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I REALLY like mine. I have no idea what battery life is. I've never actually run it OUT of battery power.

Apparently, my TrackClip is a TrackNP "knockoff". I can't find it on Amazon, but I found it at e-bay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/196270672073?_trksid=p2332490.c101196.m2219&itmprp=cksum%3A1962706720739b3a7e70edd0490d869c5bd4abb28c84|enc%3AAQAJAAABALx1mZQ2L9jLv%2BUPTFTna8XcGfl2wNJcn022gtZb5sDiZY%2BK7BwW0Tn1ZbkmWgPRxCBES0pxgNXBB29denywIjRHPU4q69jguNzQlE6rHbOgy%2F0e09H1iUzixKGiW%2F83dhDuBGDPaNEkZvWXnty6F%2B19r0VrgnlaPcYf9stgcGWTxzH2aOwlNpLG0SleUh6HzEIDK2seO25V5yexWc09R4HLSI2dLeVcHNBdb9GkxJe%2BlniIKak1rk6ec%2FBZAxsotWXCSM8HqWbGEFJAKH%2BS3Oe7CPRUO4KqSo7UYHqBmMnuEW5EDQFYfOyafVYQyLZti8xy2sAUXKyFG6WJ7ExeNno%3D|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2332490&itmmeta=01JJCQTAP7T9SZR05PAC2E4KT9

The TrackIR receiver... mounted on top of my PC display looks JUST like what TrackIR advertises.... NOT so with the TrackClip-Pro though. Here's the one that I have. ...most definitely NOT a "real" TrackIR product, but it works VERY well., but null This is interesting... about TrackIR and TrackNP...

Well now... this is odd... Here's the link where I bought it - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NMXWSBG?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ...and it's not purchasable anymore. Moreover that, the product shown in the photos is most definitely NOT what I received. Also, I notice that the seller was NOT NaturalPoint...according to the purchase record. If you look closely there's a comment in the page that says, "About this item - IT FROM XUQCAH MATERIAL AND TALENKEB PARTMENT". I didn't notice that before. Maybe Amazon left the item searchable, but not purchasable because somebody complained it was a fake... which is a real shame, because it's an AWESOME and "improved" fake! But that link above is what's in the purchase history of my wife's Amazon account. I'll take some photos of my TrackClip-Pro so you can see the differences.

Actually... where you click on the stick depends on your current viewpoint in the cockpit. If you position your mouse at the top of the stick, and drag it downward on the stick, see if a certain section causes the mouse pointer to go "green"...as if it were hovering over a clickable control. THAT'S the spot! ...regarding the Ka-50 that is.

Here's what happened...weird as <profanity>. Well... not really... if you think about the world of product counterfeits. I ordered the TrackIR-5 from Amazon FROM the NaturalPoint store there. It arrived and I used it for MONTHS... quite happy with it. But there's a small switch on the underside of the TrackClip-Pro, and construction seemed just a little different than the photos I found. I mean, it was very, VERY close. But mine seemed to be a better build quality. I went on a mission one weekend to find out EXACTLY what that switch did! The first thing I did was to determine IF the switch had anything to do with IR emission from the unit. I've got an AN/PVS-14 night vision goggle, so I just turned it on and looked AT the TrackClip-Pro emitters while manipulating the switch. With the power cable plugged in, it seemed to vary the intensity just slightly. But with the power cable DISCONNECTED, that switch acted as the ON/OFF switch for the unit! So I had a "wireless" unit, and at that point I strongly suspected it was a counterfeit. I spent a little time at the PC researching this, and I'm not the only one who has received one of these... believing that I was getting an authentic product. However, everybody... without exception... including myself!...also LIKES the counterfeit BETTER than the authentic unit! The theory is that the factory in China where the device is manufactured took it upon themselves to insert the counterfeit into the supply chain. So is it really a counterfeit? GOOD question! It runs NaturalPoint native software! But it's wireless, AND it's built better. It's definitely NOT going to break the first time you drop it on the floor. Anyway... that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Backspace hides the stick in the F/A-18C I "think"...as I remember. In the Ka-50, it resets the targeting mode.

Okey dokey now... try this... L-Alt+c (Clickable mouse cockpit mode on/off) Then click down near the base of the flight stick. Unfortunately, I can't find a keybinding for that. Let me know.

Motion sickness?! Dang! That's a BAD thing to have to deal with in any type of simulation! TrackIR "might" be better than OpenTrack... from what I've seen, it's more responsive... more "precision". But if the problem is motion related, then it will probably give you the same trouble. One of my kids is a USAR Blackhawk pilot. Him and the others fly a LOT, and generally speaking they're IMPERVIOUS to motion sickness. BUT, some of their simulators are full motion sims, and those make a few of the guys sick. Seems weird, and he can't explain why it happens. He's one that's affected by it. IRL, he has NO problems. But in the full-motion sim, he gets motion sick. The only time I ever have a problem is IF I have to ride in the backseat of a car... and again, no idea why the backseat bothers me and the front seat doesn't. I've got a brother who gets motion sick pretty much ALWAYS unless he's driving. Maybe it runs in my family?... I dunno. I'm not sure if your mouse type will make a difference. I'm still working and I'm HOPING to get done by 7:00 PM EST. After that, I'm hoping to be able to do some DCS, and I'll try to get you an answer.

I'll do my best to get you an answer, BUT... I used DCS for almost 6 months before I bought TrackIR...and I did pretty well! Funny thing... I bought it from Natural Point on Amazon, and somehow I ended up with a counterfeit... which is BETTER than the "real" one. Either way, it does the same thing, except my "fake" is wireless. It took me about 10 days to get completely comfortable with it, and within that time I tweaked a profile that I liked. But it's a big, BIG advantage in DCS. There are other head/eye trackers as well. I'm just saying... I think they're well, WELL worth the money.

LOL! Yeah... that SAME problem has "bit" me in the past as well... and there's a WAY to get the mouse to focus on clickable controls in the cockpit. I just can't remember off the top how to do it. My work schedule has been a bit hectic lately. But as soon as I can get to my other PC, I'll have a look and see if I can help you out. Just so I understand this, you're using your mouse for "view", and not head/eye tracking... right? Thanks!

IF I remember correctly...and that's a big "if"... you click at the bottom of the stick to hide the stick. I don't know if there's a keybinding. I'm still at work and as soon as I get to the PC I run DCS on, I'll check.

Just turn off intercom and Betty will shut up. She relies on it. It's the last rocker switch over on the right panel to the left/front... that long-ish row of radio switches. Just disable it, and you won't hear her again until you turn it on again. As I remember though, disabling intercom also disables your ability to communicate with ground crew, but that sort of goes without saying.