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Title: 737 MIP - How to start
Post by: mswift on February 28, 2015, 11:44:00 AM
Can anyone point me in the right direction to achieve the following:

FSX with PMDG 737 (maybe XPlane at some point in the future)
A full MIP (captain and FO)- 6 monitors
Flight view - 3 monitors
Opencockpits FMC - 1 VGA output

I would like to do this using multiple computers to share the load

What is the best way of achieving this setup?
Cheers
Mike
Title: Re: 737 MIP - How to start
Post by: thka on February 28, 2015, 12:05:09 PM
Hey,

If you really want to spread the load and use a multi-computer and monitor setup, skip PMDG and go for ProSim or Sim-A instead. Will remove a huge burden for you when it comes to setting things up.

PMDG is not built for multi-system and even if you use a blend of all the tools available, the setup is not worth the time. Trust me I have tried it and only to get the PFD to work on a second monitor was a nightmare and then you need to consider the extra load it will create on your machine.

If you then add that you might end up with a mix of various hardware vendors for your MIP, the full suite approach is the only way to go if you ever want to be able to accomplish what you wrote.

//Thomas
Title: Re: 737 MIP - How to start
Post by: jackpilot on February 28, 2015, 01:14:07 PM
Ditto..!

Both Prosim and SimAvionics (and good 'ol PM) have their own flight models (airplanes) and allow you to use a complete and very sophisticated systems logic and flight instruments.