Tour the Boeing 737 Flight Simulator Built in a Garage

[@tested]

I would guess he's spent several hundred thousand dollars and thousands upon thousands of hours.

[@canes3b92]

Ikr. Ik its a bit late but nice video!

[@Pedro_Santo]

and a few ex wifes aswell

[@235buz]

@@Pedro_Santo that's a good thing.

[@realLuisGiordano]

I believe the hardest part is to get real aircraft controls and panels to work with computer hardware and commercial flight simulators. That's indeed, a very impressive work in electronics and software

[@leojackson1696]

Vexoph I’m late to

[@Franky2shoes647]

This man should get the first copy of Flight simulator 2020

[@wodarzflorian]

Nah nah nah!☝️😓

[@aviay]

He most likely isn’t going to use MSFS2020

[@wodarzflorian]

@@aviay why? They say itll be compatible

[@Navoii.]

Yes

[@yakapo999]

Get this guy on the beta. Now.

[@sams9894]

Imagine coming home to your family and saying: "Oh, by the way, I bought the nose of a 737 today."

[@fms911]

+Sam S. To be honest i doubt he has a wife. But hey, i'd rather have a 737 simulator than a wife!

[@RyanCunningham12]

+FMS That's because you could never get one.

[@samuelward1246]

and some peoples wifes get mad when they come home and announce they bought a new gun or tv.

[@musausman6957]

They wouldn’t have a single idea of what a 737 is XD

[@jacobrop]

I wish I was rich...

[@shakir1998]

If i had this you wouldnt see me outside.

[@JadenZeCreator]

Lol ya, You would see me flying around New York in a virtual world! :D

[@docsgearheadgaming2503]

+1

[@AbleElement922]

+1 :-)

[@viciousattackvideo]

don't get an oculus or morpheus!

[@WenJenqChen]

need a co-pilot? lol

[@AlkaPwn]

This guy must look at the 'Best Gaming Setups on KZbin' videos and think "Psh, Amateurs...".

[@saltykarlos5316]

Here in my garage, just got this new Boeing 737, fun to fly up the Hollywood Hills

[@12th.jahlil]

You earned a cookie for that

[@chriso9181]

+3Logic Here I was, going to post this, and lo and behold it's already here.

[@unrealeck]

Lamboeinghini

[@BananaDorian]

+3Logic you know what I love more than a 737 In the holiwood hills? KNOWLEDGE!!!!!!!!!!! i don't call it money I call it surcharge. You should have enough Surcharge Units to live out your pilot dreams

[@gideongatonye1305]

+BananaDorian I totally concur with you. KNOWLEDGE!!!! My dad would say 'KNOWLEDGE IS POWER' Forget money. Although money is a tool of knowledge manifestation.

[@drak1559]

I don't need it I don't need it i don't need it I NEEEEED ITTTT

[@tobymurs6495]

How do you know How do you know How do you know

[@therookie9276]

Because Because Because

[@dhrygaming5298]

He is He is He is

[@FlightTheatreAlberto]

Poor Poor Poor

[@DataHog]

SAME

[@dominicdeacon3246]

god bless your electric bill

[@MakeufamousNDZ]

He looks like he can afford it.... I'm sure he's a baller💰💰💰💰

[@dominicdeacon3246]

Probably 😂😂👍

[@jaylenrichards8140]

It’s 6 pcs running though..

[@vondahe]

Not just six PCs. There’s also the projectors for the outside, the LCDs for the panels etc.

[@dylanmccallister1888]

ATC make lots of money.

[@garyvale8347]

I absolutely love this guy.....how cool would it be to have neighbor like the simguy....." honey, I'am going over to Jims to have few beers and fly around in the 737 for a while"......hahhaha

[@Lootroq]

Gary Vale hell yes

[@DjZeiroKewl]

+Gary Vale you really should not drink and fly it's irresponsible............................you could fly into some turbulence and spill your drink!!! Better be careful bud.

[@garyvale8347]

hahahahahahahaha........you are right Joe.........

