Flying the O-2A Cessna Skymaster in FSX

Flying the O-2A Cessna Skymaster in FSX with TrackIR5. Flying around Oahu, Hawaii and landing at Wheeler Field. Back in the 1970's, O-2A Cessna Skymasters were stationed at Wheeler.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• TrackIR
• FSX
• Flight Simulator
• Cessna
• O-2
• military
• simulator
• aircraft
• airplane

[Twolife]

Cool video, if you cycle thru your cockpit "A" button, until you return to the vc cockpit, all your gauges will work. I love flying the O-2A, low over the jungle!

[DJsStratoArt]

@Twolife I do too!

[JetRabbit68]

DJsStratoArt thanks for you kind comments and assistance. I downloaded a new installation file from FSD. With User Accounts Control off I installed it by right-clicking on the file and selecting Run as Administrator. Then before selecting it in FSX I turned off FX10 preview. These were all recommendations from various forums. I don't know which ones were necessary--but it runs great now. Thanks again.

[DJsStratoArt]

@JetRabbit68 you are very welcome! So glad you found that fix, I need to do that too.

[DJsStratoArt]

@JetRabbit68 if you ever get the chance you should look into getting the TrackIR head tracking system, well worth it!

[JetRabbit68]

I'm very impressed with your video. I flew the O-2A in the Vietnam war and now I have the FSX model from FSD International but I have not tried to fly it since mid 2009 because it crashed my Vista64 computer three times. What is the source for your FSX model and what operating system do you run it on?

[DJsStratoArt]

@JetRabbit68 I fly on a average gaming system with 4 GB RAM, Windows 7 64 bit machine. Nothing too special, but FSX runs very smooth on it.

[JetRabbit68]

I have TrackIR and agree that it is well worth it. Another great product is Matrox TripleHead2Go. I have three 19 inch monitors connected and it really enhances the realism.

[DJsStratoArt]

@JetRabbit68 and JetRabbit - THANK YOU!! for putting your life on the line flying these aircraft, thank you for your service! I was a crewchief on KC-135 aircraft at Altus AFB and Fairchild AFB in the late 1990s.

[DJsStratoArt]

@JetRabbit68 Thank you. The aircraft is FSD's O-2A and Cessna 337 - a good model. My father worked on these while we were stationed at Wheeler Field in the 1970's. He was an avionics technician on them. You can find the plane at fsd-international dot [com]