Episodes
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Three Grumpy Simmers - EP25 - Essential Addons and Advice
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Those Three Simmers of bad dispositions have returned for another year of Grumpiness!
To celebrate the new year, and the many new faces and gamertags that will be joining us in virtual skies, we delve deeply into a question that we all see A LOT, and one that we feel we as a community need a better answer to.
So, here are your Three Grumpy Simmers talking about the Essential Addons* and Advice for veteran simmers and newbies alike!
*no addons were harmed nor endorsed in the making of this video
Don't forget to head over to Helisimmer's Channel for a weekly wrap of all news helicopter and BelGeode's Channel for some great fantastic adventures.
Enjoy our diatribe? Do you find our discussions informative? Do you want advance access to the next episode? Consider supporting The Three Grumpy Simmers and Novawing24 on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/novawing24
Video available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Y3yKOcdFkjQ
We can be found at https://www.threegrumpysimmers.com/
Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?
Tristan "Novawing24" Ayton is a highly opinionated YouTube content creator with a focus on the Simulation genre. Believing that giving back to the community is important, he provides open and honest commentary and feedback on developments in the simulation genre. He has also tried his hand at texture design, with content available at his website and at the AVSIM Library, as well as writing for numerous websites. When not simming he can be found training or competing in Obstacle Course Racing or Triathlon events around the world.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/novawing24
Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/
Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer
Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/
Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986 and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/novawing24
Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/
Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer
Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/
Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986 and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode
Saturday Dec 07, 2019
Three Grumpy Simmers - EP023 - Best Simulation Moments of 2019 and Yuletide Giveaway
Saturday Dec 07, 2019
Saturday Dec 07, 2019
Those Three (not-so) Grumpy Simmers are back to do some navel felt gazing and reflect on quite a rollercoaster of a year for the simulation genre.
They also get to play St Nick and they are getting ready to give away some cool prize packs!
Head over to https://tinyurl.com/3GS-yuletide-giveaway-2019 and fill out what your Best Simulation Moment of 2019 was and what you are Looking Forward to Most in 2020.
Each of us will pick our favourite entry and they will win one of three awesome prize packs that are up for grabs from our friends at Nimbua, VSKYLabs, XTrident, XRotors, Dreamfoil and Just Flight.
Prize Pack 1:
Nimbus Huey and XRotors AW139
Prize Pack 2:
Xtrident Bell 412 and one of the VSKYLABS helicopter range
Prize Pack 3:
Dreamfoil Bell 407 and one of the Just Flight GA aircraft range
Competition opens from 0000Z 8th December 2019 and closes at 2359Z on 13th December 2019.
Terms and Conditions for the competition can be found at https://novawing24.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Three-Grumpy-Simmers-Yuletide-Giveaway-2019-Terms-And-Conditions.pdf
Don't forget to head over to Helisimmer's Channel for a weekly wrap of all news helicopter and BelGeode's Channel for some great fantastic adventures.
Want advance access to the next episode? Support The Three Grumpy Simmers and Novawing24 on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/novawing24
Video also available on YouTube
We can be found at https://www.threegrumpysimmers.com/
Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?
Tristan "Novawing24" Ayton is a highly opinionated YouTube content creator with a focus on the Simulation genre. Believing that giving back to the community is important, he provides open and honest commentary and feedback on developments in the simulation genre. He has also tried his hand at texture design, with content available at his website and at the AVSIM Library, as well as writing for numerous websites. When not simming he can be found training or competing in Obstacle Course Racing or Triathlon events around the world.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/novawing24
Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/
Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer
Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/
Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986 and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Three Grumpy Simmers - EP022 - Microsoft Flight Simulator
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Want advance access to the next episode? Support The Three Grumpy Simmers and Novawing24 on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/novawing24
Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/novawing24
Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/
Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer
Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/
Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986, and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Three Grumpy Simmers - EP21 - Community Productions
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/novawing24
Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/
Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer
Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/
Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986, and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Three Grumpy Simmers - EP20 - More Microsoft Flight Simulator
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Want advance access to the next episode? Support The Three Grumpy Simmers and Novawing24 on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/novawing24
Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/novawing24
Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/
Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer
Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/
Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986, and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Three Grumpy Simmers - EP19 - Microsoft Did What Now? Just The Facts!
