Home Cockpit Game Changer

Great new, inexpensive, hardware item to take your beginner or intermediate flight sim to the next level.

[@zainhussein1975]

Who in his right mind would dislike a video like this? Besides being an elderly person, such a well presented video. Sir, lots of respect for you. You are an asset to the flight simulation fraternity.

[@anthonyvega1959]

Someone with no life

[@killerorca1]

a total jerk

[@thisisadebrown]

An idiot that who

[@user-ss6zt2mo1l]

Elderly? Lol. Not.

[@coloradocruzer]

@@user-ss6zt2mo1l Yeah since when is 65 elderly. His other hobby is probably waterskiing.

[@aashiqali7138]

Dear Mr. Russ, your approaches were on the money! Beautiful visual approaches! You maintained the trapezoidal shape. From a pilot to a pilot..Hats off to you sir!

[@Rosell-h5g]

Breaking News: Wife's are the ones disliking these sim videos.

[@GRice999]

Maybe for those who have yet to retire. Most wives of recently retired men are probably happy the men have something to do to get them out of their hair.

[@r.a.monigold9789]

As they say - it takes one to know one - The Pilot and The Plane. SIMS have been around for a while. "Real" pilot input is ongoing. However you have taken off with the hobby showing how reality can be budget worthy. Thanks for your innovative approach and the excellent way you landed the project. YES - every PUN was intentional! So Roger, Russ. Thank you for sharing...

[@richardhobbs8433]

Thanks for the heads up on this setup. The knobster idea is brilliant, and I am looking forward to flying with this gear. Cheers, Richard Hobbs.

[@amitkp6957]

Very informative video Sir !! 50 years in actual flying and still have fire in the belly for more.........impressive !!

[@0doubledseven589]

Who would not like this: Employees of other Sim companies. Lol This Sim is rocking it.

[@nyxdoc2801]

Thank you so much for sharing. I really appreciate your help. Lots of love from here in Iran 🇮🇷

[@Corkeyro]

Russ...Just ran across your video while doing research for an upcoming IMC Club meeting concerning home flight sim use....Great video and very helpful. It's been a -lot of years...Great job...Corkey

[@tomastan6384]

Russ, indeed a Game changer coming from a real experienced pilot. Many thanks.

[@darionarvaez5689]

Is air manager.

[@robertfreeman4950]

Amazing innovation!!! It is stuff like this that improves and makes the simulation experience very enjoyable and really lends to the realism for sure. Great video!

[@rianmonnahan]

Very nice. Thanks to you I am rediscovering simulated flight. Thank you.

[@perberge]

Nice. There always come something new to our hobby. Thanks for sharing this item. And smart idea you had with that knob.

[@ronosborn9372]

Very informative video and looks like the answer of which I have been seeking! :) I've been a flight simmer for years and a private pilot as well. Lost my medical a few years ago and have been getting into flight simming a lot more to fill the void. I like flying different aircraft and would like to have a more realistic 'cockpit' but didn't want to tie myself down to any one particular layout. The thought of using video screens for the panel was the idea I am building around, but had not yet overcome the 'knob' function to my liking. This looks like a great way to accomplish the task and will most likely be incorporated into my design. Thanks much to you and your colleagues.

[@lyteckl]

This is fantastic... that kind of innovation advances flight sim for all of us

[@rbarlow]

Sim Innovations has the Knobster in stock at TheKnobster.com . It has been improved to a true usb plug and play version ... no longer Arduino based

[@davidedel31]

I purchased the knobster after watching a video you did on the knobster. I have wrote Sim Innovation also, So hopping either you are them will be able to help me find out what is causing problem.

[@rbarlow]

I might need to know what the problem is? It is pretty easy and there is a good tutorial guide on the Wiki. Take a look here and see if it helps: siminnovations.com/wiki/index.php?title=Knobster If not then throw me a bone and I will try to help.

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

WOW, Right from the beginning I wondered how people used their controls if wearing their head gear. I saw that you can by the real thing sort of speaking, the combat and take off panels do what they are supposed to do. This gentle man was a pilot and I guess his set up was good enough to get the FAA air time I believe. He had a panels or insert face that worked like the flaps for instance would look like they were actually being utilized and he had a very realistic and these bought separately plate and connect everything into this equipment . He had every thing but the radio hardware. The flaps the compass the radar, even a very realistic but not needed with his Cessna 172. program, soft ware? l am learning something new every day. I could have the real hardware and the screen manager as well???

