Kip on the Ground
Couch Captains VA
You may be familiar with the title of "armchair captain", but we fly in comfort as Couch Captains (virtual airline code "CCX").
We have custom liveries available to download whether or not you participate in our virtual airline on NewSky or OnAir Company, which is open to everyone!
Liveries made by Chase, Averest, and Manny
PC and Gear
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PC Build
Audio Gear & Software
Interface: Rodecaster Duo
Mic: ElectroVoice RE-27 on a mic stand with a counterweight
Headphones: Drop + Sennheiser HD-6XX
Editing: DaVinci Resolve
Graphics: Figma for thumbnails. HolaSushi made my channel art and emotes.
Stream: OBS Studio, Streamlabs, and Streamer.bot
Apps and Add-Ons
Flight Planning
Where2Fly.Today (free)
Random Flight Generator (free)
SimBrief (free)
SkyVector (free)
Career Mode Add-Ons
A Pilot's Life (for Airliners)
NewSky (for VAs)
NeoFly (free)
Visuals and Tools
Favorite Airliners
Other Stuff
FS24 Graphics Settings
Resolution: Same as display
Anti-aliasing: TAA
Render scaling: 100%
NVIDIA frame generation: On
AMD FidelityFX sharpening: 100
Dynamic settings: Off
Terrain LOD: 100
Off screen terrain: Ultra
Displacement mapping: On
Buildings, Trees, Plants, Rocks, Grass: High
Object LOD: 100
Clouds: Ultra
Texture resolution: Medium
Anisotropic filtering: 16x
Texture supersampling: 2x2
Water waves: High
Raytraced shadows: On
Shadow maps: 2048
Terrain shadows: 1024
Contact shadows: High
Windshield: High
Ambient occlusion: High
Cubemap: 256
Raymarched: Ultra
Light shafts: Ultra
Depth of field: Ultra
Motion blur: Off
Glass cockpit rate: High
Frequently Asked Questions
Are you a pilot?
Nope! I started simming in 2020 when my partner started her flight training. She earned her PPL.How did you learn all this stuff?
Googled every question that popped into my head; read Garmin manuals; reading and watching Bold Method; and (of course) watching lots of YouTube.What's your favorite plane in the sim?
GA: FSReborn FSR500 (Piper M500 Meridian)
Airliners: Fenix A319, PMDG 737