US mountain ridge system in game where a bunch of glider record distance flights were made. It's a shame Tom Knauff retired and sold Ridge Soaring Glider Port last year. It's going to become a horse farm, although it's still in the game (79N). Took my Schweizer 1-26 there once, but the ridge wasn't working that week.

I believe we have a squadron member who flies occasionally with a game pad. This might be of interest to him.

I’m running Odyssey in VR, but it requires a powerful system for good VR performance. My system is an i7-12700k/RTX3080, which I’m very happy with. Still doing my trading and mining, plus the new Exobiology. Main theme of the new update is the Thargoid war. Not sure yet how that will impact my play style since I don’t do combat. Hoping Frontier keeps with the big sandbox model where you can pick what you want to participle in and ignore the rest.

My vision is good enough for using a VR headset, but I do have VR Wave blue light filters on both my Reverbs.

Are you confident in the capacity and health of your power supply? Had to replace one once when my computer started acting flakey.