[@TimHighamFilms]

This really is fantastic, thank you for sharing this! I am in the process of producing a custom designed full size metal 1920s biplane joystick and and will work out a way to incorporate your excellent Knobster (just need to change the actual knob bit to make it a bit less modern!!) - Excellent - Many thanks!

[@LittleTed2]

Love the knobster idea... will be getting air manager for my ipad and knobster too. I'm an ex RAF and RAAF training officer and would have loved this tech for pilot training in ground school and BFT.

[@gcorriveau6864]

Hi Russ. Nice video. I am also a retired airline pilot who has been dabbling in flight sims and their current capabilities. I'm convinced that a lot more VFR training could be conducted in these inexpensive FTDs. Have you tried adding a Buttkicker for some tactile feedback? I attached the basic office chair model to my Voltair sim seat and the feedback regarding engine vibes and ground contact is wonderful and very convincing. It's satisfying to feel the landing gear 'chunk' into the bays when retracting, too. Thanks for this video and the knob idea. Grant ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uplift, A Pilot's Journey now available at Amazon/Kindle

[@robertfreeman4950]

Hooked up my Buttkicker to my Volair sim seat as well. Makes a world of difference in the whole experience. Now it is hard to do without it for sure.

[@bryanliggett3257]

The leak motion allows you to turn on switches on and off add throttle communicate columns it's very nicely done through the fly inside program it's been up and running for four years now and he is done A fantastic job with it and oculus now is wireless so this makes the experience even better

[@gregboone6389]

Learning a ton from you Russ!! Keep up the good work!!

[@ebrahimm7159]

Thank you very much for sharing your wonderful flight sim , yes it’s really fabulous sim

[@MrZeddy100]

I just subbed. Thanks for your insight. I’ve been trying to figure this stuff out for some time.

[@Rc2Go]

Yes, wow I do love this sim setup! Im still just learning about aviation, I'm 15, and been flying a few times, already looking for old planes to fix up! In the mean time, x plane 11 is what I have for now, and I might try and make my own knobs, and yes, grand cayman sure is awesome! I dream one day to become a commercial pilot and fly down there. But becoming a pilot is now just too expensive, on top of school, I just cant make enough money to fly, hopefully I will find a way!

[@rbarlow]

Jesse Fremont keep learning with flight sims and think about the military. I got a scholarship to college with Air Force ROTC and got to fly Fighters (F-4) before the airlines. I studied Aeronautical Engineering. I got my Private Pilots license when I was 17. I worked fueling planes at a local airport and got a discount on my flying too. Good luck!

[@Rc2Go]

Russ Barlow thanks for replaying! Yes I’ve been thinking about the military, it’s a bit different in Canada (military is not as big!) And also what sucks is my local airport is close to closing, not closed, but has been on the Engle for quite some time now! I will keep working my way! I also think I’m going to get the knob, as it is a fabulous product!

[@Rc2Go]

Sorry (from the earlier first comment) I wasn’t going to make the knobs! I was going to buy one and install it on my sim! 👍

[@mikeyoung9810]

That's great. I don't sim (not since the early days of microsoft flight sim) and have no desire to spend the money and time to do so but I can see how this will please many people who do. Thanks for the video.

[@manwinkler]

Thank you for sharing .... I’ve been wanting to incorporate PC sims into flight training for a long time but found the costs a bit too high. Good chance this will be a wonderful solution.

[@Rubin5342]

And oh yes, the knobster is fabulous. //ji

[@mycockpitsforflightsimulat7114]

Oh sorry to use your page I had a question and it directed me here but your a fellow simmer we all work together to help each shame the rest of the world aunt the same as us eh lol Great video giving me room for thought

[@davidmuir6849]

Fantastic clip Russ Regards Dave from Scotland

[@_u.c]

Great one sir

[@marcquintin7855]

One way to make it even cheaper is using TrackIr, I could not do any siming without it

[@GrumIsMe]

Very cool setup - thanks for the video!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Superb idea 👍

[@joehancock8264]

A great sim presentation. Thanks for all the information. Air Manager and the knobster look like exactly what I need to round out my simulator! Many thanks.

