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It's a no from me. I love the Huey but I can't see enough that could be done to it (that interests me personally) to justify more money.

It's not just for extra buttons though, is it? If you can fly precisely and under full control using "floating" controllers that have no physical sensation of what position they are in, then my hat goes off to you. I can't though, and neither can anyone else I know. We need the "feel" of a stick/throttle to make the precise adjustments required to fly a chopper well without constant overcorrection. It also gives your hands something to rest on, so long flights are much less taxing than holding your arms up in space. As for even more peripherals, sure, most simmers would like to have the whole set, but owning a HOTAS doesn't force you to go any further. I've been flying for years with a HOTAS an no pedals, and it doesn't bother me at all. I'll get some one day, but I have no desperate need for them. Given that there are decent entry-level HOTAS controllers out there these days, and the difference one can make to both ability and enjoyment, I think a proper HOTAS is the way to go for any semi-serious virtual pilot.

Have a read of Chuck's Guide for the Huey. He goes over the main functions you should have mapped to your HOTAS for easy access, among numerous other things. But to be honest, the Huey is so simple and old-school that I can map literally every control I will ever need (and some I don't) to my Thrustmaster HOTAS X + G27 H shifter box. And that's without even using a modifier button. You should have no issues at all with a Warthog.

The M2000 is just over 2.5GB on my system. When I briefly tried 2.7 it downloaded an additional 36GB of data on top of what was already installed, but your mileage will vary depending on how much content you have installed. Personally, I would not recommend 2.7 beta in VR. The new clouds have too many issues and it ends up looking crap. Wait for the full release version instead.

I might be experiencing the same thing. Recently I found performance degrading from mission to mission and had no idea why. On first load it would run smooth as silk but after a couple of missions I couldn't even move my head without getting lots of stutter, let alone manoeuvre a fighter jet. I updated to the 2.7 beta last night to see if it fixes the issue but haven't tried it yet. I'll make sure to try ejecting and external views to see if the cause is similar to your issue. Windows 10 Pro Intel Core i9 10850K 32GB RAM nVidia GeForce RTX 2060 Oculus Rift S

I'll never understand why people ask what they should buy on a forum. Why would you blow good money on something because a few complete strangers told you to? Whatever you end up with will be their preference, not yours. If nothing you really want springs to mind when you see a sale, then you really should buy nothing and save your money for something else... something you genuinely want and may actually use.

If nobody knows the answer then nobody knows the answer. It's not our fault, and asking ten times won't miraculously beam this knowledge into anyone's head. You'll just have to search for the answer elsewhere or do your own testing. But FYI, adjusting the NV mask works perfectly fine on my Rift S so it would seem the issue is on your end anyway.

Speaking solely for myself, I avoid any forum threads, individual posts, videos, or whatever else that are written in ALL CAPS. I'm not blind so there is no need to "shout". If people want to draw attention to their topic or video, all they need to do is give it an informative, specific title which explains what it's about. Not ALL CAPS and not click-bait crap. People will see it and if it interests them, they'll click it. I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this, so it may explain your problem.

Works fine for me too.

To be fair it's really not that much of a leap, since both are sets of spinning blades and will therefore be using a similar (or identical) graphical effect in the sim to look like a spinning disc. I commend you for using the search function at all since most people don't, but it's still not a substitute for simply reading through a thread before posting in it.

I'd definitely go with a HOTAS. Even a relatively cheap one will be superior to using VR controllers. Waving your hands about in space with zero resistance gives you no "feel" whatsoever. It's doable (I did it myself for a while), but I don't think you'll ever have the same precision as is possible with a physical joystick and throttle. The drawback is that occupying your hands with a HOTAS makes interacting with the virtual cockpit a pain... taking your hands off the stick, grabbing your VR controller when you can't see it, clicking a switch, chucking the controller back down before you crash. Thankfully most HOTASs have a decent number of buttons on them. DCS also supports setting buttons as modifiers, which allows for a surprisingly large number of functions to be mapped to one controller. I also have my G27 h-box enabled. Combined with my HOTAS, it means I never have to touch the keyboard during flight even in jet fighter, let alone a relatively simple aircraft like the Huey.

I use a Thrustmaster HOTAS X. It's a decent set for the pre-covid price, though seems a bit pricey now thanks to the short supply. I also plug in my G27 h-box, to get a bunch of extra buttons, a second d-pad, and the stick itself (essentially 7 more "buttons"), since I fly VR so can't really use the keyboard. It works well but I'd really like some pedals at some point.

Just keep reducing it until you can see the mask in the headset, then bump it back up slightly so you can't. Voila... that's the value for your headset. On my Rift S I have it set to 5.75, but that's a little bigger than necessary so that I can record the desktop window without capturing any of the mask in the video.

Thanks for the recommendation! The Mirage was one of the other jets on my shortlist as I really enjoyed testing it. I'll bump it up a spot ready for when I have more funds!

I only recently got into DCS and that was mainly for the choppers, the Huey in particular. (I own the Huey and Black Shark now.) So this free period was a great chance to try out some fixed wing content for a change. Never intended to actually buy one at this time, but of course that's the point isn't it? The whole "once you pop, you can't stop" thing! Funds limited me to choosing just one plane to permanently add to my collection. After much thought I finally went with the Harrier. Part of me wanted something supersonic and a bit more capable in the A2A department, but the Harrier has been a favourite of mine at airshows since I was a kid. It's disappearance due to retirement from the RAF probably played a part in swaying me too... and perhaps because it's a go-between for my beloved choppers!