Your Ultimate Flight Simulation Master
If you are a Microsoft Flight Simulator enthusiast you have arrived at the golden gates for obtaining what could be considered as the largest holy grail of flight simulation resources for Flight Simulator 2004 or Flight Simulator X. This one technical manual completely reveals the entire world of advanced flight simulation for both the novice or advanced pilot. Its primary focus is creating an advanced flight sim computer platform for you...the home user. This scope includes the many, many software / hardware relationships between your sim, your PC and you. It contains a vast amount of knowledge necessary for tweaking and adjusting all the files you never even knew existed or could be modified to give you a better flight sim experience!
The UGTAFS is over 260 pages of the best answers, explanations, and tutorials that all provide in depth details on how you too can create a very professional flight simulator environment in your own home exactly as I have.
This manual is a culmination of over 10 years of daily experience with Microsoft Flight Simulator and all the files, folders, and tweakable parameters that lay inside it and your PC. In all cases I have combined this key knowledge into one professionally written manual with easy to understand concepts and countless upon countless "how to" tutorials. All the answers you need are right here!
This manual literally contains thousands upon thousands of tools, tips, and shortcuts that will keep you flying high in the virtual skies for the rest of your flight simulation days! It really is that good and contains every last detail you could even hope to ask for in order to create a professional home based flight simulator environment. It is certainly the best resource you will find for how to build a professional "sim pit" PC. As you may already know to do so means first mastering the interworkings of the sim software as well as mastering your PC so you can take all other areas of your sim to the next flight level!
While other well known sim manuals may teach you how to fly or how to use your sim for real world training, or perhaps teach you how to actually build a physical sim pit complete with wiring diagrams and the like, the UGTAFS is actually a very needed precursor to those other manuals because it starts on the ground floor with teaching you how to master your PC, the simulator software itself, and all the editable code files within the sim. Only once all this "sim-core" knowledge is mastered should you then look at actually buidling a realistic sim pit ...and if you are ready for that, well...I have that too! Secondly even while learning how to fly with any sim the UGTAFS quickly helps you resolve all the many, many issues that are common to flight simulator software and hardware.
The UGTAFS covers the complete and most cruical "lock and key" computer side of flight simulation and within this journey it details how to turn your own PC into an amazing virtual flying machine which will result in freeing you from the limitations of the default flight sim experience. While my XS-1 sim station allows you to feel the rewards of all your new knowlegde the UGTAFS teaches you all this knowledge.
In short, the Ultimate Guide To Advanced Flight Simulation contains over 260 pages (over 90% all text) that vastly detail all of the practical intracacies of how you can manipulate the sim to create a professional home sim pit. It starts by detailing how to build the best PC for flight simulation which most importantly details how to employ the use of RAID as well as how to properly format a hard drive for specific simulator use. Other chapters detail how to configure all aspects of controller hardware as well as how to choose the best add-on software and hardware. In all chapters it routinely explains why many choices are better than others. The manual also details how to properly install and configure new add-on aircraft and instrument panels as well gives great tutorials on professional aircraft instrument panel construction which includes many tips, tweaks, tools, and shortcuts that I use each week for panel building creations some of which can be seen on this website.
In every manner imaginable the UGTAFS reveals how to manipulate the aircraft config file, the panel config file, and how to tweak the master config file. You will learn how to properly add in new aircraft, panels, sound files, effects, textures, and many other great features all in step-by-step detail. While similar tutorials are scattered across the internet I guarantee that none are as detailed as this nor are they all in one convenient location! The UGTAFS is the ultimate reference guide for all your flight simulator needs.
For those pilots who want to add more monitors and perhaps want to network other PC's for use with FS there is a large chapter on multi-monitor flight simulation which specifically details the absolute best ways to accomplish this task and includes detailed instructions on PC to PC networking for FS. With this knowledge you can create a 180 degree panoramic view environment in your home that will rival many professional flight training centers! Other chapters detail how to properly set up and lock down your router as well how to open and close ports for joining or creating your own multi-player sessions.
To top it off the last chapter is a true "aces high" military salute for recreating aircraft carrier operations. It details how you can make any aircraft in your hangar ready for carrier operations as well how to make it very realistic. Not only do I guide you to all the freeware to make it happen I also give you step-by-step instructions on how to get it all done! I really love practicing aircraft carrier landings and you will too!