[@cg56578]

+Joe Shivago he needs a hydraulic system from some lowriders

[@garyvale8347]

yes, good idea......that would add some turbulence

[@lachcik5084]

this man....is a legend. sounds soo fun when he mentions how they all get together on the weekends to build these projects. such an awesome community

[@MartysWhiteSuit]

What a dedication to a hobby. Fabulous to know that some people are prepared to work in like this.

[@BrianMonette]

"I'm gonna build an ATC Tower simulator in my garage!" Said no pilot ever!

[@milesfarmer9148]

I've thought about it ngl.

[@BrianMonette]

Miles Farmer Welp! You know what? 7 years since I posted that comment, yeah I guess I would consider it now haha.

[@aidankennedy6587]

Why are we here in 2020

[@SebG-kz2sr]

@@aidankennedy6587 quarantine

[@sparetime2475]

Yeah lol

[@LordBaldur]

This is why PC gaming is better than console gaming

[@heinouspepper2944]

Yes

[@k33fytruant]

Wait. This is a GAME?

[@LordBaldur]

JOHN MIKE & ME IN 720P It has goals and challenges. You can win or lose. I call that a game. Certainly more than Stanley Parable

[@PropaneTreeFiddy]

There are people who use FSX and X-Plane as actual simulators, and then there are those people who treat it like a game. If you want to see it treated like a game, go to any public FSX server.

[@LordBaldur]

***** How sure are you of that?

[@topilot]

Being a flight instructor and simulator enthusiast, I found this to be amazing that this project was completed to such a realistic 737 simulator. I authored a book "Teaching Confidence in the Clouds" that describes my work with the desktop version of flight simulators.

[@ConservativeGangstR]

You could tell all the girls you own your own jet. And then blindfold them tell they actually are in the cockpit. Hey babe, where would you like to fly to tonight?

[@jonahwilhelm8409]

@thatguychris fs2020

[@arx1kage]

Just make sure you don't get Airforceproud95 as your ATC 😅

[@user-rf4vc7mt4d]

@@arx1kage oh shit oh fuck

[@johnnyfannucci]

You want me to put a blindfold on and go to your basement. Sounds perfectly normal

[@james_fisch]

@@arx1kage blog it

[@georgecraft007]

I've been working for 30+ years on the $14M full motion flight simulators and I must say that what you have done is very impressive! Good Job!

[@ZB_US]

Mom, I am getting an airplane, clean the basement :D

[@jhumkibarua8816]

Zaur Bilalov 😂😂😂😂😂

[@extiflyy]

And give me a lifetime supply of food and clothes cause I'm not coming outside in the next 100 years

[@sweetdollmsp632]

Zaur Bilalov Momlamgetting anairplane Clean

[@therookie9276]

this comment gets a few replies even 4 years later 😂

[@michalvalta5231]

LMAO

[@TYPE-zd3gm]

This is unbelievable! Incredible that James has stuck to this project for this long, and finished it to this standard. His perseverance is admirable, to say the least! He seems like a cool guy too! I had to go grab a beer to finish watching, I kinda felt left out!

[@Scrapla1]

This is awesome! Imagine hanging out with some buddies, having some cold ones and just flying around the world in a garage sim.

[@767Captain]

Jim.....Tim, here. Formerly with Continental Airlines (yes, I recognize the paint scheme....this is one of our old B737-200s...actually acquired after the "merger" with "People Express Airlines", IIRC). They were retired early, shortly after I started. I am Typed on the B737, the B757/767 and the DC9. (That includes the MD80 series, of course). Right-seat on the B727, the A-300-B4 and the DC10. About 24 years at CAL. You're an ATC guy? Cool! I am actually jealous of your hobby there (I spent my money on R/C airplanes and stuff)...among other things. BUT, a great set-up you have, there!!! Cheers, Tim (EDIT)...I'm out in LA....one day, I'd love to come visit this....quite amazing, what you've done!!!!

[@junyloko]

I would like to know how’s Jim cockpit looks now with MSFS 2020.

[@DrewPBalls]

im happy seeing that guy happy doing what he loves. he also appreciated all the positive feedback. what a nice man.

[@erickonphoenix]

Magnificent job! I can only imagine the hours of soldering that went into that. Makes my automotive simulator look like a joke

[@manufacturingdefect1287]

oo yea makes it look like a yoke aalryyt

[@Colt45hatchback]

Link to automotive simulator?

