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Здеся я. Пиченьте:)

:D Thanks alot mate! BTW, I left the moderator and translator teams some weeks ago because I don't have enough time for the job anymore, ED just have not removed the tags yet...

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I need about 10 before I start talking the business. I know a library where you can sit and read all day long if you want to.

Так на них русским по белому написано "INERT"

УРА ВЫШЕЛ ПАТЧ!!!!! http://www.freefalcon.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16562:)

Im repping anyone who posts in this thread, so get em while still hot!

Got the stick yesterday, so I thought about giving you guys considering buying a new HOTAS some clues of what you can expect from it. Since I already own a X52 and the complete CH setup I will also make comparisons. -G940 Packaging: The box is fairly compact, so you wont look like a fool carrying on the street. :D I haven’t weighted it but I estimate total weight of the box at 6kg, bout 13 pounds. -G940 Installation: Skip the CD in the box; go straight for the newest driver and software release at logitech’s site. Installation is completely hassle free. The only thing that bothered me was the extensive cable work. The floor around my desk is a complete mess! -G940 Setup: For LOMAC and DCS as many other games, make sure to assign the correct axis and rotaries to each in-game function. Don’t do like me who left X and Y stick axis as sliders and observed funky behaviour (plane wouldn’t fly level although it turned and pitched normally and made me wonder what trouble I have gotten into by purchasing this stick) :D The software programing features are somewhat poorer than I expected, but easly acessible for monkeys. -G940 Design and ergonomics: The stick has some weaknesses in this area. The throttle is too big (or the buttons too widely distributed) to grip all the controls at all times (I got average size hands). The top stick mini stick is reached if you lift your hand from the rest. But for those with bigger hands won’t suffer this issue (same for the throttle). When the sticks tension is set to high (in %) it tends to make your hands joints become sore after prolonged use. The stick is quite solid (has to be  ). The throttle has the main advantage of being split for 2 engines, apart from that it’s no different from others except in details. The distance between pedals change with travel wich is kind of odd, but not troublesome. -G940 handling & performance: (Before taking this review make sure you correctly assign all axis properly as described above). Many people have reported center play. I think it’s not the case, instead, since the stick uses motors for return to center tension there’s a small range near the center where the motors are loose for avoiding being constantly exerting force against each other. The return to center force is adjustable. It can be quite hard or very loose. The travel, or stick throw is less than my X52 and way less than my CH combat stick. This enables you to make snap manoeuvres faster than the other HOTAS. Force feedback is very strong (adjustable independently from centering force), It scared me the first time I tried, the stick looks spaghetti thin (no jokes please :D ) but it throws your hands around like a rabid bull throws a cowboy. I wasn’t expecting it.  A slight negative point: The travel is grainy, probably caused by the motors when the magnets align inside them. It causes a slight snap X times per rotation, I don’t think its any kind of gear hard contacts. But after a while you forget about it. Overall handling is pleasant and precise despite the “slack” at the center (no bigger than my X52 anyway). Gun aiming doesn’t seem to be any more difficult or easier than my X52 (IMHO). The stick dual throttle helps in turns during runway approaches or slow speed dogfights. very handy.  G940 Versus CH and X52. -Packaging: The X52 is the most compact of the lot. That’s because it doesn’t include the pedals. CH takes the most space, if you buy all 3 parts together. -Instaling: None of them gave me any trouble, though I have to say the X52 profiler was the one I mastered the fastest. CH has a steep learning curve to program it but it will reward you with superior possibilities. Design and ergonomics: Of all the 3 the X52 wins hands down, even despite lacking in aesthetics. All buttons and rotators are easely accessible, The G940 leaves a bit to be desired both on stick and throttle. Also the X52 fits into my hand the best of all 3. However it also is the least solid in feeling. There are some slacks in the X52’s mechanisms, the horizontal rotary is too stiff even though its already 3 years in use. G940 has 5 of them, 2 on the throttle (useful for radar aiming) and 3 at the sitcks base, versus 2 on the 52’s throttle and 3 on the CH sticks base. -Performance and handling: Of all the sticks the X52 is the smoothest, also has homogeneous return to center tensions distribution. CH has highly differential forces between X and Y axis. The G940 sits between the 2. The tension is slightly (or pears to be) larger on roll and on the 4 corners of the travel. It would be a good idea for Logitech to provide the possibility to adjust tension on each axis independently. The G940 provides the quickest response in manoeuvres, the CH is the slowest (big throw). The throttle on the G940 has a detent, X52 has one but can hardly be named after that. Sometimes I don’t even feel it. CH has none, wich makes a bit unpredictable to guess where the afterburner engages. I haven’t saiteks pedals, but comparing the one of g940’s with CH’s I have to say CH wins hands down. Its travel is constant (G940 changes distance between pedals with throw) even though CH has no carpet lock feature nor tension adjustment like the G940. G940 has only slightly more buttons but many more rotaries than the X52, but both are positively beaten comparing to CH’s shear number of buttons (though not as many rotaries). -Price: Ah the amount of sweat and blood from work you invest! (to some, also some rage to face from their wives!). In Europe the X52 is much much cheaper, around 100 Euro versus 160-200 for each piece of the CH setup, or the G940’s 300 mark (curiously the same in dollars in the US…LOL no comments ), but it comes with pedals, a somewhat redundant feature for serious simmers who are used to buy things seperatly or the lower class simmers who can be persuaded away from the purchase just because the pedals makes the difference to blow over their budgets. Main advantages of each HOTAS: CH: shear amount of buttons and programmability-> loads of functionality and the most durable of all times. X52: more ergonomic of the 2, and cheapest (that, is if its light centering force doesn’t bother you) G940: The dual throttle and force feedback. Main disadvantage of each HOTAS: CH: costs its weight in gold (lol almost) and some ergonomic issues. X52: has some electronic bugs that apear over time and cause the Y axis to produce parasite rudder inputs even if you have rudder disabled on the stick). Becomes worn faster (until I see further from the G940), specially the twist rudder (huge spikes, buy pedals). G940: No way to get around the lack of force at the sticks center ( not critical). The pedals-in-package makes its more expensive than it needs to be, for what it is. Also can’t reach both throttles rotaries at the same time when aiming the radar dish (can be assigned for other things). All in all I don’t regret buying the G940, I like it (I am extremely picky and demanding for HOTAS, mind you). It gives me more possibilities than my X52 and handles the best of all sophisticated HOTAS I ever owned. Curiously my lower end MSFF2 (mines still working) handled better. No FF stick to date has matched its durability or smooth of travel (had no center "play"). G940 is not as smooth, and it remains to be seen if it is as durable, I have faith . I dread microsoft for providing the most popular SIM's out there but none modern military, and the most high tech inovating sticks but without any HOTAS configs ever released. bah! :S Hope you liked reading as much as I liked writing this. Cheers!