[@user-ss6zt2mo1l]

Hi Russ. Congrats on retiring !! I flew for 26 years. DC9's. I miss it. X-plane 11 is pretty close though. I have to get better controls. Maybe some nice rudder pedals. It feels odd to flare so low compared to real life. :) Great invention that Knobster. And those instrument panels. Wow. That is great. So many times I see flight simmers stuck using these generic panels. I learned on steam gauges. That's flying to me. Sure the digital gauges worked but with that software you can design your own. I might have to build a sim with multiple screens. I'm amazed. It takes a one screen computer game and truly transforms it into an experience along with muscle memory of moving switches. True immersion.

[@bryanliggett3257]

Sorry that was supposed to say leap motion this gives you the ability to use your hands in the VR

[@ronschalkwijk3689]

You say a game changer and I think you are bang on.

[@rosagerman4473]

AMAZING, Sim builder fan since 20 years and you have a great idea SIMPLICITY BUT FUNTIONAL :)

[@jack_k2136]

Love your setup, essentially, this is otherwise an ad for the nobster. ;-)

[@jeremyarmstrong4473]

Excellent video! Great information

[@JustPlainRob]

AirManager is a cool concept but the people making it insist on ripping everyone off like most payware flight sim companies. It's 65 Euros and you have to buy a separate copy for each additional computer running panels. They have AirPlayer which lets you just display gauges on a computer for 30 Euros but that's still 95 euros for something you can do for free with other tools and a bit more setup. The Android version is worth it at about $22 on the play store, just to have radio stacks on a tablet instead of the screen.

[@rbarlow]

I know these guys and believe me they are not getting rich selling Air Manager. I am surprised how many people will spend thousands of $$ on sim hardware but complain about the relatively low cost of software. The previous version cost about 35 Euros and had no limit on number the of installations... and the program was pirated and even published and sold by some unauthorized guy in a foreign third world country. I realize many hobbyists create products for free but real, robust and supported products require lots of work and not many programmers work for free. I agree there are inferior , more difficult to use products for free and for some they are worth the hassles. For many others the value is there at this price. Thanks for the comments. ps. I don't like paying for things either :)

[@clockdva20]

What a nice video , I am not a flight simmer , but I do various other Sims cars and trains I am also very interested. In DIY project's , I think multi mode switchs can also work with in most Sims , very much so if one cost is to be taken into and not building a dedicated SIM control based of one type of car , train or plane .most Sims not deal with a wide range of vehicle types , but I am not one for swapping wheels or other control methards to have the correct layout for a say vehicle , that is just to costly . I like the touch screen and then using some sort of soft dash or cockpit layout , instead of building real instrument based layout . But thanks I really enjoyed your video .

[@garrettthorn5048]

If you haven't found the G2 Cirrus Vision yet, check it out! Greatly improved flight model and auto throttle

[@andreschapero3615]

Brilliant ! Andrés from Santiago, Chile.

[@skyhigh776]

Great video. Thanks for the upload.

[@TheGbelcher]

This is an incredible idea.

[@ioannisntoumas4376]

Thank you for your wonderful detailed video!!

[@suzannesmith7985]

Please ignore the comment I made below.... I was wrong to criticize Russ because I jumped to an erroneous conclusion. He does really great work for simmers and I applaud him.

[@upload00]

Love your videos

[@gpowerdragon9852]

Really good control yoke makes a big difference especially the one with little Motors inside to make turbulentie a real Sensation. x plane 11 is my favourite and for Airforce DCS world

[@TheRealDasluft]

Great idea. Simple and effective.

[@ioannisntoumas4376]

Congratulations for your amazing work!

[@brentjohnson6654]

Thanks for your video. I am a new flight simmer and just bought a flight sim system at FlightSimCon with Xplane. I plan on adding more devices like air manager and possibly your knobster sounds very good.

[@rbarlow]

Happy and Safe Flying!

