Yes, I used the open beta 4.0 which is in production now.

I thought I answered this, but will answer again. I have not done it, nor tried to use the honeycomb beta throttle quadrant as a knobster. That interfaces with the sim already and does all the functions you assign it. That is a pretty expensive knobster replacement. Even on the knobster website, they have an article on how to build your own knobster, probably cheaper. Good luck and I hope you make or get one.

Hi James. As a flight sim coach, I have taught thousands of students through Udemy.com and Skillshare.com with my beginner, intermediate and advanced courses. I also teach a twitch group on my twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly channel on Tuesday evenings. Really just sharing flight lessons with fellow flight simulator enthusiasts. Although a professional teacher with multiple certifications, I am not a CFI and can't take you up in a real plane. If I were, that would be my day job instead of IT training. On to your questions; for a commercial jet setup. there are templates already in Air Manager for almost any cockpit you can think of. If not, you can make your own by moving gauges around and adding more than one touchscreen, as you see in Jet aircraft. I have setup Air Manager for a G1000 suite with multiple touch screens and the GNS 530/430 combo. Works great. Many twitch followers and subscribers also use Air Manager and have great home cockpits to show for it. Every Thursday on my twitch channel we show home cockpit setups. As for learning to fly, I do one-on-one sessions with my students at an hourly rate using MSFS and a shared cockpit called YourControls but most of my students work away on their own first using my courses on Udemy and ask me for checkrides or solo endorsements.

Any touch screen will need a USB cable to your computer. The Mini-Displayport is for output only from your laptop. It's all about the touch screen you are adding. In this demonstration, that separate touch screen has three cables. One for power, one for USB to the computer and one for HDMI in from the computer. By the way, Air Manager 4.0 is out of beta now and fully functional. (June 2021)

Yes, you use your right-mouse-button. Move the view so the dashboard is hidden. Then just out the window.

Thanks for your comment Jim. Yes, different manufacturers products work together. Each input is assigned something in the sim. There are default profiles in MSFS for the Alpha yoke, Bravo Throttle or my TH1 throttle. But these are on a PC. For Xbox, none of these work. So far, the Thrustmaster throttle and stick and the TurtleBeach yoke/throttle. are the only ones that work on Xbox. Someone can comment here if they know if the knobster and touch screens work but my guess is no, because you have to run software to make them work and Xbox is a closed system.

Hi Howard, Thank you for your reply. For my MSFS, I'm in a holding pattern waiting for the peripheral mfgs to catch up with Xbox. I'm optimistic that most mfgs will provide Xbox compatible peripherals. Also, my Xbox is the Series X. My goal is to have a cockpit with main outside views, smaller touch screen monitor for PFD, and a side monitor (iPad) to display maps (Taxi, arrival and departure plates,) etc. My primary interest is airliners. So my question: Do you provide suggestions / instruction to achieve this type of setup? I would presume you would need a fee ($USD) to provide this type of assistance. I'm on a fixed income, so I can't afford to make any mistakes acquiring hardware / software solutions. Do you have an idea on the cost of this type of consulting service. Thank you in advance for your reply. Cheers, Jim

The original Knobster is made by Siminnovations.com and many will say "it's too expensive for a single knob" but there is an outer and inner knob, push button and Arduino Nano board to interface with USB. If you can't find one to buy, you can make your own. Just google DIY knobster (it means do it yourself) or use this link: siminnovations.com/wiki/index.php?title=Knobster_DIY There are videos on it too. Good luck.

absolutely. I did the first tests with a touch screen tablet.