Improved Hawk http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=766670&posted=1#post766670

Happy Birthday mate! Thank You for giving us ability to ban each other and keeping eye on the community! All the Best! :drunk:

For Black Shark, FFB if you want most realistic control representation. For more modern Fast Jets (Using FBW controls e.g. F-16) force sensors are the most realistic. (e.g. TM Hotas Cougar + FSSB, Saitek X65F) And for Slightly older jets (which use mechanical controls e.g. A-10) a non FFB stick that has simple movment based sensors is most realistic. (e.g. Current Saitek range, upcoming Thrustmaster model)

Happy Birthday Acedy! And wish you many more to come

Northrop Y1C-19.

FFB? Can imagine the Lawsuites when one Funny Bugger cranks the settings and tweaks the motors, not knowing what $hitestorm awaits him when he pulls the Trigger on that GAU -8/A..........:music_whistling: If the Real thing halts the momentum of the Hawg on the way down, imagine what it will do to a Limp-Wristed Wannabee Aviator just new to the SIM :pain: 'Yeah Yeah I know the above is written with a Lot of Artistic Licence, but the mere thought is as Funny as F*#k' :megalol:

http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=32333&stc=1&d=1255633491 Ну вот так.

well it has been done allready:-) it was no big deal so far. but thanks for the offer

That's the problem, It's not to scale....