[@raulsalazar05]

This hardware and Microsoft Flight Simulator will be SOOO EPIC !!! 😱😱

[@keylor_cr]

David S. That’s what I was thinking. Wonder if he still had it

[@Bbbbbbbbbv]

This guy seems like a real life Ron Swanson. Passionately nerdy about manly stuff.

[@jackdennis9286]

Yes lol

[@dveswans]

Lol, My last name is Swanson.....

[@letsseeif]

Fantastic! From an old pilot from Australia.

[@AdamsOlympia]

I wish he asked what the total cost was of setting this up... I'm going to guess it was in the 20-30 thousand dollar range. Maybe 40. Also, I wonder why he has multiple computers to handle the simulation (or how that even works with X-plane) . I wonder if my quad core i7 3770k would handle all that he does here.. I have X-plane 10 that I just purchased yesterday -- amazing sim but I see that it's complicated enough that it'll probably take me a year or more to learn everything about it... I also have FSX and didn't realize that the vatsim type ATC simulation was available on X-Plane as well! Awesome! I want to build a setup like this for a small plane like a Cessna 172. Plan is to eventually hire an instructor & get my actual sport then private pilot certificate once I've honed my skills in the simulators.

[@ShinLeeChan]

Adam Olympia As i know it could reach around $100.000 or even $500.000... $6000 for various pc, then everything else that costs a lot of money. But I think that with $60.000 you can make it with nice results. By the way, with 60k you can afford a PPL licence and rent an aircraft like Cessna or Cirrus and fly for real around NY or where you wish to go.

[@windshearahead7012]

Stefano lmao not 60k , wayyy less

[@dylanmccallister1888]

@@ShinLeeChan way less than that man, you can get a flying Cessna 172 for 20k lol

[@carlgois8579]

I did the flight sim in Montreal Canada. 737- 400- or I think 800. Everything identical expect no nose of the plane. I asked him how much that cost. He told me over a million. He is an actual instructor and pilots can get sim hours. It was absolutely incredible when I did it. One hour 99.00 Canadian. Have a picture and video of the whole experience. Unfortunately, the video was lost in my email somehow.

[@Ab.gs3]

Carl Gois that’s for a full motion class d or class c simulator

[@DaBeast34]

Flight simulator 2020 was made for this man.

[@myersonkanyingi9688]

11 years ago is insane

[@bunker9999]

Best homemade flight sim I have ever seen. No wonder you work ATC you and your friends need the patience of a saint to build that equipment. Well done....

[@johnnyberetta9533]

Mr. ATC, you are BRILLIANT ! You'd never get me out of your garage !

[@LouisDargin]

I like his explanation for focusing so much on the physical cockpit. At 11:29 - "Because a lot of times I actually want to fly 'em in the clouds, I don't really see anything."

[@BigDH28]

When your model airplane hobby just isn't enough! 🤔💵

[@SethGibbens]

I want to know why it took KZbin 7 years to recommend this to me

[@campbellaviation7289]

Now eight years

[@BosniaYUGO]

@@campbellaviation7289 its all politics, Wants people to buy microsoft sim 2020 and other stuff. All about the money

[@campbellaviation7289]

@@BosniaYUGO Lol true, they are pretty smart.

[@seniorpz1969]

who else fast forwarded to the inside of the plane? these guys are pure geniuses

[@roddraym]

I couldn't agree more, "it's absolutely amazing!" Congratulations and best wishes towards the final touches.

[@TheGamesNetwork100]

I love X-Plane 10, and by the way do you use Vatsim

[@thomasthompson1914]

Jim I met you at Flight Deck Solutions open house years ago for 3 days of fun and learning with Pete and Steve . Was a great learning experience. Just getting time now to assemble all my parts. Nice video. Tommy Thompson

[@JoachimPetersson]

I give my soul for that simulator! :O

[@dmghgzgngmhm5537]

Joachim Petersson how are u gonna use it if you sell your soul

[@imawatermelon1439]

Just become a airline pilot, it doesn't cost way too much honestly. It cost me about 176k including college. And 6 years of my life.

