John Heaton

Me toooo!! - just had second cataract removed and to-day - in Post OP. - the doc says I now have 2 eyes - better than 20/20 - good for another 85 years

Old ? - Old ? - another definition - apart from bridges - in my earlier definitions I just realised that QANTAS was only a 15 YO teenager when I popped out Not even old enough to be my father

You might try the Tacoma Narrows island version in msfs - the one with trees growing out of the single bridge or has that been amended recently

Maybe because it wasn't in the normal development place However - Great news - but I will have to wait until I am 86.3 for area 3 plastic is ready for area 1 right now if you want a pre order

I got it - but I Cheated via Google and Central Discovery Must try it sometime since I simulate using the one further to the South quite a bit when I'm in PNA in my Comanche

I.ve said it before --- but I'll just remind you all when you are older than - Sydney Harbour - Golden Gate - Auckland - Brisbane Bridges - The Tiger Moth - the Hurricane - the Spitfire ------- and the Pope :---- You are old and beginning to feel it

2 days ago there was still wailing and gnashing of teeth over Orbx's non movement on OLC Asia so I gave them the quote from ED https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/191608-poll-an-openlc-solution-for-asia/page/4/?tab=comments#comment-1723566 The subject - took off like a rocket - comments which should please ED hopefully !!!!!

Good on a Macca - good to hear from you i'm stuck at home now - need your harley MSFS eh? - no more fiddling ??

Sorry Mate - I suggest that you do read things clearly and not get your self into confusion No I am not a rep or anything to do with the company - I just use my Marketing logic - right or Wrong ! I thought I had made it very clear that I am in the same "Situation ' as you - and said this - ''I too have an Alpha Yoke - and also a Bravo unit on order -and paid for - and you don't see me worrying - because I will also order the Charlie Pedals when they are released" -- and It's all too far away to lose any hair over it - and as I said - X Box or no X Box - I am also committed with all my $$$$$ scenery investment to using P3D 4/5 for a long time to come - using my 3 Alpha - Bravo - Charlie and my 21 P3d aircraft. I will buy the new X box when the Sim is released for it - pay $30 for the hub - and see if the new Hub will work on my current X Box

@B12 Where on Earth did you get - "but this potential news my early Honeycomb yoke won't work with it" I strongly suggest that you yourself read the URL that I gave above - which is clearer than FSElite - and read it carefully- making your own view of it's contents. Nowhere does it say what you wrote!! - or thought what you thought you saw - especially the description of the mods to Alpha https://www.key.aero/article/honeycomb-announces-xbox-support I too have an Alpha Yoke - and also a Bravo unit on order -and paid for - and you don't see me worrying - because I will also order the Charlie Pedals when they are released For what its worth I gave you my view of how I will use the current Honeycomb set with the XBOX Series X - using what is referred to as an X Box Hub and I worry not - because any change to Alpha will not be until Q2/3 next year - and no date has been set for the sim to be on the new console If I am wrong - then I am wrong - and I will not worry too much about the yoke because I am buying the set for P3D 4/5 - MSFS will be an extra

Hi Again Mark Whoops - I only use Wifi accessories when using X Box - ( my House TV and X Box are well away from Me and the WI FI X Box controller) - so I need to use a Windows X Box WI FI Hub - which is then connected to the PC by USB. I am assuming what the article refers to as a "Honeycombe X Box Hub @ $30" will be something simliar ""Please note, the old Alpha yoke will be discontinued. According to Nicki Repenning, CEO of Honeycomb Aeronautical, the updates to the yoke are mostly internal for adding Xbox Series X|S compatibility"" No mention of "Unsupported' - and I made the assumption that that the current Alpha will be just the same as Bravo and Charlie - which will be for both PC and X Box Series X using said X Box Hub. Maybe I am misinterpreting something - but I did correspond with the Marketing guy at key aero some while ago and he advised me to buy Alpha now as I would be able to use it on the NEW X BOX - he didnt say how however

HI Mark I read it this way --- yes - the current Alpha will stop in favour of a new (mk2) Alpha that is the just same as the old one - with just a few Mods to enable it to plug straight into an X Box - and have a "Quiet X Logo-- but it will still serve PCs - so A1 or A2 for both PC and X Box I would expect that the same will happen to Bravo and Charlie - because it makes sense not to duplicate aps - but have them available to both PC and Console in view of the potential High Market for the X Box as well as the Current PC The existing Alpha for PC - and the Bravo and Charlie aps) - will work on the new X Box via the use of an X Box 'Hub' - presumably - similiar to the Hub used now to enable MS X Box controllers be used in a PC - eg for the drone in MSFS

there are better pictures and description of both sets of Hardware for PC and X Box https://www.key.aero/article/honeycomb-announces-xbox-support

