Skalarki and FSL A21N

[Paul Smith]

Hi All:

A year after getting back into Flight Simming, and going down the WinWing / Rowsfire etc route, i find myself wanting more for my in-home immersion. To that end, I've reached out to Skalarki and I'll hopefully be buying the Single Person Ped, MIP, and possibly the overhead soon, With the sidestick etc to follow as and when I can afford them.

My current plan is to add the following to my system:

3 x 55" OLED Monitors for the Forward Views

1 x 5.1 Surround System

1 x Flight Sounds Dual Pro (or maybe a single for now) GA Audio Interface

1 x Bose Proflight2 Headset

I've also got a good lead on an A320 Captains Seat that will hopefully work out, but not holding my breath on that one!

Anyway - I'm writing here as I have a few (million) questions and I know that a good few FSL Users and Testers have similar setups. I feel like I've pestered Skalarki's team to the point of annoyance on the options etc for purchase, but what I'm really looking for are end-user thoughts, opinions, pitfalls, and challenges... So some questions if I may?

1. Forward Views

How do you set yourself up with these so that your vision is accurate for the forward view? 
Can you get rid of the VC? 
Does getting rid of the VC improve performance?

2. PFD / ND / ECAM

Does the Skalarki Software handle the positioning of the ND / PFD / ECAM Screens for you or do you still resort to PopOutManager?

If you have gotten rid of the VC for the Forward Views, how does this work?

3. Sound

There's no doubt in my mind that moving to a surround system will be a bonus, but do any of you have any points or pitfalls to suggest that i look out for?

Does anyone use any of the Flight Sounds kit? I'm MSFS2024 and Say Intentions, do the Volume Controls, etc work well with the Skalarki Hardware and SI, etc?

Re-routing Comms output to say the Internal Speaker - Do you add a speaker - Is switching over to that doable with the Skalarki kit / MSFS?
 

Lastly, as I said, I'm looking for end-user thoughts and opinions here and things to beware of, so by all means, even if it's not necessarily relevant to my questions above, I'm all ears!
 

My goal is that I get as much as possible functional before the Skalarki kit arrives so that I can install it, and set it up with the minimum of fuss and faff. 

Thank you all so much in advance for any assistance that you can offer.

Best

Smiffy

[Fabian Schankin]

Hi Paul,

have a look here, that should answer some questions.

Can you get rid of the VC? no

Does getting rid of the VC improve performance? I suggest you use Cabin Lite option in control center

Does the Skalarki Software handle the positioning of the ND / PFD / ECAM Screens for you or do you still resort to PopOutManager? Either FSLabs Hardwar Interface https://forums.flightsimlabs.com/files/category/120-hardware-interface-for-msfs/ which you will need  which yo will need if using Skalarki or popout manager

If you have gotten rid of the VC for the Forward Views, how does this work? Have a look in th esetup guide, there is a link to a thread where this is explained

Sounds can be adjusted in MCDU options, page 3/3, sounds

 

I hope this helps

Fabian

[Paul Smith]

Much appreciated Fabian! I’ll take a read. Thank you!