For those pilots who want to enjoy realistic flight training in online environments such as VATSIM or IVAO I have included three great chapters which detail every single checklist on how to get airborn in cyber airspace. No detail has been missed and I will have you flying like a pro in a single afternoon! I have even included a chapter on advanced flight planning which details how to create and use advanced IFR flight plans just like you would in the real world. It shows you how to create flight plans as well as how to make sure your simulator can digest all the many, many waypoints, navaids, and intersections not included in the default simulator installation!
Whether you are young or old and are of low hours or many hours, this highly detailed Flight Sim tech manual is an absoulte must have tool for sim pilots of any proficiency level. It is designed for anyone who wants to take their home flight sim training to a brand new level of professionalism and realism.
Even for all the old salts and most experienced "simulists" I guarantee that this manual will completely fill in the final gaps of sim knowledge that you've always been looking for!!!
Whether this is your hobby or if you are a real world pilot who wants to step up your home training by creating a professional flight simulator ...look no further!
OVER 260 PAGES OF TEXT !
CHAPTER INDEX
-- CHAPTER 1 - SIM COMPUTER BUILDING 22 pages
-- CHAPTER 2 - SIM SOFTWARE OPTIMIZATION 18 pages
-- CHAPTER 3 - SIM CONTROLLER HARDWARE SET-UP 24 pages
-- CHAPTER 4 - SIM PC MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING 14 pages
-- CHAPTER 5 - SIM TWEAKING AND TUNING 30 pages
-- CHAPTER 6 - MULTI-MONITOR SIMULATION 16 pages
-- CHAPTER 7 - ADVANCED INTERNET CONFIGURING 12 pages
-- CHAPTER 8 - AVIATION SIMULATION CYBERSPACE 14 pages
-- CHAPTER 9 - FS-INN AND VATSIM USEAGE 14 pages
-- CHAPTER 10 - ADVANCED FS FLIGHT PLANNING 12 pages
-- CHAPTER 11 - VFR-IFR SIM ATC COMMUNICATION 6 pages
-- CHAPTER 12 - INSTALLING ADD-ON SOFTWARE 14 pages
-- CHAPTER 13 - AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION FILES 14 pages
-- CHAPTER 14 - PANEL FILES & COCKPIT DESIGN 36 pages
-- CHAPTER 15 - AIRCRAFT COMBAT SIMULATION 14 pages
-- APPENDIX A - FS9 KEY COMMANDS 3 pages
-- APPENDIX B - FSX KEY COMMANDS 2 pages
The UGTAFS manual is printed on 24lb paper with a high end laser jet printer. It includes thick durable plastic covers on the front and back and has a 1" inch metal coil binder. All photos are in color. No expense has been spared in the manufacturing of this product! For all those samurai pilots who want to create a realistic environment for real world training this manual is simply a must have tool.
IT IS BUILT TO LAST !
Is This Manual Available In PDF ?
In short, NO....sorry.-- After having spent years researching, refining, and developing this product, the last thing I will stand for is having an untraceable thief feel the need to freely distribute my hard work all over the internet as is the case with alot of great software and .pdf files these days. So while nothing is sacred in this world anymore (except flying) ...at least I can make things more difficult to copy! Therefore you will get a printed and bound book just like all the ones that have been made long before the internet ever existed ! Sorry..but for now it just has to be this way! Im currently looking at getting this published in seven languages too!
DON'T FORGET -- THE GLOBETREKKER GT-1000 ADVENTURE FLIGHT PLANNER IS ABSOLUTELY FREE WITH EVERY PURCHASE AND IS SENT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR PAYMENT. SO BUY SOMETHING! ...THIS DEAL IS SERIOUSLY TOO GOOD TO PASS UP!
ULTIMATE GUIDE TO ADVANCED FLIGHT SIMULATION
"UGTAFS"
If you are ready to take your flight simulation experience to the next level and want to learn all the practical applications of how to properly build, install, configure, control, and manipulate all the open ended architechture that is available for tweaking within Microsoft Flight Simulator then the SimSamurai UGTAFS manual is the place to begin. This one technical manual truly unlocks all the keys that you want to learn about advanced flight simulation. While it is written with the beginner in mind, all experienced sim pilots will quickly find that it fills in the final gaps of knowledge for sim mastery. If you really enjoy flight simulation and want to take your home training to a professional level then this book is where it all begins!
