TedsOnMeds
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Oooh! Thanks Klaiber!
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11 hours ago, Klaiber said:
Ouch! That sucks Ted. Do you still have enough ports?
Not enough to leave both the flight sim and racing sim controls hooked up at all times, which is what I normally like to do so I don't have to fuss switching between the two. But I'm only a single port short so it's not that bad. -
Coincidentally I just found out today the issue I had with my TrackIR not functioning during the September 8th Evening practice flyout was because two of the Powered-USB 3.0 ports on my Hub for the flight/racing sim have stopped working. One of which had my Button box for car controls and the other which had my TrackIR plugged in previously. That's seriously weird.
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I really wish the major races on SRS weren't all at the same time as the practices. @SnaggleWhat would you think about maybe asking Enrique about getting a JG1 or JG1 V. Ted Hough broadcast series so we could collaborate and work around the normal JG-1 practice times at some point?
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That's probably for the best considering how basic my flying skills are!
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Great! Thanks guys! I'm going to get it downloaded and installed today so hopefully I can fly it out on Thursday. Sorry about my recent inactivity - have been getting swamped in the re-set time between student Cohorts at work with video production tasks etc. I will be on tonight, though, for certain!
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Awesome, thank you so much!
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Affirm. I'll get the free version for tonight's practice and in the meantime pinch some pennies for the full version. Will be we switching to practicing on ROF due to running events in it, or will Tuesday's still be in Flying Circuits or Great Battles?
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Would I be effective to the squadron with the Free/Trial version that only has those two aircraft? Or do we have particular ones you'd recommend I obtain so that I can be both cost-effective and combat-effective?
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IS RoF still available to run on Windows 10 PC's w/ Track IR? I have never used the simulator myself before as I only began flying in the Great Battles series.
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On 8/24/2020 at 3:49 PM, Firefly said:
As a side note, EPBC (now a civilian airport reserved for general aviation and sailplanes) was once home to Poland's first tactical jets (Yak-17s and 23s).
Sadly the airport's days are numbered, as the local councillors keep complaining about the planes flying over their heads... Bloody fools. I bet they can't wait to get their hands on prime real estate for housing development...
This is a tale as old as time and always goes like so . . .
1: Loud center for industry get built in the 1940's-1960's (Airfield, Race Track, Railway Yard, Port)
2: Center for industry creates economic boom in local area - businesses move within a 5-20 mile radius of Loud place
3: Industry creates need for housing. Housing starts on city limits built around supporting business
4: By the 80's/90's/, housing firms out of space to put stuff.
5: Real estate agents start lying to home buyers through omission by not mentioning loud industrial center 2-5 miles away from their home.
6: Home owners start complaining until "Loud place bad" gets shut down
7: Real estate cashes in on the boom and ups everybody's property values and cash in a huge profit
8: Home owners now can't afford their living place without the industry to supply jobs. People stop moving in causing a bust.
9: Rinse and repeat until somebody learns better. -
54 minutes ago, Britchot said:
The Pawnees, Citabrias, Cub, and Decathlon I’ve flown, do. I love holding onto the rails when I’m cruising. I do it in the UAS control shelter’s monitor handle, too, lol.
That's awesome, haha! I love holding onto the cage in my cars when I'm sitting on the grid. Makes me feel so safe compared to when they're moving.
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56 minutes ago, Firefly said:
It's always a disheartening experience, especially if you've put a lot of work into making sure the car is ready for the track. I'm sorry bud, gonna drink one to your car's health tonight.
What kind of engine is that? If it's a Mazda BP then you have plenty of options. Perhaps a high compression build using a 1.8 litre block and a 1.6 head would work (is the cylinder spacing the same though?). Skim the head a little bit, use a thinner head gasket, add some mild cams...
Unless of course your racing class demands the use of production components.
It's a 1993 Escort GT w/ the 1.8 that has mechanical injection. It's back from when Ford still majority owned Mazda and they kept swapping the 1.8 between each other. I'm not ***100%*** sure it's identical to a BP but it might be close enough. People love to tune these things over here. Improved Touring-A is the regional (local area) only class I'm running it in - which means the car is extremely limited on performance adding mods. I'm not as good at building them as I am at driving them so I'm one of the few people I know who doesn't cheat - BUT - the rulebook doesn't outlaw performance chips or port and polishing heads, intakes, rod bearings etc etc. So I might look into trying to squeeze a little more out of the car with some attention and love if I can still keep the cost down doing so without sacrificing reliability! -
6 hours ago, Vonrd said:
Damn... that's got to be disappointing! But how much more disappointing (terrifying) if it was a Pitts at 50 feet AGL over desert scrub and arroyos at Reno...
All I'm saying is I wish Light single and double engines/LSA's etc had roll cages the way race cars do sometimes! Hehehe
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Both with the flight simulator and the racing simulator (JG1RT) - the main advantage is that hundreds of hours of rebuild work never result in a car packing up mid-event or an Aircraft losing power or having a major systems failure mid-flight. I think I'll stick to the squadron flyouts going forward since the real machines are rejecting my guiding touch so firmly!
Edit: Also the water temp gauge only starts at 140F - 60C. So I can't call 4-0 Charlie when warming up the race car - it disappoints me greatly.
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3 hours ago, Britchot said:
here you go
Now is my TIME! Do what you can, die if you must and buy sims on SALE!
Edit: Oh yeah baby. It's G-14/K-4/D-9 time! I'm yet to fly anything in any flight simulator that requires engine management that isn't simply Mixture adjustments. So. I hope the Jumo in the Dora is kind to me! -
I'll hold off and take a look around the sale times, then. In the meantime I'll just have to bite the bullet and reeaaalllllyyyy turn the Zoom factor up on my Mk.1 Eyeballs as much as possible! Also I found a list of AMD Freesync monitors that are supported on nVidia cards/drivers that I can look into as well.
