IFR-1: Compact All-in-one Cockpit Made in Germany - high-Precision Controls for COM, NAV, FMS, autopilot, XPDR, and More for immersive, Realistic Flight Simulation

Very well made. Download the software and you are all set. It’s self explanatory and has a very nice tactile feel. Would love to see an upgrade with a light indicating when you are in the secondary functions. If you are into MSFS 2020 or 2024 and enjoy flying with glass Garmin instruments then this is for you. Small and compact and it performs all the functions as some bulkier systems on the market.

Awesome product for the serious simmer. Integrates perfectly with XPlane12. Quality materials. makes your sim experience much more immersive. No more silly mouse clicks to access numerous avionics functions.Had a slight problem with my original units rotary knob. Terrific customer service. Felix sent a replacement, no questions asked. He even followed up with me on shipping updates.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Other flight sim products simply don't do what the Octavi IFR-1 does. It interacts flawlessly with the G1000 in the Cessna 172 G1000 that came with my X-Plane 12. But, it also works flawlessly with the Diamond D20 that I purchased for X-Plane 12. I've not used in with another aircraft because I'm enjoying it so much with these two. While I'm taxiing out to the runway, I'm dialing in my flight altitude of 4,500' and a vertical speed of 500 fpm, and turning my heading bug to the runway heading without EVER touching my mouse. After takeoff, I establish a climb of 500 fpm and press the button to activate the autopilot to climb to my selected altitude. Then I press the HDG button to follow my heading bug. Boom!! It's that simple and easy. Actually, it's more like purchasing airplane magic at an excellent price. The IFR-1 is so good, so complete in features that it is hard to believe Octavi is a "startup" company and this is their first production model. This is a talented team, and I can't wait to see what they do next!

This is a great little device, and makes flying so much more fun. Rather than having the frustration of trying to fidget with knobs and buttons in the simulator, this device brings it to the fingertips.I use it with the Linux version of X-Plane 12 via the FlyWithLua plug-in and some Lua scripts that Octavi sent me directly (they don't have them for download). They don't "officially" support Linux, but are making these available to at least be able to work with common aircraft, such as the Cirrus planes... basically, anything with a Garmin unit, for the most part.You *will* have to do a little homework with getting FlyWithLua working before you can use the scripts Octavi has. FlyWithLua isn't that difficult to get installed and working, but it's not "plug-and-play". Some searches on flight simulator forums and a little reading, and you should be fine. (Special tip for Ubuntu 24.04 users... the commonly-available FlyWithLua download as of December 2024 is built with an older library that Ubuntu 24.04 has a newer version of, and FlyWithLua won't work, initially. There is a download of a newer build that someone in the community made that is copy/paste over the original one... or, if you're so-inclined, you can clone the Git repo of FlyWithLua and build it yourself. That's what I ultimately did.)In any case, it's a great little life-upgrade device for flying. I give it 4 out of 5 stars because it really is that nice. It'd be 5 stars if their Linux support was a bit better, even if they just had a well-written step-by-step page.Highly recommend.

This is a complete game changer. If you are serious about flight SIM, this is an absolute must have. This product is well build and well designed. If you are like me and sick and tired of endless scrolling and dragging your mouse to set altitude and heading for the autopilot and try to program a radio frequency, this unit completely eliminates the need for a mouse when doing that. The rotary encoder is amazing and registers every click. I tried to use the rotary encoder on the honeycomb bravo but it was a complete disaster and didn't register clicks well at all. This Octavi IVR registers every click and is very smooth. I wish it had a "FLC" (Flight Level Change) button, but I can just use vertical speed instead, so no big deal there. The heading hold and NAV hold buttons are a little hard to press, but other than that, i absolutely love this thing and wish I had bought it sooner. One thing to mention, you have to install the plug-in, Then launch MSFS 2024, then launch the plugin and it should say "connected to MSFS 2020" before it will work.*Edit, the HDG and NAV buttons are NOT hard to press, I just needed to set the button to "delayed response" in the simulator because it was registering too quickly. After that, it works flawlessly!

Extremely well builtWorks like charm and radically improves everything about NAV/COM/APKiller value!!!Well done!

I am a flight sim junkie. When I saw the IFR-1 I "bit" like a starving fish. It arrived quickly and I instantly installed the software (on MSFS 2024). There is a little learning curve, like a calculator with multi-function buttons. On day one everything worked perfectly. On day two, one very important function stopped working when using the top small knob. I spent hours trying to figure out what happened overnight, the small knob worked for everything except that one item (Vertical Speed). I gave up after hours and emailed support. After multiple discussions with the tech, Daniel, he pinned down where the problem was expected. It was an overlooked flight sim function duplication. Once corrected the IFR-1 was perfect. Lack of or poor support ruins the products worth, no worries here. I was surprised that my emails were actually answered within minutes after being sent. The entire event was fast and professional, I could not have asked for better support. p.s. I learned a bit about proper function modifications too.

Nice add-on for flight sims. Well designed and easy to install.