Great pics. +1 Especially this one: We come in peace! Do not fear the light! :alien:

Awesome gallery! http://www.thomasgoisque-photo.com/site.php?page=reportages&spec=def&id=64#

I know this thread has been beaten to death but... I used to fly a MiG-17 in airshows. Every switch and label was converted to English before the FAA would certify it.

Вот. Полсотни-первый,Я Осётр.rar

Вот Восток-25.rar

Does this apply to the vanilla as well? :D

Then I am speculating this will get locked :P and it should be in chit-chat section...

I heard from someone who heard from a guy I know that isn't his bro but thinks he is that may have overheard a conversation between two drunk former Spetsnaz Russian guys about some patches / stuff for Flaming Cliffs.

ribbit..

Нет такого государства "Абхазия". Вооруженные формирования абхазов и южноосетин в DCS: Black Shark можно изобразить "государством" "НВФ". Хотя НВФ бывают разные и называются по разному, и флаги у них могут быть свои, и они даже воевать друг с другом могут. Поэтому поводу следующий мод. Установка: разархивировать в каталог с игрой. Примечание: состав доступных юнитов специально не редактировался. Он соответствует составу доступных юнитов "НВФ". Любой желающий может отредактировать его в /Scripts/Database/db_countries.lua. Abkhazia and South Ossetia mod.rar

Bad boy CHola. Shooting off expensive A2A missiles at the ground and using them as tracers to line up shots :)

Someone mentioned free godlike repness? :D

so whats this free rep thing then.... :D

Perhaps another rep day is in order? :D Been busy the past few weeks, so I havent repped hardly anyone lately. Make em quick, I rep in 24 hours from now since Im stuck at the library an hour a day. Stupid libraries, why cant I just get me an actual computer at home? Oh yeah...I work 80 hours a week minimum. :|

Marines' Silent Drill http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a45_1254837482 check out @2:28 onwards :doh:

It is not Miss Universum of ships, but its entrails are rather much better ;]

Попробуй поставить ЛО в оконный режим и после захода переключиться на ФТ - у меня часто при заходе в ЛО ФТ сбрасывается и его нужно запустить по новой.

Не, ну прикольно было бы видеть крутые спецэффекты взрывов. А то сейчас ФАБ-500 слегка хлопает с дымком таким небольшим и пару грузовичков в колоне накрывает и все. А этож почти полтонны фугаса! Нужно чтоб рвало и метало на куски все и вся! Передать эту чудовищную силу взрыва. Земля столбом, одни ошметки! Чтоб прям БББАААА-БААААХ!!! Ой! Че эт я?! :)

Кто о чем - а голый о бане. Тебе ведь Дронас уже объяснил, что кокпит - это далеко не все что нужно, чтобы самолет появился в игре.

ПАсиб, Учту, про протертую задницами броню, до фольги и на оборот, я и сама в курсе, старалась делать так что б не переборщить, но видимо получилось совсем мало:doh: Трудно уловить оптимальную изгаженность и убитость машины, на остальных "мотолыгах" попробую снова, а троса мне и самой не нравяться, особенно "коуши"

My understanding is that right now, there will not be any appreciable difference between dual- and quad-core. Although it's automagically setting affinity to all available cores in the new patch, that is not the same as being truly a multi-core app. Personally if DCS is the only consideration, I would go for whichever one will give you a better raw clock speed after OC.

lol! mine too

hehehe... more inbound ;)

offer still valid? :D

Of course any rep you might give me will only be worth about 70% what it would have been worth 3 months ago before the drastic fall in value of British currency compared to the US........

Who needs reassurance that the rep recession is going to be as good as Van Goths restoration. Jump in the pool of boredom.

Is this offer still good while supplies last?