I really wish my Rift would be able to track my head movements to use in the flight sim, it would be so absolutely glorious. But such is life!
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2 minutes ago, =GenMarkof007= said:
S! Firefly,
I've got the ASUS 34 inch curved screen since last January... and I must say that for the price I got it...
It's almost like seeing a different game for almost all of the newest PC games.
A link to the screen description... https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Monitors/ROG-SWIFT-PG348Q/ (I think that they don't have it anymore in the States).Cheers,
GenMarkof
Wow holy heck - they still make them but they're $1,000 in the US! -
9 minutes ago, Firefly said:
Trouble is, a solid 1440p monitor will exceed your budget, so it looks like 1080p is the way to go. That Acer monitor looks very promising, though its 4 ms response time seems rather underwhelming against the 144 Hz/G-sync compatibility. Not sure how I feel about a curved screen, haven't tried one yet.
Yeah, the low response time gives me a little pause! I would be willing to try one of the Curved monitors but they're almost all Freesync instead of nVidia G-Sync or VSync, which is getting frustrating! "Oh wow this looks nice, perfect specs and - whoops - wrong Synchronisation again, next. I'll keep my nose to the ground -
Thanks guys! That gives me some pretty specific advice on Criteria that I'll look towards applying! I have a 1070GTI Overclocked rig with an i9 series so I typically run single-screen games in the 120-180 FPS range, especially flight sims which I find a bit less graphically intensive than racing sims or other more "Ground-clutter dense" games. So I'll look for a beefy refresh rate if possible.
Of the links that I originally sent, the AOC Curved monitor seems to fit the criteria: https://tinyurl.com/y64lu5fv
I've never run a curved monitor so I'm not sure if I should stay away from them, but hey it's an option. I looked at the currently Manufactured Dell monitors and all the 1080p monitors in the 24-30 inch size range only have 4-5ms response, so I might have to stay away from them unfortunately.
There's also this one by a place called Spectre (ohhh, spooky
) : https://tinyurl.com/y5gtepwn
Finding a lot of FreeSync Monitors but not many with nVidia G-Sync, is that an issue or will an AMD-card sync work with my nVidia card system?
Edit: Found a G-sync that gets really close to the criteria by Acer that could work!: https://tinyurl.com/y64gysdc -
Salutations everybody!
I wanted to start thinking about some potential future upgrades for my current setup using TrackIR. As I've experimented with in flights, my Rift CV1's head tracking is too twitchy/sensitive/glitchy (off centers and can't look vertically without the view warping around) to use in IL:2: So I think the TrackIR w/ single monitor is going to continue to be the path I walk for flight sim visuals.
My current monitor is this:
HP LED monitor, 1600x900 pixels, 20 Inches size, 60hz refresh rate on a swing-out monitor stand using a VESA-Plate.
I was thinking of potentially upsizing to a 1080p Monitor (or greater?) in the 25-35 inch range. I'm not super monitor-savvy as I've always just run cheap, previously outdated models (Had a CRT until 2015!!!) so if anybody has any ideas, suggestions or general advice I'd appreciate it. I'd most likely be buying this for myself as a Christmas or Birthday present sometime near November/December, so, I have time to mull things over.
I don't know what's best to have a good view and nice quality to help you "Spot the Dot" and my Budget would likely be the $200-350 Bracket and I'm ***extremely*** ignorant so any and all information would be helpful.
Here are a few links to options I've found that seem nice, but I don't know enough about to disseminate the inferior/superior qualities when compared to each other!!! Really sorry if this is long winded, any information to help me learn the differences between things and what to look for - as well as direct recommendations would be appreciated!
The list of what I've found that seems to be a reasonable upgrade so far:
1: https://www.amazon.com/ViewSonic-VX3276-MHD-Frameless-Widescreen-DisplayPort/dp/B0787WGCXT/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Monitor&qid=1597685797&refinements=p_n_size_browse-bin%3A3547808011&rnid=2633086011&s=pc&sr=1-1
2:https://www.amazon.com/Philips-325E1C-Surper-Curved-Frameless-Replacement/dp/B083FJC5DM/ref=sr_1_29?dchild=1&keywords=Monitor&qid=1597686432&refinements=p_n_size_browse-bin%3A3547808011&rnid=2633086011&s=pc&sr=1-29
3: https://www.amazon.com/AOC-Q32V3-Monitor-Refresh-Coverage/dp/B086WBLJ6M/ref=sr_1_51?dchild=1&keywords=Monitor&qid=1597686676&refinements=p_n_size_browse-bin%3A3547808011&rnid=2633086011&s=pc&sr=1-51
4: https://www.amazon.com/Acer-EB321HQU-Cbidpx-Monitor-Display/dp/B07X6KJKNZ/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=Monitor&qid=1597686711&refinements=p_n_size_browse-bin%3A3547808011&rnid=2633086011&s=pc&sr=1-12 -
Okay, voted for "Either side put me where you need me" - although I've never flown any Entente planes, I can imagine they roughly similar to the Central Powers aircraft of the period!
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Klaiber's USB woes
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I've been using external hubs for literally years with no issues until the two ports on one of mine failed just now. Works great, honestly.
Edit: make sure you get hubs that are comparable with the USB types you use most commonly, though. USB 3.0 for most modern controllers and peripherals etc. You can plug 2.0 or lower into 3.0 ports but not the other way around, IIRC.