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Podcast also available on Podbean
Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/novawing24
Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/
Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer
Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/
Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986, and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Three Grumpy Simmers - EP18 - FSExpo Wrap Up!
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Cats Fly Helicopters - https://store.steampowered.com/app/736910/Cats_Fly_Helicopters/
Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/novawing24
Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/
Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer
Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/
Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986, and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode
Monday May 20, 2019
Three Grumpy Simmers - EP17 - The Virtual Reality Revolution
Monday May 20, 2019
Monday May 20, 2019
HTC Vive https://www.vive.com/
Valve Index https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/index
Pimax https://pimaxvr.com/
Microsoft Hololens https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens
Nvidia GeForce https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/
AMD Radeon https://www.amd.com/en/graphics/radeon-rx-graphics
Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/novawing24
Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/
Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer
Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/
Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986, and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Three Grumpy Simmers - EP16 - Of Kickstarters and Developers
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Your favourite cantankerous trio of simmers are back and at least one is grumpy as hell.
In the wake of the announcement by Military Visualizations of their intention to use Kickstarter to fund the port of their upcoming ATR72 to X-Plane 11 from ESP.
Together we look over the motivations and the impact that this new development could have on the community as well as delving in detail to the project itself.
Links that you may find of use to allow you to make your own decisions:
MilViz Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atr72/atr-72-600-addon-for-x-plane11/description
FSElite News Story on the launching of the Kickstarter - https://fselite.net/news/milviz-looking-to-use-kickstarter-to-fund-atr-72-x-plane-development/
FSElite News Story on the announcement of the price of the ATR - https://fselite.net/news/milviz-reveal-proposed-p3d-atr-price/
Novawing24's OpEd on the situation - https://novawing24.com/2019/03/ned-kellys-not-dead-yet/
MilViz response negative commentary on the Kickstarter - https://www.facebook.com/Milviz/photos/a.274798289231220/2255057017871994/?type=3
Podcast also available on Podbean
We can be found at https://www.threegrumpysimmers.com/
Who are the Three Grumpy Simmers?
Tristan "Novawing24" Ayton is a highly opinionated YouTube content creator with a focus on the Simulation genre. Believeing that giving back to the community is important, he provides open and honest commentary and feedback on developments in the simulation genre. He has also tried his hand at texture design, with content available at his website and at the AVSIM Library, as well as writing for numerous websites. When not simming he can be found training or competing in Obstacle Course Racing or Triathlon events around the world.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/novawing24
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/novawing24
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/
Find me on the web - http://www.novawing24.com/
Sérgio has been a flight simulation enthusiast for nearly 20 years. His passion with helicopters developed during MSFS 2000 when he discovered the complexity of these aircraft and the challenge it was to control them. Since then he has been primarily a helicopter flight simmer, trying his best not to crash and kill all his virtual passengers. Sérgio is HeliSimmer.com's editor and writer.
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Helisimmer
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Helisimmer
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/Helisimmer
Find me on the web - https://www.helisimmer.com/
Drew "Bel Geode" Bolton has been a flight simulation enthusiast since 1986, and has been an active member of the community since 2005. A former virtual airline CEO, Bel has embraced many aspects of flight simulation, and understands how to connect with the community at large, through his YouTube
channel, and various collaborations with fellow simmers. Bel Geode can be found often in FSX in his F-14 Tomcat "Valkyrie", in X-Plane in one of his many helicopters, or in DCS World in anything he can get his hands on, to make targets go "Boomflowah"!
Find me on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/BelGeode2015
Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BelGeode
Watch me on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/BelGeode