[@kevinyang8155]

You won't be able to use the Flight Simulator if you lose your soul

[@imadeyoureadthis1500]

@@imawatermelon1439 You cant just stop flying when you want to get off

[@ronimiguel]

if i get home with a new motorcycle its more than likely that my wife will kick me out, so i wonder how you get to do such thing. Good job man! I can see on your smile that you are very proud of this project, and we all envy you!

[@FaizFezzFingerstyle]

KZbin recommended this and i like it 👍🏻 nice from Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@bobbypaluga4346]

Wow, my dream has been to buy a 747-400 cockpit as well as the rest of the “bump” I can use the crew rest as guest rooms and turn the business class into theatre seating. I’d like to pickup a couple of spiral staircases from 747s, to connect my office downstairs with the master bedroom directly above. Mariana AirPark is 60 miles south and they are cutting up 747s constantly

[@idknils2920]

The "control wheel" in a plane is called yoke..... Thought you know that when you own a cockpit

[@michalvalta5231]

True passion... So much better than watching TV for 5 hours every day! :)

[@felixalbrecht6099]

would you get on a plane with someone who had only ever flown in sims before? they'd have 5-10 years in sim experience and you would get paid. what do you think?

[@inspecterty]

most people who have flight sims are interested in flying and generally speaking would be smart/competent enough to fly a plane.

[@buknoyburokokok1678]

really?? wow! it's easy to be a pilot then.. I assume you have not tried to fly one even in a simulator

[@CianMcsweeney]

Buknoy Burokokok the problem would be that if an emergency occurred or if the landing conditions were very poor then a flight simmer would probably struggle but for a normal flight a flight simmer would probably do ok

[@350ZEASZE]

NO

[@captaincronked7895]

Yes

[@J1mmyWA]

How could anyone not "like" this??? Well done - very impressive.

[@sadikmeah4057]

If someone fiddled with his cockpit would that make this a flight stimulator? 

[@OldBuford]

after spending just about every spare moment playing MS Flight Sim 2020, this mans setup is GOALS!

[@killerswitch29]

This is amazing but how did he get to make all the computers to work in a single simulator, i mean how are they working together im eager to know about that.

[@robertjoyce5402]

Simple, a program called WIDE FS

[@crimmy0204]

his whole cockpit is a custom joystick run by lots of little small computers that network together.his main computer connects to his main computer which runs the main 3 visual displays. everything else is input or joysticks.

[@ThoolooExpress]

He kinda went over it, how the plugins for the game allow it to interface with the program which creates the displays. For the actual connection itself, I'b be highly surprised if it is anything fancier than ethernet cables and a switch.

[@PropaneTreeFiddy]

Home servers work great for such things. Trying to hook everything up through USB would be a nightmare, but taking the time to learn networking and then using it to split tasks up is much easier.

[@Pfirsichbaum]

i really want to know how the looks today. and wich sim he is using

[@inthenameofjustice8811]

Some people buy some flight sim software and are slowly driven crazy by it.

[@avinavi5414]

What's your point?

[@MrHenreee]

Yeah I love it

[@inthenameofjustice8811]

I'm sorry? Is the point not perfectly clear?

[@teemukwamba2749]

I am awestruck!!! This is genius! Such enthusiasm and dedication!!!

[@uglyduckling81]

This is amazing. I hope you have some sprinklers or something ready in case of a house fire. To lose all that work would be crushing.

[@ronr9423]

Wow!!! Your setup is incredible, would love to see what it looks like today and the improvements you’ve made.

[@codered5431]

Cool ! !!! Good seeing some one takes pride in what he does

[@paullevasseur6551]

Very cool.....I have been into this for years myself and have been a Commercial Pilot for 30 years.....your flight simulator is the best I've ever seen , or heard about... great stuff , thanks for showing us......

[@mikeelp23]

If i was going to build a simulator of that caliber i would build one out of a fighter/attack type military aircraft. Would seem much more fun to dogfight or attack enemy positions than just leisurely flying a 737 around looking at clouds,but thats just me. To each his own.

[@cosmicacorn]

I see where you're coming from but I would prefer a 737 sim, yeah a fighter game would be really fun but it would get repetitive soon. But a 737 is very consistent in the entertainment.