This unique "Sim-Tech" manual is a culmination of my 10 years of daily experience with Microsoft Flight Simulator and more importantly key experience with tweaking and tuning all of the settings and config files within the sim that are available for editing by the home consumer. As you may know (or may not know) you can do alot with Microsoft Flight Simulator just as you can see in the many pictures and videos on this website. It took me many, many years to learn all this knowledge as there is a vast multitude of hurdles, checklists, and challenges you must overcome in order to create a professional looking, and more importantly a professionally operating, flight simulator.
Even on the best days there can still be many small problems you will encounter when using an advanced flight simulator. In knowing that there was no concise, nor precise, manual that explains everything I always wanted to know is exactly why I set out to write the Ultimate Guide to Advanced Flight Simulation. As a real world pilot, advanced flight sim enthusiast, and professional techincal writer, I felt I had three unique skills that could help alot of other people take their own home flight sim experience to a much greater level just as I have. While there are a few other flight sim manuals on the market that specifically teach you how to use your sim for flight training, or perhaps those that teach you how to build physical buttons and switches to wire up a "Level D" type simulator, the SimSamurai UGTAFS manual is in fact the precursor to all other sim manuals on the market today. This is because it starts you out on the ground floor with all the core basics of the simulator itself and its interactions with the Personal Computer. Secondly it details how to properly use all the best add-on resources available. All this core knowledge certainly has to be known and understood in great detail well before you can take any other steps in building an advanced flight sim. As needed it will also steer you into those other areas too as I provide many links to the absolute best resources for flight sim 9 or FSX.
In a sense the UGTAFS is a "C-P-O-H"..or "Computer Pilots Operating Handbook."
Hands On Flying
Most importantly this manual does not explain abstract concepts that you do not need to know nor does it explore any details that you will not use. Instead it is totally meant to be a true "hands on" practical knowledge guide that helps you to tackle all the many, many subjects necessary for creating a very professional home flight simulator environment or as many call it ..a "sim-pit". Again, its main focus is intended for all you sim pilots who want to create a very realistic flight training environment at home.
I can guarantee that this manual puts any old default FS strategy guide to bitter shame and could easily be considered to be the ultimate bible for flight sim enthusiasts. If you want to know how to build the most optimal PC for your flight sim, and want to know how to correctly configure all the lastest hardware for FS, as well want to know how to tweak and edit all the config code files in the sim, including cockpit panel design, and want to learn how to properly operate in environments like VATSIM or IVAO then the SimSamurai UGTAFS is simply a must have item. It is truly the greatest key for unlocking the huge and vast world of advanced flight simulation. Once you learn all of its content you will start feeling like you are an aerospace engineer! After writing the UGTAFS I learned more about the sim and my PC than I ever could have imagined!
Time Waits for No One ...even You!
Why spend countless upon countless hours, if not days or even weeks, trying to hunt down all the questions you want answered in a countless number of forums! Wouldn't it be so much easier to have at least 95% of all of your flight simulation questions answered in one convenient place? The UGTAFS will in fact answer many many questions you didn't even know you should be asking! The reality of forums is that while they can indeed be helpful, their content is also scattered across thousands of threads many of which are often old and out of date and all to often have tons of one sentence answers from either people who know too much and don't know how to explain things the way they should be, or there are countless upon countless "guess" answers from the thousands upon thousands of members of the "peanut gallery". This endless habit of forum hunting for my own countless questions was a huge reason, if not the reason why I created the UGTAFS.
My endless frustration with flight sim forums quickly steered me to the realization that the ultimate flight simulator manual for the average home user needed to be written.
For all the many, many "sim-core" answers I was looking for I began to see that forums were a common headache that would all too often become a goose chase which would end in results of old, incorrect, or incomplete answers. Therefore the Sim Samurai Ultimate Guide To Advanced Flight Simulation was born.
In fact in every case I have most likely taken tutorials that would be explained on 100 forum pages and extracted the most useful data down to just a few pages of the most important facts. Thus the data contained in the 260 page UGTAFS would be like hunting through well over 2600 pages of forum posts! So...really...why waste your time with countless and tiresome web searches or endless time waiting for emails to be answered when all answers (or hopefully 99.5 % of them) are right here in one convenient book!
