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Re: VR headset users here?

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/c/virtual-reality-vr/226 Apologies I know that’s a competing site so we shouldn’t post it under the rules, but it’s where all the knowledge is. Another option? https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-reverb-g2-virtual-reality-headset An uncensored form of knowledge i...

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Re: VR headset users here?

Well Oculus has drawbacks: https://store.facebook.com/en-gb/help/quest/articles/accounts/facebook-accounts-on-meta-quest/ https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/28/22751297/meta-oculus-quest-need-facebook-account-login-password Farcebook account needed. Why? It’s a VR headset for goodness sake. If you hav...

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Re: VR headset users here?

Now I have FS2020 running I can see it supports VR and in use, the default view controls are a nuisance. VR would surely help.

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Re: VR headset users here?

I haven’t used them but would love to try it. Back in my old FSX days I used airliners (Concorde and 777-300ER mainly) and the swivelling the views around manually wasn’t very intuitive when trying to use systems like the INS and AFCS on Concorde. It made landing seem less natural. Also my computer ...

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Re: Computer for MSFS2020?

To tie this up - the end result was that I was able to crank the detail up in 4K resolution to the maximum at Heathrow airport and see 30fps. I have on the Windows side: Windows 10 for Workstations / Apple Bootcamp drivers Intel Xeon W3245 16 core 3.2ghz AMD Radeon Pro W6800X 32GB 48GB 2933mhz ECC R...

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Re: Best anti-virus option for windows now?

Thanks all for the prompt suggestions. :) I shall stick with the default. Microsoft Defender is actually not bad and probably enough for most folks. I would definitely layer that with browser extension such as Adblock Plus plus the use of a VPN particularly when away from home. Browser protection is...

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Re: Computer for MSFS2020?

I have got Flight Sim 2020 “installed”. However it takes another long time doing it’s updates upon start. :o Things were different in the old days. Windows 10 for Workstations is installed as well and seems to work perfectly. For the install you need to connect a screen via HDMI as the installer doe...

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Re: Best anti-virus option for windows now?

I usually use stuff like uBlock and PrivacyBadger as well in browsers as well.

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Re: Best anti-virus option for windows now?

Paid is okay. I'm only using Windows for minimal purposes - not email and not web browsing either.

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Best anti-virus option for windows now?

I tried searching for anti-virus but my search was hijacked by anti-abortion posts and replies. So which anti-virus/internet security is the generally regarded best bet now for use in Windows 10 or 11? I'm hearing BitDefender or Kaspersky (which I've used many years ago but would prefer to avoid now).

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Re: Computer for MSFS2020?

So if someone gets stuck with a mac with a T2 chip that refuses to install windows, this is one method to try: https://youtu.be/XskcSmb6nTM You have to disable the security otherwise you'll be blocked by the Apple security nannies. I'm doing it now. Be aware that if you want to copy the files from t...

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Re: Amtrak train hits dump truck and derails in Missouri

Level crossings will always be the bane of railways everywhere as the world will never run out of people who don't know how to safely drive across them. That said, relatively high speed passenger rail (60+ mph) should strive to eliminate unguarded/unsignaled crossings, or even level crossings altog...

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707 photo bug?

https://www.airliners.net/photo/Luxair/ ... 8C/6910047

That's an interesting looking "707-348C" at Tenerife in 2022.

Looks like a bug? Not sure how to go about reporting - last time I tried I got stuck with a captcha.

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Re: Any idea for a birthday gift? about aviation?

What about tags made from the skin of a retired plane? Those are interesting.

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Re: Computer for MSFS2020?

I got thwarted by Apple strict T2 security which doesn’t like NVME drives on PCI-E cards. I did disable it and will try one more thing. It could also be some setting I’m missing - the instructions I’m following are for older classic Mac Pro which should have a particular type of windowsv install oth...

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Re: Ready for a flying cruise ship?

BWIAirport wrote:
I wonder if it'll take off from those new circular runways

Or a conveyor belt?

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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-61960122

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Re: Ready for a flying cruise ship?

‘Thanks to nuclear energy, the hotel never runs out of fuel and can remain suspended in the air for several years without ever touching the ground,’ claims video https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/sky-cruise-flying-hotel-ai-nuclear-b2110050.html I, for one, look forward to the day...

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Re: Computer for MSFS2020?