[@Petey44]

That would be cool, but if you wanted to do flips and stuff, lots of wiring

[@agostonbazmajer1100]

The problem with that is the secrecy regarding the actual systems. For a 737 essentially you can learn almost anything because nothing's really classified about how the systems work and what they do. If y ou only care about making them behave realistically, it certainly can be done, the propietary stuff really comes to the actual manufacturing process. For military jets, the new stuff is classified. You may get a close simulation but you can't really get to know even the realistic behaviour and you have no way of making it appear realistic because you can't just find scrapped F16 throttle quadrants.

[@ItsWingyy]

Well getting the screen around the fighter would be quite difficult

[@mishacol]

I think they enjoy the process of setting up the sim, rather than piloting. It is really amazing hobby.

[@ahmedhagi8534]

An ATC with this genius creative work is a quite awesome.

[@TheMrmarcmarc]

I love that he has the most technically perfect system extreme flight sim ever, yet he records in flight footage on VHS. classic. Amazing, mind totally blown.

[@stevensreejith3041]

hats off sir, this is really great work of urs. I am a software engineer and allways wanted a simulator to be built on my own i liked 757 model , but not everyone is born lucky as u are . May god bless you.

[@OgCurly]

Dude has an actual 737 cockpit completely configured to run on X-plane, but records customer's experience via VHS??

[@AndroydFM]

SF2ATL it's a decade old

[@gemizu4874]

@@AndroydFM Imagine with todays tech and X-plane 11 or prepar3d

[@acolytealfbrand718]

@@gemizu4874 and now imagine it with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 :O

[@brandongonzales3785]

@@acolytealfbrand718 Bro if he tried to run this on MS Flight Sim 2020, that'd be a fire hazard

[@sebby324]

This is 8 years old

[@19JoHannes84]

Homeworker King ;-) The man is living his dream. Phantastic.

[@TheNosyGamer]

daamn unexpected shoutout to X-Plane represent!

[@marxmann3564]

this is really beautiful and bad ass toy good work man great craftsmanship and precise to the core

[@namelesspicklyanonymous6066]

Anybody notice a yellow light on the landing gear panel?

[@diegoarpino2080]

Not until you mentioned it. Doesn't the 737-200 not have the digital lcd screens though? I thought it had the analog instruments.

[@ceoofoldspice1298]

It means that NO#2 gear isn’t locked in place

[@willwaters8553]

yeahlol. and the master caution

[@ahmedhagi8534]

It means that caution the left landing gear is not down and in place.

[@chicagorc3967]

this man waited his whole life for that moment! did you see the smile on his face? priceless!

[@Kevin-rc5ec]

11:04 so.... he can put an incredible flight sim together, but still uses VHS tapes to record video?

[@robertkerr3059]

people who love their job and are proficient make the world go around

[@aznative78]

What would be great is if you somehow come across a way to lay a transparent flexible tv screen over each of the cockpit and brow windows so you can see from the inside out only and from the outside you can have anyone watch you with out seeing the stuff you're watching and to make the inside scenery to be consistent with the scenery change as you're flying? I don't know if the technology has been made or not, but that's the way I would do it. Anyone know what Im talking about and would know if such technology is out there exist? This would be a great man cave medium range project to do. Im amped up to do something like this! I've always had my head up in the clouds with aviation.

[@H31MU7]

I can see OLED technology being able to do this very soon.

[@alcamerc9923]

Way over my head. Some people just have it takes. Great work.

[@romeosanimals8342]

interviewer is way too anxious

[@impossiblemission4ce]

Romeo's Animals before or after he changed ethnicity?

[@jascharl]

To be fair, I would to.

[@sweetdollmsp632]

Romeo's Animals Iinterviewer iswaytoo anxious

[@warhawkfan1234]

Norm is always like that

[@Bulldog1653]

If I ever was to hit a lottery jackpot, I would have a LARGE building and build simulators with a LOT of different aircraft types. This is BEYOND cool!

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Next video: James Price spends the next two decades building a full-sized Boeing 737 in his garage.

