Video - X-plane 10 Sim-A testing Princess Julianna

[XOrionFE]

Sometimes when testing I like to video so I can go back and look at how things were working.  Or if I step away from the sim while waiting for a test I will record.  This is one such test flight where I was trying to see how the flight director was working without AP engaged and handflying.    What I thought was great about this video is that it was extremly gusty conditions.  In fact, if you watch carefully on the left as I take the active you will notice the windsock straight back and moving around.   On takeoff it was quite the handful keeping the plane on the FD while handflying with the gusting crosswinds at anywhere from 20-30 kts.   This is a sensation I never got in FSX and one of the many reasons I personally like X-plane better...I discuss some of the other ones in this video.   I only posted first 15 minutes of the flight but I flew all the way up to Miami and had a perfect ILS landing on rwy 9.  Sim-Avionics performed perfectly throughout the flight. 

Scott

737 Home Cockpit X-plane Princess Julianna

[sagrada737]

Very nice video Scott.  You were really having to "muscle" the flight controls with those winds - nice job!  I like how the Wind Sock is moving around - nice effect.  Thanks for sharing your progress and testing.  Looking forward to more videos on your setup.

Mike

[phil]

So xplane does not need wideview to display on your 5 tv's ?
Phil

[Maurice]

Come on Scott! Very nice video but you must still miss the much superior daytime FSX scenery, especially with such nice, sharp displays, don't you ? 

Maurice

[XOrionFE]

Come on Scott! Very nice video but you must still miss the much superior daytime FSX scenery, especially with such nice, sharp displays, don't you ? 

Maurice

Yes I certainly do Maurice.  That is why I like to have fsx on there anyway in case I get an itch for some orbx scenery.  Also what I like having a separate virtual cockpit setup like yours for low and slow vfr site seeing in various planes.   That said, X-plane looks just as good as Orbx to me in North America.    And as for cities, I dont care for photosceneries and would rather look at autogen objects.   X-plane is getting better but FSX still wins in this area.   Now if you switch to dawn, dusk, or night...its no contest....X-Plane blows the doors off either FSX or P3D no matter what addon you put on them.   

[XOrionFE]

So xplane does not need wideview to display on your 5 tv's ?
Phil

Hello Phil,

Wideview is for FSX.  X-plane comes out of the box with a built in function similiar to wideview only much simpler to setup. 

Scott

[jfuenmayor]

Greetings to all.

This is my first video, and it so happens that it is also in St. Marteen, une of my favourite destination ( in real life ).

I wanted to give it a try on my old sim. with a new PC running X Plane 10.25 64 bit. No multiple views yet but it shows the fluidity. I have no way of uploading an mpeg file here ( or so it would seem ) so I had to encode a low resolution FLV. Cables from testing some Flight Illusion gauges, they work well on SimAvionics.

file:///home/jf/StMarteen.flv


JF

[blueskydriver]

Hey JF,

Could you post your video on youtube in the mpeg format and link it here? If so, your video will embed into the web page for pc users (not ipad users though, they'll just see the link itself), and that way we can see the higher res version.

John

[jfuenmayor]

OK guys, finally the video on Youtube:

http://youtu.be/B0dZkvc_zLM

[XOrionFE]

Looks great JF.

Great to see another X-plane project and it looks like you are getting it dialed in!

Best regards,
Scott

[jfuenmayor]

Very nice setup Scott.

I got to watch your video completely. Do you use monitors?. I do not have full enclosure and I only use
one OVHD projector, I have limited space inside the house ( lucky I was authorized.... hehe). I have thought about moving it to my garage but I fear the humidity in South Florida.

I have just moved from FS2004 to X Plane and I am still learning. I have to go through the documentation regarding the multiple display setup but I don't know if that requires additional licensing fees.

So far I like it better than FS2004 or FSX in many aspects. On FSX, I seem to have always a problem with the brakes. I use PFC ones, plus to me, FSX  feels kind of rigid. I know people like the scenery better but
I can live with that, plus as you comment, it keeps getting better and better.

Anyhow, congrats on your very fine Sim. Keep posting videos.

JF.