[@bryanliggett3257]

It's called Leap motion little sensor that mounts on the headset along with flying side program you get the best of everything and if you really want to kick it up a notch more get the motion simulator this will put you back in an airplane for real

[@philip8351]

Nice! Now I’m going to put a touchscreen over my head/overhead😉👌

[@hurricanetwistr3841]

Thank you for sharing

[@larrydockery7201]

hey russ i am working to find a full size l-1011 cockpit sim in the next year love your vid s

[@imtiazdin5365]

Excellent and informative. Thank you. Where does one buy the knob you are using?

[@WayneM1961]

Absolutely ingenious! but how you would go about building such a set up as yours I wouldn't have a clue, I mean, I know several "knobsters" but they are all the two legged variety

[@JonFlyTV]

Really loving the knobster!

[@JonFlyTV]

I replied to your comment on my video. Let me know if you got that message. Thanks! Keep up the great work

[@RealPyro88]

If you want to up your realism alot more, you should install vatsim! it’s a virtual ATC software with controllers at all big airports, it is so realistic and really adds something to the game

[@rbarlow]

I like PilotEdge but the same idea...true it really adds to the realism.

[@bryanliggett3257]

Virtual-reality using fly inside you're actually in the plane this way and you can use all the flight panels you want

[@rbarlow]

Bryan Liggett how do you manipulate the knobs? The controllers are very cumbersome. If there was an excellent hand tracking system and a sim customized to use it count me in. I just upgraded to the Rift S and the resolution is much better than my Rift CV and Odyssey Plus. I was surprised it seems so much clearer. I agree. VR is the future but without reliable hand tracking is is not a great vehicle for pilot procedures training. For visual flying like the pattern or aerial combat VR is awesome!

[@pilothound1582]

Awesome Russ!! 👌 it’s great

[@albertoacevedo5465]

Thanks for sharing! What touch monitor you are using in this video? Regards

[@mercster]

Hmmm... my largest tablet is 9" (Nexus 9)... I'd like to see how large the knobs and stuff would show up on my tablet... but I'm not gonna pay $30 just to test it. With they had a demo for the Android version...

[@ZL8103]

Hi Russ, can you explain the 3 50-inch monitor setup? What do we need to do to form a continuous view spanning across 3 monitors? Another question - what's the brand/make of the yoke? Great stuff!

[@rbarlow]

Depends on the simulator. On X-Plane it is easy to create a geometrically accurate three monitor view where each view has separate vertical and lateral offsets as well as field of view. In MSFS this is not possible so you are stuck with using nVidia Surround or some other method to create a single superwide virtual screen that is spanned across all three monitors. Unfortunately the end result is not great as the wide angle view is projected as though it is on a single flat surface. This means the image appears to stretch badly horizontally as you approach the outer edges of the side monitors. The affect is that objects appear closer. their aspect widened, and the result is the seen to speed past as you move by. Not very realistic. I have video that demonstrates this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2ivl4unpc5gf5o I also have a video on how to accurately position monitors to get a proper view in the case where the views are geometrically accurate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpvHmIJ4f5qrobM

[@cquinn8442]

Hi Russ, thanks for the knowledgeable videos. im running Air Manager for my instruments in my 'testing phase' home cockpit, its a great bit of software. My next stage is to attempt the Garmin 530 display...so do I require a TOUCH screen capable TFT screen if I set up the GPS separately? thanks again

[@mycockpitsforflightsimulat7114]

Yes guys like I said guys been very sick just getting back into it so watch the web site all will become clear I think he's going to be doing a video of it being built and the self build version with sizes ect I suppose the difference is you stick monitors ontop of the desk I believe this version has a panel to use an over head panel but will know soon I will ask him

[@dmkellett]

amazing stuff , thanks for the awesome video

[@jetsimmer]

Which model number touchscreen monitor are you using? Also I use certain payware instruments such as the Flight1 GTN 750. Can these units be used with an Air Manager Panel?

[@davidkitchingman2222]

Nice.Does AirManager & knobster work with MSFS 2020?

[@onenone895]

Captain can you kindly let me know the monitor name and its price. I appreciate it. By the way you did a great job keeping the center line during landing in flight sim. It isn not easy

[@CV_CA]

Air manager as of now October, 2020 not functioning with FS2020, they say they are working on it.

