Hi,
Very excitedly awaiting my new Alienware computer and HP reverb vr headset to get my DCS career going. I’m a U.S. based Airbus 321 Captain, been flying planes since I was 18. My primary goal was to fly fighters. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out as planned. I first started on PC based flight simulators F15E Strike Eagle and F19 Stealth fighter both by Microprose, later moving on to Falcon 4.0. I had one of the first Thrustmaster Hotas setups back in the day. Lol
Anyhow, as flying became a job I lost interest in it being a hobby, especially when technology just wasn’t even comparable to what the real experience is. I believe now with VR the technology can simulate some of what was missing.
I have already been watching many You tube vtutorial videos and reading manuals on both the F16 and F18. I’m going to have to choose one for the start. Any suggestions? Also is it smart maybe to get tracker 5 to start so as to read checklists while learning startup procedures?
I purchased the Ch flight stick/hotas throttle, rudder pedals, Open wheeler 2 chair with fighter jet add ons, Hp reverb vr, and Alienware Aurora R9 with
Intel Core 9th Generation I7-9700K Processor (8 Core, Overclocked Up To 4.60GHz On All Cores, 12MB Cache, 95W)
1TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Class 40 Solid State Drive
16GB (2x8GB) 2933MHz DDR4 HyperX FURY XMP Dual Channel
Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) And Bluetooth 5.0
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB GDDR6 (OC Ready)
Windows 10 Home.
You guys seem like a great group of helpful peeps and any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated. I know I’m due for some headaches getting everything setup but hey isn’t that what BEER is for ?
Cheers,
C Mooradian