Here it is: 48GB 2933mhz DDR4 ECC RAM, 3.2ghz 16 Core Xeon W3245 (only max 768GB ram!), Radeon Pro W6800X 32GB: https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-8ZqBQFC/0/da5526ae/X5/i-8ZqBQFC-X5.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-NsbNv85/0/2ec8078b/X5/i-NsbNv85-X5.jpg I figured you've all seen them with th...

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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

This looks pretty horrific. How is Moscow going to spin this at home? If not this, what exactly does Putin have to do for the West to get serious about this war: https://mobile.twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1541429159792197632 The heroic Russian peacekeepers were defending themselves against t...

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Re: Computer for MSFS2020?

You might be better off buying a high-end PC workstation that is Hackintosh compatible and going that route. You will certainly pay a HUGE hardware premium for a Mac Pro. It has already arrived yesterday. I’ve only ran it so far on MacOS 12.3 - but everything I have tried with it, the machine is cr...

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Re: Photos of landing surfaces

A heliport is slightly different to a helicopter landing ship which is a pretty big old thing. Sort of a mobile airport for helicopters. I’ve seen this ship in real life and it is quite big.

Will we be seeing lots of photos from you of these?

Just wondering…

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Re: Plane Seat

If you could zoom in on the fasten seat belt warning on the right it would be helpful. Or would that spoil the fun?

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Re: Finally “finished” my flight sim build…

If a build is ever really finished… HP Omni desktop (MSFS 2020) ASUS 54” monitor Real Sim Gear G1000 panels Logitech switch panel Turtle Beach Velocity One yoke/throttle quadrant Thrustmaster/Airbus side stick Logitech rudder pedals iPad/ForeFlight ONN headset / VATSIM I’m very happy with it thus f...

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Re: Computer for MSFS2020?

Thank you!

It looks like it will probably work. The people in the comments are using laptop computers or Mac Mini - this is the big workstation.

I haven’t tried windows 11 yet and that’s probably the tricky part, getting that installed. For the first time I’m moving to the modern era of Macs.

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Computer for MSFS2020?

My old computer died recently and a new one is ordered: Mac Pro 2019 Intel Xeon W3245 3.2ghz 16 core (max 4.4ghz turbo boost) 48GB 2933mhz ECC ram (will add more later) Radeon Pro W6800X 32GB 1TB SSD + 2x 1TB NVME LG 5K display 5120x2880 - already have this This wasn't intended for gaming (it's a re...

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Re: New defence pact AUUKUS

Guys, debate the topic not the person. No need for insults or personal attacks - you know the rules.

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Re: "In Denmark, middle class people can’t afford to drive a car"

I’m not lucky enough to live in Europe full time, but provided it isn’t pouring down (or snowing - I’ve been caught in snow once), I’d take riding a bike over a car any time. It’s more enjoyable and I’m not just sitting around getting unhealthy. Since I was badly injured (broken neck of femur) in Ma...

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Re: Looking for very rare Mercedes Benz part: Glock Box

Do you have the rough dimensions? Is it going to be used as it was meant to be - a storage box, or are you more interested in preserving the originality of the car/part? If it is the former, and you have exhausted all avenues, another option worth trying is to get a company to 3D print it for you (...

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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

... 2) Spain has been considering transferring to Ukraine its Leopard tanks currently in storage. Besides the fact that some heavy maintenance would be required before transferring the tanks, Germany has already poured some ice water on this idea. The Visegrád 24 Twitter news outlet tweeted: "...

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Re: Looking for very rare Mercedes Benz part: Glock Box

889091 wrote:
..forgot to add. W124. The Bulldog. The last of the Mercedes built like a tank! Nice car!

W140/C140 was the last IMO. Very over engineered.

Even the interior rear view mirror was electric adjusted, the whole thing was like a bank vault. The 12 was one of the great Merc engines as well.

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Re: Looking for very rare Mercedes Benz part: Glock Box

https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/classi ... t-enquiry/

[email protected]

That’s the right contact.

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Re: Photo(s) that made you go WOW!

Holy helicopters batman! So many of them currently uploaded by this photographer, but I'll give these three my choice:

Hard to choose between them all.

Also has this great photo:

And one last one, because of the beautiful light and colours:

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Re: Looking for very rare Mercedes Benz part: Glock Box

[twoid][/twoid] Very few USS states allowed handgun carry in a car 35+ years ago so having that as an option seems strange. It is just a general storage box that got christened "Glock Box" popularly. It was never marketed as such. It´s just to store your sunglasses, small road map or your ...