[@rbarlow]

The beta 4.0 is working but some functions based on events don’t work because MS has not implemented them in the SDK. The beta is public and on the Wiki.... installs separately from the 3.7 version so you can try it without disrupting your current version.

[@channelvr1293]

Waaw very intuitive. Beautiful cockpit . Have you ever tried VR ? this together with a haptic glove you can touch everything. 😊👍

[@rbarlow]

Did you see the video I made kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4jJfJ6AmaZrkLs

[@ivanfojan8859]

Great video Russ. Subscribed :))

[@radiolachine]

Mr. Barlow, im a full and equip flight simmer since 2008. Do you have a link to get the panel we see on your video please? I don't find anywhere. Thanks to reply. Peter.

[@propertyshowcaseservices3173]

Thanks for the info on air manager- I am building a sim cockpit with 3- 49' monitors for the view plus 2 - 24" for the instrument panel/dash and a 15" touch screen in the middle. I have 2 Saitek radio stacks, flight switch panel, and multi panel, plus a GPS control panel from desktop aviator (I think) The problems getting all the instruments to the extra monitors should be solved with air manager, Looking forward to getting everything operational. Bob

[@propertyshowcaseservices3173]

FYI - The 2 -24" panels show the same info on both for pilot and co pilot seat (or pilot and stewardess if you are so inclined ;-) )

[@Netwrelik]

Amazing, now get them to make this custom so it will work as a customizable generic touch binder that will work with any game ie. DCS or Star Citizen or Arma 3 see where I'm going with this $$$$$. I will buy it lol no kidding.

[@hobanagerik]

Fltplan Go is no longer on the AppStore as far as I can see. Victim of its own success? Certainly won’t be paying for ForeFlight. A one off, perhaps, but no subscription.

[@MsTheCops]

Very nice. Russ ...we run similar displays ...I have three 43 inch 4K displays @ 60 Hz. ...close enough ...lol. My system is a an Alienware Aurora 11 with a 10900KF CPU 3.7 GHz that can be overclocked to 5.2 GHz ...it runs cool with water-cooling & 32 Gig of RAM. The GPU is a Nvidia RTX 3080. 18 months ago it was the best one could get & cost a fortune. HOWEVER: it barely runs my three 43 inchers on MSFS. (I don't have XPlane) & I doubt it would support this app. Can I ask what your system is & the settings?

[@rbarlow]

If you are running THREE 4K monitors I am sure it can't handle it. Each 4K monitor has the pixels of 4 1080p Monitors. I run X-Plane at 1080P with a i7-4770K and a GTX1070ti. I can't run at max settings but it is still decent with FPS of 35 or so. I run my cockpit on a second X-Plane installed on a second networked computer which generates pop out displays for the Air Manager cockpit panels. X-Plane has built in networking. MSFS doesn't support accurate views for each monitor so using Nvidia Surround should use far less assets than X-Plane. I suggest you set up your monitors to 1920 X 1080 and the surround surround to 5670 X 1080 and you will get great frame rates. Surround gets a wide view but it badly stretches the image toward the outboard edges. One you fly with 3 accurate views it is hard to suffer Surround. I think 1080p resolution is more that adequate and unless you have excellent vision better than 20/20 the additional clarity when viewed a normal distance is not that noticeable.

[@manufacturingdefect1287]

Liked. Subscribed.

[@rbarlow]

Thanks

[@dalebolen2362]

Hello Rush. I am just getting ready to purchase a full Redbird flight simulator and the reason behind this is that I can actually log my flight time on it. Can I legally log my flight time on your sim

[@rbarlow]

Dale Bolen no not unless you go through the FAA certification process. I may try to develop an affordable certified BATD in the future but now Redbird is a good choice if you can afford it.

[@johnmadere6535]

Russ thanks for the video. I am a pilot as well and have struggled with simming due to the lack of realism that only pilots can understand. Operation of the instruments is one and will defiantly order you switch, as that has been a major source of frustration. But my second question is the same as Sally’s why not VR vs the multiple monitor set up?

[@ronlevy7288]

Can you post which screen you used? also where did you get the knob? is it available from an electical parts components distributor somewhere?

