Norwell Bob

Thanks for the replies guys! I'll play around with it and see what I come up with. I'm just not used to actually needing so many controls, as my prior forays into flight sims were more arcade-y (although that Falcon 3.0 manual was no joke)... but I think I'm going to love it. It would be rad to build a cockpit... although the wife would probably have me committed.

Hi all, First some introductory background... I have loved flight sims since the 90s... logged way too many hours on the Falcon series, Jetfighter II, Aces of the Pacific, Jane's F-15, F-15 Strike Eagle II, Gunship 2, A-10 Tank Killer, etc., as a teen (not to mention Wing Commander, X-Wing, etc.). Then there was that long period where nobody really seemed to be making flight sims anymore. I remember seeing some really early clips of DCS back in, what, like 2000? Anyways, I've been playing around with DCS and FC3 for a little bit... getting an Oculus VR was really the game changer... holy cow! Tried playing with the touch controls, which was neat in a way, but most cockpits didn't have VR-interactive buttons, and grabbing the stick and throttle didn't really feel natural, so I dug out my Thrustmaster HOTAS-X, which is great. So now the only real problem is so many commands require me to peep through my headset's nose gap at the keyboard. OK, so here are my questions: A) Seems like most modules have some decent bindings for the HOTAS-X, but not always too consistent. I don't think I've actually found the 4-way hat to be bound to anything in any module that I've tried yet. If you had a blank slate, how would you bind your HOTAS buttons for an authentic feel? B) I've found an old X-Type 58 button programmable keyboard (pic attached). It goes back to the PS/2 days, so I'm not sure I can still program it, but all the keys are bound to standard KB (although they go in alphabetical order rather than QWERTY). Either way, given the layout in the link below (note that my device only has 18 keys across the top row, not 20), how would you bind your most-used commands to it? You can actually edit the PDF, if somebody would be so kind as to do that and screenshot it. https://xkeys.com/pub/media/wysiwyg/smartwave/porto/category/XK-60/XK-60PlanningGrid.pdf Thanks in advance... I know it's a big ask to take the time to help me with my keypad layout.... I greatly appreciate any help you might offer. Best Regards, NB