I consider the Bill Bulfer books an indispensable resource when building and flying a home simulator. I thought so highly of them, I wanted to share my experience with my visitors!
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Choosing your charts
Aeronautical charts are an important part of flying, real or simulated. However, there are many options out there, some free and some for money. There was so much information, I wrote up an article detailing what I found.
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REVIEW: Taxi2Gate KSEA Airport
I recently found a suitable FSX/P3D airport add-on scenery for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (KSEA). It is from Taxi2Gate and required a little work, but the results were good.
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Tricking AddOns with P3D/FSX Steam
Many flight simulation addon installers only install into FSX or P3D v2. I found out that you can trick addons into thinking they are installed and use products made for any of them and created this article.
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REVIEW: FSFX PrecipitFX
PrecipitFX is a beautiful add-on to update FSX/Prepar3D effects for rain, snow, wheel, jet blast, contrails, and wingtip vortices. It is inexpensive and worth it!
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REVIEW: Navigraph Manager
Navigraph Manager is a fantastic application to keep your AIRAC FMS data for multiple add-ons updated and current.
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Kick your keyboard out
Once you get a home cockpit flight simulator going, you start to want less “Human Interface Device” interaction. This article covers how I used a programmable keypad to effectively remove my full keyboard from my cockpit.
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REVIEW: Lockheed Martin’s Prepar3d v3
Lockheed Martin recently released their third version of Prepar3D. I took this as a sign I should finally install it and see what the excitement is all about. Here are my thoughts…
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REVIEW: Ipeco 737 Pilot Seat
I bought this a little sooner than planned, but no regrets! I have installed a real Ipeco 737 Pilot Seat in my cockpit simulator.
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A Visit to Tempe – Swiss Sim Shop
Swiss Sim Shop is an eBay store dedicated to selling used real aircraft parts. This is where I located my Ipeco 737 Pilot Seat. Their warehouse is located in Tempe, AZ and I paid them a visit. This article contains my experience there.
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