[@londonmoove707]

I would love to spend time with passionate people like this

[@xthepisco12]

For everyone Wondering about the Price: It costs about 60,000 to 100,000 WITHOUT the actual plane nose. With it it would probably cost 110000 to 150000 $

[@xAlpha31]

Let's just say that this guy has a damn good job then

[@amilcarmagnus2755]

Xion with 75.000€ he could have become a pilot

[@xAlpha31]

hahahaa pretty much

[@Alex-us2vw]

xThePisco I doubt it costs that much. If that were the case he would’ve been better off buying a full motion simulator for an obsolete airframe from an airline auction. They come on the market when airlines are upgrading their fleet to a new generation and the sim is too old to be worth retrofitting. Can buy what used to be a multi million dollar sim for well under 100k. But you need the space for it since they require very high ceilings, and also demand lots of power.

[@laserguy8673]

You can build one far under that. Not sure where you grabbed that number, but for that price, i can get a new mercedes benz AMG. if you go for high copy components instead of original and build the frame yourself. and If you can make your own boards, and are handy with electronics, thats another huge plus for cutting costs. and by the way, now that we have raspberry, arduino and android etc, its even cheaper to make. We didn't had sophisticated and powerful little project computer boards 15/20 years ago The displays with driver boards from captain to first officer €200, most cases even less. Nice FMC panels : >€70. FMC screens with buttons soldered in matrix or just pushbuttons with graphite to capacitive touch interface, less then €50 Its more time than anything else. But heck, $150k?!?! Thats a price you pay for an Benz AMG V8 black series.

[@pedroaortizmd7214]

This is the most fantastic machine, ever I saw! congratulations to the builders and video editor too. Really amazing! more than a like for this.

[@socrateslaskaridis1144]

My respect !! a dreamer from Greece.

[@elgus1147]

A man living the dream of many , let's get back to my fsx for now .......

[@friedchicken1]

i want to be his friend and try the simulator, buy him a beer each time :)

[@christophercook723]

No flying and drinking!

[@tripwire3992]

@@christophercook723 so that's what happened on 9/11... The more you know

[@salvadorrivera3929]

That's one of the best sim cockpits I have ever seen, congratulations and keep the good work, it's just amazing!

[@misterguts]

Wee! The cameraman knows how to work the ZOOM function! Woah, get an airsick bag!

[@carismaticul]

Hi, where did you learn all the stuff you know, wiring, software pc, how to connect them to everything to make it work, because i am really interested to learn.

[@bipronarayanhabisyasi815]

Whose watching it in 2019?

[@addysaviation5838]

Bipro Narayan Habisyasi me

[@DavidVercettiMovies]

I watch it every year!!!

[@bobafettuccine8412]

Wtf dude. You wrote this in 2017

[@shahimagesyt]

@@bobafettuccine8412 hes telling us 2019ers if they had watched it.

[@luca-bq9om]

Omg

[@liljahjay]

i want this

[@liljahjay]

not that i dont want to steal his im mean that i want to buy one :D

[@liljahjay]

besides im not gonna steal it

[@TheProCactus]

Andrew Jay Do you realize you just said you want to steal it ?

[@liljahjay]

im not going to

[@liljahjay]

why does no one beleive me :(

[@Mikinct]

I’ve noticed my older flight sim has a few dozen or so assignments I can map to my controller. This looks like there’s literally hundred or more assignments to map out. How many assignments are in the latest X Plane or MS FS 2020?

[@glukegames7298]

Dear Santa....

[@tebla2074]

would love to see a revisit see what his setup is like now

[@AnythingMike]

2018?? Anyone??

[@LMDProductionsOfficial]

2019

[@Trex531]

Anything Mike June 2019

[@ryanthedownloader]

hi you know how at 5:05 he says something about other people being atc? i would LOVE to be on the atc side but im still a begginer at xplane. so i would just like to know how i could get onto that atc side. Thanks in advance!

[@rbdavis1957]

***** that's the reason I don't get involved in IVAO or VATSIM. It's only a hobby, and not reality. You spend more time waiting in line to login and actually do something, than actually participating in air traffic control. Go get yourself a copy of ATCsimulator2-HD. It's ready when you are.

[@noroy2]

WOW, you should rent it by the hour or so...

[@malykchannel8627]

I am a pilot do you want to be a pilot

[@GabeAnderso]

@@malykchannel8627 your not a pilot

[@Sparksterfu]

man that would be the ultimate experience, that and a real racing simulator, the ultimate game room.