So sim fans,I think we can all agree that time is indeed money. You can save yourself from alot of wasted time and wasted money by purchasing the UGTAFS today. It will steer you straight onto all the courses you should be on if you are ready to take a bigger step into advanced flight simulation. My path can become your path.
I have spent the past two years making sure all of its content is very worthwhile, practical, professional, and that all subjects are fully explained in a manner that even a dummy like me can easily understand! (and that IS often hard to do!) This is because another common problem I have encountered over the years with "elite" members of the sim community is that while many are brilliant geniuses, some folks just don't know how to put concepts and instructions into laymen's terms. Well .... I do! Thus each subject in the UGTAFS is carefully explained in clear detail so that all people can make sense of even the most hard to grasp concepts.
IF YOU BUY ONE THING TO IMPROVE YOUR FLIGHT SIMULATION EXPERIENCE THE
SIM SAMURAI ULTIMATE GUIDE TO ADVANCED FLIGHT SIMULATION SHOULD BE IT.
Again, this manual is an extensive culmination of my own 10 years of experience with Microsoft Flight Simulator and the real world of aviation too. I understand where they meet, separate, and often marry. I stand by the UGTAFS and guarantee its answers will stand the test of time! ( until I write the revision for FS-11 ...IF we ever see it!)
UGTAFS ...Under A Microscope
In writing this manual I also knew that it would be scrutinized and picked over by many top elite members of the flight simulator community. In knowing this I certainly put in alot of extra time and energy to make sure that my subject data was correct and the most up to date for both sim versions (FS9 and FSX). Furthermore once the new Windows 7 came on the market I quickly bought it, installed it, and made sure I added many specific entries that accomdate the newest Microsoft operating system. Vista and XP (both x32 and x64 are also covered and have many specific tips for each operating system)
The UGTAFS will Save You Alot of Money in Flight Simulation!
I want to point out that this manual will in fact save you thousands of dollars as there are countless references that point you to the absolute best freeware resources for your simulator. The UGTAFS contains countless new "off the map" websites which contain the best high resolution scenery at no cost to you.
I also detail what are perhaps the best resources available for flight simulation hardware. This even includes tutorials on picking, choosing, and even building your own flight simulation hardware just as I have done.
I also detail what I feel are the absolute best freeware aircraft available for both sim versions. You will most likely never find these resources without many of these included links as some "pro developers" dont advertise their wares, yet they are available! This key information alone is worth the cost of purchase of the book. I include a ton of references and links to all of the absolute best of the best freeware (and payware) that will help you create a professional home flight simulator environment in your home just as I have.
Chief ...Where's The Beef !
Don't forget that as a "tech manual" the UGTAFS fully explains in step-by-step detail how to edit, manipulate, and modify ALL of the code parameters within the Aircraft config file, the Panel config file, as well as the Master config file itself. All of this information is a very, very big part you must learn and master before you can build a professional flight simulator platform. Only with this information in hand can you actually begin to unleash the restraints of the default (and often bland) flight sim experience. Know that the UGTAFS was written with the goal of absolute flight sim perfection in mind!
Your Flight Leaves Now !
Since the FS series has been indefinitely suspended there is no better time than now to dig in and learn all there is to know for Flight Simulator 2004 (FS9) or Flight Simulator X (FSX)
(when and if the next edition ever comes out ... I'll make updates for it too!)
So get in, sit down, and buckle up! Become the Sim Samurai you know you want to be!
All of your most simple questions as well most advanced questions regarding Microsoft Flight Sim 2004 and FSX will all be answered with this one professional reference manual.
THE SIM SAMURAI ULTIMATE GUIDE TO ADVANCED FLIGHT SIMULATION CAN BE PURCHASED FOR ONLY $25.00 USD! AT A WHOPPING 260 PAGES THIS FLIGHT SIMULATION TECH MANUAL COSTS LESS THAN 1 CENT PER PAGE - WOW!!!!
GET YOURS NOW AND START FLYING THE WAY YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!
LASTLY, DO NOT FORGET THAT THE AMAZING GLOBETREKKER GT-1000 IS ALSO INCLUDED ABSOLUTELY FREE WITH EVERY SIM-SAMURAI PURCHASE AND I ALSO DISCOUNT 10% FOR SINGLE INVOICE PURCHASES OVER $50.00 !
THIS IS A GREAT DEAL !