[@rbarlow]

I have an earlier video all about the Prechen Monitors I use

[@Flightsworldwidevideos]

Great video!!

[@thisisadebrown]

Excellent!

[@bryanliggett3257]

But oculus also comes with controllers that does the same thing essentially but I like the leak motion I don't have to hold onto any other controllers

[@sribasgmail]

This is awesome!

[@PhilGeissler]

Awesome! Thanks so much!

[@MajSolo]

It is also less work and cheaper to hop into another aircraft with a new layout.

[@c.e.sherrod3183]

Hi Russ: You have totally confused me. I'm literally blown away. I love the knobster and I love the way you can make panels to fit any aircraft. But I have no idea how you do it. I think I've watched every video you've put on youtube.. I'm a big fan. But I have no idea what you are talking about. You talk about modifying scripts - and - oops - to me you start speaking Chinese. I don't understand any of it. I don't understand datarefs. I even downloaded the DatarefTool based on one of your videos. And for me it never worked. No Datarefs ever showed up in the tool. And multiple emails with the developer, Lee Baker, did not fix it. His last email said "sorry I couldn't be of more help." Not his fault! It could be something with my Win10 system or whatever. But just as frustrating! I don't even know where Dataref files are (and I have looked for them). And if I did find them, I wouldn't know what to do with them. Then you jump back to X-Plane and show us how cool it all is (which I agree - it is totally cool), But I still have no idea how to do what you just said. You say we can create an instrument for the background for the GPS. But you don't show how to create it. You just load a pre-created background and talk about resizing it, moving it around on the screen and how cool it is. (And yes - it is very cool!). Do you think you guys could throw us a bone here? Maybe a tutorial that explains the details of how to do all of these things? Or if that's too much trouble (and I wouldn't be surprised), how about giving us pre-made setups that we can just plug and play in various aircraft? (A novel idea?) Or how about a configuration page? We could pick and choose the instruments we want with the aircraft we want, and - boom - download the total setup ... plug n play ... and go flying ... ? I'm a real life pilot, and I really don't want to have to design every detail of every plane and all its instruments. I'm willing to buy the hardware and software to make it all work ... but I don't what to have to go MIT and get a EE degree just to do it. Big Question - Is there a way for people like me to enjoy flight simming without spending 100's of hours of figuring out how to make flight simming work? Note - I'm pretty geeky! I've built dozens of PC's. I'm not terrible at networking. But this is insanity to me. I want to fly a sim realistically just like you. My brother is also a retired airline captain with United. He taught me to fly after graduating from Embry Riddle in Florida while building hours. I love aviation! I want to do this! Please help me out (and others like me)! Thank you

[@Rc2Go]

Agreed, I would also like to do this, as I am 15 and on a budget! I have also built PC's and I have an Arduino that I programmed, but I just can't seem to get the knob working, did you find a solution?

[@nicdecaz425]

Awesome 👏

[@rbarlow]

Thanks 🤗

[@jbtextildesign8429]

What size of touch screen are you using do you have the brand of it? Thanks

[@rbarlow]

Check out some of my later videos I have a even better touchscreen that I have found by WIMAXIT. They have edge to edge glass touchscreens and are very responsive. They are 15.6 inch.

[@sindeecharlton8857]

If I show you my panel could you make it work?

[@dafzero]

Excellent video and love the knobster. Now if we can get RealityXP to make their Garmin simulators operate on AirManager (outside the XP environment) we'd be flying First Class. The Garmin systems (430/530/G1000) in XP are good but missing a lot of the functionality that is in the actual GPS / RealityXP simulator. Thanks for doing all this.

[@rbarlow]

dafzero it is possible to use the same overlay technique with the RXP G530 and GTN750. It takes some special tricks for the GTN since Air Manager 3.4 does not allow mouse clicks/ finger touches to be passed through transparent areas in the Air Manager background

[@dafzero]

Russ Barlow I must be missing something. I thought that it would not function outside of the XP environment. When I’ve tried to drag it onto a air manager panel it just disappears. Perhaps you could direct me to a solution? Thank you for your response.