My Mail above about the new Honeycombe Hardware for X Box Series X - only leads me even more to my queries around Orbx plans for the sim on this console. MSFS produced 1 Million downloads in the first month - how will that compare to the volume of new X Boxes in the Market?? - Only Orbx knows what effect this sim has produced on its own market with the apparent success of London and Sydney scenery and partnership participations. Contemplate what the market might be around - if the new X box Sim - will run on the current 4K HDR 10 - X Box one X ???? that I already use on my 4K HDR 10 monitor Not only NEW hardware specific to Single Joystick and twin throttle controller - but a simple piece of hardware - the X box Hub that will allow those of us - who have - or are buying the current Alpha/Bravo hardware - to use it on the new console. Hopefully also on the existing X Box One X - then I can have 2 consoles going with the flight sim What's the betting Thrustmaster are also working flat out to modify the similar Airbus series they recently brought out They did it for the Thrustmaster Hotas last year - already used in PS3/4 and PC The market will grow even more - and not only from the "gamers" - but since more flight simming hardware is now available then more of our kind of simmer will go for it as opposed to high expenditure on PC capability. The simple sum is Alpha yoke $220 + Beta Throttle - $200 - pedals $ 200 + X Box $ 500 - Vs - $x000 for one video card / CPU Would these hardware moves specifically for a console - tempt Eagle to rewrite DSC for both consoles ? - I won't mention IL-2 I should live that long - and I do hope that I can take all my stuff into God's Waiting room when the time comes

As I forecast a few weeks ago - Honeycombe have released details of their new Hardware for the X Box Series X consisting of Flight stick - Throttle controls - and Pedals - which - seemingly - work with both PC and X Box Details are on FS Elite - but the photos are useless. The other good news is that the current Alpha Yoke and the new Bravo throttles can be used with the X Box using a special bought X Box Hub No word yet on the sim for X Box yet - but the release info shows that we will need to wait for the hardware into the middle of 2021 which will give this X boxer time to save up for what will be a large cash layout for all 3 - but when compared to a new PC - its chicken feed. However - I will be using the Alpha and the Bravo on my PC in the meantime - and get the hub when available.

Many congratulations -Old Chap- you are just 2 up on me. Here's hoping we both will still be around when MSXX - "WAKES" - up to AI vessels

How strange - yesterday I too took a similar OLC Africa flight - Cairo to Djbouti - Dassault FA 50 - O/Night - refueling - to continue today - to Nairobi via Addis Ababa -- and thence to South Africa. Next month's pension will buy the VC 10 - then I can replicate the BA London flights to Capetown and the EA flights on a similar route.

Good I use the same CPU and an 8GB vram as to the Baron - I was referring to your later pics of the smokey ones - that were brilliant in my colour blind - cataract - filled Eyes

Now that has got me interested - and I do agree TE has always been been better with XP - but somehow - I couldn't get XP to give a picture with 4K - but since I had to revert to HD (1080) for P3D and MSFS - that is no longer Important These shots were very good - 2 questions - what is the RAM of your video card - was that the standard Baron in XP

So disappointed with MSFS - and the move across to P3D V5 is not to my liking in the scenery front for low and slow - that I am actually contemplating reinstalling the new version of XP. I realize Vulcan etc are a performance upgrade - but how have the sceneries (Orbx TE) come through the change - and the same question with the aircraft - EG - I have the V flyte stable of A/C and the TE series

There is a very simple answer here - "Chalk and Cheese" Orbx TE is designed for P3D V4 - and does not port very well to V5 Fly - Low and Slow - this is what you get ------- at 30000 feet - it's not that bad Remember - V5 came out of the blue - little warning to everyone - and give us a NEW sim It is an Impossibility to Expect Orbx TE to work in a different environment i.e DX 11 ----- DX 12 without a hell of a lot of work by Orbx - and with MSFS now around can Anyone expect that they will - even if a TE series - upgrade - was Payware ??

Hi Macca just done the same - not too keen on the new sim - more bugs than on the windscreen - so I have installed V5 for the first time to have a look - Central has done all my Ozzie bits and Pieces just took a flight around home from GC and landed SPT 5 mins ago seems ok but the colouring seems off - and over sharpened ow the ell r u

Blimey - I thought I had been forgotten Sherlock - your deduction is correct - Gold Coast it is ! - well done!

Ed has been promising Brisbane with its 2 nd runway - so stand by for that --- hopefully - but will it count for a discount to owners of the current Personally - I havent seen what a mess - MS - have made with the Gold Coast A/P - but that would be on the shopping list

Ok Nick - Then please remove it I made the wrong assumption that the OCC was somewhat different to the Gen forum and little had been forthcoming from my peers - and I assure you that I had no intention of infringing any of your restrictions to the 2 topics.