[@TimothyOBrien1958]

How do you get in touch with James Price?????????????????

[@TimothyOBrien1958]

No answers?

[@Koploper77]

+Timothy O'Brien Nope

[@lusjokastro]

Wow! this is absolutely wonderful!!! I flew Flight Simulators many times, but not in a cockpit like that and definitely not in a real airplane. I admire a lot those intrepid builders!!! Thank you for the video.

[@gemmaherrington3332]

this guy's a f ING genius

[@jonasgustaf]

Air Traffic controllers makes A LOT of money. At least in my country, they are in the top 3 wage list. They usually make way more than the actual pilots. And it's one of the most demanding jobs there is. I'm glad this guy is putting his money to good use :)

[@joaquinvm_027_4]

"It's build in 1969" Nice…

[@mtrlaux1029]

"And your landings get better". Awesome!

[@maddad211272]

5:07 *Cough* VATSIM *Cough*

[@DabakoWorld]

***** I thought in the USA is VATSIM bigger and in Europe IVAO. So the chance that he mean Vatsim is higher.

[@privateagent]

PilotEdge !

[@HamSweetHam25]

Hungry_Pikachu I was thinking the same thing

[@CloroxBleach-um4gn]

Cough P3D 4.1 Cough

[@curtar9354]

Can you log time in this? Very Nice! i can imagine the fun you have had with this! You have had to discuss getting into Flightaware and "logging in" with it.

[@awesomeburodude]

xplane? it would be much better if it was fsx or prepar3d

[@marty34534]

***** Whilst Xplane has arguably better flight dynamics, that's about it. It has a poor dashes; 3D cockpits; a horrid and ugly UI including menus; options; has little in the way of PMDG-equivalent aircraft; terrible meshes; inaccurate and low fidelity world scenery. For this reason it is and always will be the Betamax of flight sims.

[@skippyskater]

***** It's certainly better in terms of flight dynamics. That makes it better, it's a sim. For simming... I have used FSX for years and I'm never going back. I use X-plane 10 and DCS for a bit of the wild side. Going to try prepar3d further along the development line though, when it can utilize a good rig it should be awesome!

[@SuffyANX]

***** You are wrong in all of those points. There more than enough PMDG-level aircraft in P3D. There's a 757 that was licensed by Boeing for being so good, do you not think that's an achievement? On top of that, the 3d cockpits in XP10 are actually very nice. Far better than stock FSX ones, with far more working parts. The FSX 747 doesn't even have a working FMC, but the XP10 one does, for example. Also, I like the XP10 UI, and I don't find it difficult to use. As far as graphic options, it has at least twice as many as FSX, including proper antialiasing settings, FOV, HDR, etc. Terrible meshes? Strangely, I've noticed that XP10's mesh is far more detailed in FSX, and it gives runway slopes, which FSX does not. Inaccurate scenery? Hmm, no. I can fly to where my house in a rural area is and follow the roads across the entire country if I want. Not what I'd call innacurate. And as far as low-fidelity? So is FSX's default scenery. FSX default scenery is the ugliest crap I've ever seen. I love FSX as a sim to be built on, and I am going to be using it and P3D for pretty much all of my airliner flying simply because of the options in addons, but it's just not near as pretty, realistic, or stable as stock XP10 without dumping loads of money on top of it.

[@marty34534]

BlackFenixGaming Who said anything about P3D but now that you bring it up, P3D makes XP all that more irrelevant. All the arguments for it like "used by trainers" and "the military" are now ditto for P3D. Throw in a much bigger development team, larger funding and the fact that it's Lockheed puts a nail in the coffin for XP. XP is the Betamax of flight sims. Enjoy it while you can get the tapes.

[@Sparksterfu]

Maybe for someone who has never flown an actual plane but for an actual pilot which this guy says he has a license in single engine as he owns a piper, x plane is more realistic. What it lacks in graphics and flashiness, it makes up for in reality as the physics are much more in line with real life flying and I believe most flight schools and airlines use x plane simulators to train their pilots and test their aircraft. If you like me don't have any experience flying and are looking for better graphics and immersion at the cost of less than realist physics than perhaps FSX is better.