SVgamer72

I use these same stands with the Vive (when the Vive is working....grrrr) Great product for the price. Makes it easy to reset between room and seated use as I have to move things around when I want to use room scale.

FYI, The old Thrustmaster Top Gun (and other TM models from back in the day) are cheap on ebay and look to be perfect for a home Huey mod. http://www.cyberg8t.com/f2comp/topgun.jpg

Finally got an RMA number at end of business yesterday 3/30 after opening on 3/27 and going round and round sending them the same info. They refuse to send a new lighthouse. They will only repair mine and are "happy" to get it back to me 10-14 days after I pay out of pocket to ship the defective unit to them. They even used the RMA process to try to sell me more product.... HTC is dead to me. I will be going on a crusade to make sure every potential buyer is made aware of how inadequate their support system is. The Vive is much too expensive to have such pathetic money grubbing support. There is no excuse to treat customers so poorly.

I have gone round and round trying to get an RMA for a defective base station that failed less than 30 days from purchase. I made the mistake of buying it at Frys which will not accept Vive returns due to "health concerns over wearable tech". For the past two days HTC has refused to issue an RMA. I have sent proof of purchase, system logs, and the serial number of the defective base station to their support system three times. All I get back are repeated email requests from their support system to submit the same info again and again. The chat support system is no better. The "best" part of the whole process is that they won't send a replacement. I have to wait for them to repair the unit I send back. Their tech support chat assured me it would only take about 10 days for them to send the unit back to me after I pay to ship it to them for repair. Something I cannot do yet, because for the last two days they have refused to issue an RMA or give me an address to ship the unit to. This is by far the worst customer service experience I have ever had with a PC part or peripheral. I am really regretting choosing the Vive over the Oculus. I have already ordered a replacement base station from Amazon (another $140 handed over to the assholes at HTC), because I would like to actually use the $800 dollar VR paperweight attached to my PC.

My opinion (I am not a real pilot) 1. Mi-8 - You can feel/sense the weight and size as you toss it around, and it is pure joy to fly and manage the systems. I feel very involved when I fly the Mi-8, and I am rarely taken out of the experience and reminded that it is just a video game. 2. Huey - Very close the Mi-8, but it feels just a hair less "weighty". It is by far my favorite module in DCS, and the most fun you can have with your clothes on in VR.

What was the MB that died? I bet there are fellow DCS players with MBs collecting dust after past upgrades that are in a position to help a fellow simmmer. Cheers

The Huey and Mi-8 are just as amazing. I still haven't re-configured my controls or flown a single combat mission other than a couple of instant action dogfight missions in DCS since getting a Vive a couple weeks ago. I just can't pull myself away from flying to take the time to get everything setup.

It's better than you are already imagining in your head. Seriously. No amount of reviews or videos can prepare you for what is coming.

I researched the same issue and I saw a lot of mixed reviews for vr-lens-lab. I ordered from https://vr-lens.eu/ as the price was cheaper, and the reviews less mixed. I have not received them yet, but I did receive an email within 24 hours confirming my Rx (it is a bit odd due to some corrective surgery I had in the past). I will post a review when I have had a chance to try them out.

I have ordered and I am also waiting. I am not concerned.

I bought a Vive less than 72 hours ago. I feel a small twinge with today's announcement, but I am not going to return the Vive. VR in DCS is transformative and worth the price of admission.

If I win, I will pay it forward and donate part of my existing aging stick collection to a newbie at work along with a DCS module.

I also fully apologize to VKB for questioning their intentions. A little information goes a long way. Thank you for the clarification.

****Statements retracted after official update from VKB****

****Statement retracted after official update from VKB****

If nothing lights up at power on, then the card is most likely DOA (Dead on Arrival). Drivers have nothing to do with the BIOS splash screen at power on. Drivers only come into play when the OS loads. I assume you connected the power to the card when you installed it.

I asked for it specifically: They aksed me to upload a video showing the play (twisting) in the stick, and then this was their response:

I contacted TM last week for a replacement gimbal and they refused to help. The only option I was given was to buy a new stick. Luckily I already have a VKB stick (Gladiator Pro), and I can use the warthog handle on it when adapters are made available again.

As they are for VR now. Funny how the more things change the more they stay the same.

I you can wait a couple of weeks, Thrustmaster has a new HOTAS coming out that should be perfect for your needs. http://www.thrustmaster.com/en_US/products/t16000m-fcs-hotas https://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-T-16000M-HOTAS-Controller-2960778/dp/B01KCHPRXA/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1474478862&sr=1-1&keywords=Thrustmaster ^ This plus a trackir setup and you will be all set. https://naturalpoint.com/trackir/

Same issue. I can lock and fire, but no reticle in sight.

What is the extra PCB? Can it be ordered online?

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I have one of his older boxes. It shows up in DCS as a "DSD Device.....", and all of the buttons map with no issues.

I received by Gladiator Pro yesterday. Pics: Quick Review: **TLDR - Works better than advertised. Best stick I have ever owned in more than 20 years of flight simming. Kicking myself for not getting a Mamba when they were available, and looking forward to future VKB products with eager anticipation.*** 1. Construction - Very solidly built. All the buttons have a very premium feel to them, and the unit as a whole does not feel cheap in any way. 2. Function - No calibration needed. X/Y Axes are perfectly precise, and every button press is solid and responsive. Out of the box the gimbal is setup with more resistance than CH or Saitek sticks, and less than a TM Warthog (my TM:WH experience is limited to store models on the shelf). It is smooth with no hitch when crossing center or mixing axes. Best feeling stick (that is what she said...) I have ever used. 3. Setup - Plug and play. I plugged the T-Rudder MK-IVs into the Glad-Pro using he provided port+CAT5 cable, and it simply added another axis. No muss and no fuss. Software is a bit lacking. The Wizzo (v0_73) software is simple, but I could find no way to remap buttons. The VKB config software (VKBDevCfg-C_0_77_2_6) crashes when I try to open the button mapping wizard. I would really love to remap the pinky button on the stick as a regular button, but I haven't found a way to make that happen yet. 4. IL2:BoS and DCS (about 2 hours testing): Coming from a CH Fighterstick, and then a Cobra M5, the movement of the Glad-Pro is a revelation. I saw an immediate improvement lining up guns passes in IL2. I quickly realized that I was over correcting trying to anticipate the "hitch" when making fine adjustments to X/Y that has always been present in every other stick I have used. Once I stopped over correcting, I could easily put the pipper on target and gently squeeze. I noticed the same thing flying the Huey in DCS. Once I stopped over correcting, I was able to fly 100% more smoothly. Thoughts..... I knew I would miss the extra hats and buttons on the CH Fighterstick and Cobra M5. Over the past few weeks I have weaned myself off of using more than 1 hat on the stick (moving functions to the hats on my CH Pro Throttle), but I know it won't be long before I will be looking to find a way to add more hats/buttons. The Cobra M5 handle is not a direct swap, but I think with an adapter for the base and the wiring, it would be a simple upgrade. Hopefully someone is working on such an option. My current plan is to grab a WH adapter as soon as they are available and to keep an eye out for an FLCS, Cougar, or WH handle.