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Re: Looking for very rare Mercedes Benz part: Glock Box

Hi, so Mercedes brought out an item aimed at the US market back in the 80`s / 90`s: it was a so-called "Glock Box". It`s a plastic roller bin that fits under the driver or co-pilot seat of any W124 model that Mercedes ever produced. The idea is to store your Glock there, I guess.....but m...

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Re: Signs of cloning warning mail received

Hello to everyone, I recently received a warning email (from a no-reply mail account) due to a reportedly clone editing on one of my photos. Need to clarify this by mail or something, I checked the jpg and the RAW file and I couldn't find any cloning edition on the LV-GCK photo (rejected today) nor...

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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

https://mobile.twitter.com/OstapYarysh/status/1534926057136181250 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/10/putin-compares-himself-to-peter-the-great-in-quest-to-take-back-russian-lands Wow. I'm slowly starting to realize that this guy can't be reasoned with. I just don't know how this is all g...

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Re: The BA World Images that never were...

Those were beautiful. Shame that Mrs Thatcher happened to them… :( They were very recognisable as British Airways. Everyone else hand bland corporate schemes while BA, you’d look to see what scheme it had on the tail. The Italy scheme if real is great. Maybe one day they could revive a few in the in...

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Re: Possible mass shooting thread in non-av

We have two Ukraine topics, a discussion one and a news topic. Would that model work for USA mass shootings?

That's also a subject where many people have died or been hurt. It's up to the powers that be.

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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/ho ... 500d48f9e3

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Re: Image taken from airliners and used on LinkedIn without permission

Have you contacted LinkedIn (it's not clear from your post): https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/60540/notices-regarding-content-posted-on-the-linkedin-website?lang=en https://diginomica.com/a-den-of-thieves-linkedins-copyright-infringement-handling-is-abysmal This is one of those reasons ...

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Re: United's supersonic purchase... one year hence

...... https://mainlymiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/G-BOAD-Steve-Fitzgerald.jpg https://mainlymiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SIA-Concorde-Sticker-Small.jpg Question, what colour scheme was the other side of it? And which airline did the pilots come from... Then you will have your answer...

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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

[twoid][/twoid] One of Putins propaganda idiots is threatening nuclear war: https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/vladimir-putin-warns-of-escalation-if-us-europe-continues-to-supply-ukraine-military-with-arms/news-story/43ec46ae94c0cab7e53d288e89e76216 Vladimir Solovyov - stop being a spineless cowar...

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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

One of Putins propaganda idiots is threatening nuclear war: https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/vladimir-putin-warns-of-escalation-if-us-europe-continues-to-supply-ukraine-military-with-arms/news-story/43ec46ae94c0cab7e53d288e89e76216 Vladimir Solovyov - stop being a spineless coward and actually g...

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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

https://nypost.com/2022/06/03/biden-says-ukraine-might-have-to-give-russia-land/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow I've been saying this since before the war started, but Ukraine is going to have to give Russia something to end this nightmare. I just can't ...

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Re: Screeners not replying to mail

I think I read on the site related forum that some of the site email addresses were having problems with email not getting through.

Maybe that could be the case here.

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Re: United's supersonic purchase... one year hence

plus at least another 100 people with experience in supersonic commercial airliner operations (and they better hurry up, because those people are not getting any younger). I'm not sure that that , if ever a goal, would've been any more realistic than the rest of this. ...take B.A.C.E. for example: ...

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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

https://nypost.com/2022/06/03/biden-says-ukraine-might-have-to-give-russia-land/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow I've been saying this since before the war started, but Ukraine is going to have to give Russia something to end this nightmare. I just can't ...

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Re: Have quality standards changed on here recently?

I can see the motive for that one, the flowers on the plane and the flowers on the tree.

If it was just a regular plane in a regular colour scheme then certainly this motive wouldn't be justified.

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Re: OH GOP Passes Bill Mandating Children Genital Inspection for 'Suspicious' Athletes

Ah yes, transgender athletes... The new GOP boogeyman that is definitely slowly destroying American society and not at all a distraction from the other issues they'd rather we didn't think about too hard. Sounds like the latest thing to try and scare people to vote for them. Sigh… Politicians here ...

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