[@rbarlow]

I use only the GTN from RXP and there is a setting that allows the instrument to be displayed in n a separate window that can be placed anywhere on the windows extended desktop. I know others that say the can do a similar thing with the RXP G530. Check and see if that isn’t possible.

[@c.e.sherrod3183]

Russ. Is the panel that you are using here available in air manager? I can't find most of those instruments on their website?

[@rbarlow]

C.E. Sherrod they will be coming with the AM 3.5 upgrade. That version will allow the background image including transparent areas to be in the panel background image. It will also offer click-through to allow you to click touchscreens like the GTN750. No special tricks required, Ot is too complicated as described in this video so the wait may be worth it. It will be a free upgrade for current users.

[@suzannesmith7985]

Russ Barlow is on the staff of Air Manager, so I guess he would tend to give the product a plug...…….

[@rbarlow]

Suzanne Smith I have never received any compensation for my work from Sim Innovations (Air Manager). I am retired and liked what they are doing with the product and have helped them out spending my own money and time to travel to shows and build compatible software & products. Only recently they offered me a $5 per unit royalty on my Knobster idea which they now market. Although their website hasn’t been updated I have served in no official position with Sim Innovations for about two years. When I started helping they had no funds to pay me anyway. That being said I still love what you can do with Air Manager.

[@suzannesmith7985]

@@rbarlow I apologize for my comment. It was said in haste as I saw you listed on the staff of Air Manager. It was also said before I checked out all the other videos you've done. Very impressive work. Don't know if you noticed, but I did comment very favorably on one of your other ones, after I wrote the above comment. Your videos are of excellent quality with a wealth of information for simmers, and I've been going through them eagerly. So, again, please accept my apology and keep up the great work!

[@rbarlow]

Suzanne Smith no offense taken. I just wanted to explain my connection to Sim Innovations. Thanks for the comment.

[@dougkehoe3758]

Hey Russ...do you fly G A currently or are you out of the actual cockpit for good... Cheers!

[@rbarlow]

Currently no medical and since I was denied can’t do Basic Med. I should get a Class III but so far not willing to jump through the FAA hoops. I fly with my brother-in-law in his Comanche. I can’t say out for good but possibly.

[@Rubin5342]

Russ, this is great. I would like to know all the particulars. Will this run onan xbox series x? What hardware are you using like the throttle quads and all. What ipads are you using? Thanks for the vid. I got my private in 1970 in Honolulu, x country's to Maui. Dont think I could pass a class 3 now (72). I have been exploring the FS on xbox. It also has audio atc whick I love. Thanks again.//John in Oregon

[@rbarlow]

Unfortunately Xbox has limitations a PC doesn’t. You can’t use third party plugins like Air Manager and many others unless it comes from the MS store. Do far there is no Simvonnect support. Also no VR support. You can only use hardware that MS includes support for. The whole thing is somewhat “sandboxed” so it isn’t easy for developers to interact with. For a basic sim experience Xbox is amazing for the cost of entry. None of the currently available Xbox yokes/ flight sticks/rudders /quadrants are very good. Hopefully Honeycomb’s Xbox compatible products will come soon.

[@Rubin5342]

@@rbarlow Thanks for getting back to me, I have heard much the same but you are the first person I have seen so advanced in building a cockpit. I will continue to track your vids untill I learn the best way to go. I am convinced the G1000 has to be part of it though and I have only seen an introductory vid of it. Thanks for your channel. I will be watching with gratitude. //ji

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@@rbarlow OK, after re-reading this several times, do you have a system component group you would reccomend? Frankly, I would rather use a pc anyway, I just have no idea what components I need. Thanks again for any info on this. I have built several systems but not with a simulator in mind but I could. Would your pc have to be connected to the internet during operations? Can you still use atc like in MS FS ? // John in Oregon

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@@Rubin5342 currently MS FS doesn't support multiple monitor with geometrically accurate views. You can stretch the output across three monitors using nVidia surround but to looks bad toward the outer edges. MSFS promises this in the future though. X-Pane can do it all now, WATCH THESE VIDEOS AND SEE IF THEY HELP kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIDHepKVd7KUqpY and kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIvJq2Wnnth9apI Feel free to ask questions after watching the videos

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@@rbarlow Rodger, doin it now than, you. //ji