TheBigDog

absolutely must agree with everyone else, Saitek Combat pedals rock with the Warthog

Nah, just playing offline...The place I lived at the time didn't have broadband, and only had AOL dialup...

Wow, brings back memories....I spent many a days playing Janes F-15 on those

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I'm actually getting ready to do the same thing. I currently use the G940 but my Warthog will arrive on Monday. I'm selling my G940 and hope to get enough for it to by the Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals too. I looked at the other Saitek pedals and I'm just not so sure I would like them as much as the combat pedals, so that's what I'm going with. I'll let you know how they are when I get them, but it will probably be at least a week or two before that happens.

I think you have to hit Right Control + Num 0 to enable snap views

like YoYo said, here's my UFC using a X-Keys 24 http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=70554

I was lucky enough to get mine from Microcenter.com, it looks like they may have them in stock currently and priced at $59.99. I would call them first before I order from them (I did to verify they were in stock and I got them after a couple of days). I should mention that I searched high and low before I found them at MC, everyone was out...I originally ordered mine before XMas from Amazon and they kept delaying and delaying it. Sure they're on Ebay for 80 bucks plus a big reach around for shipping....Glad I found them when I did! I hope you're able to find them, they are worth their weight in gold in my opinion!

Hi Keith, first off they look fantastic! I can tell you really put a lot of work into them, and you get a big thank you from this flight sim enthusiast! I would certainly be interested in the CDU that you are designing, depending on the final cost. Here's one question, what were your plans for the screen for the CDU? Personally, I would be happy with it being blank and then we could throw a small LCD monitor in there if anything... Overall, if it's something that would be in the $300 range, i would say I am absolutely interested, anything higher than that I would have to see how things are going at that point. Again, thanks for your hard work!

seems the best price right now is right around $499 plus shipping

lol

it's a decent all in one (hotas and rudder) and the force feedback is ok...But to be honest at this point I can't say I'd recommend it over another system. Logitech has really dropped the ball on drivers and firmware for the system, it's going on a year since the last update and there are a couple of BIG problems with the system at this point. I'm actually looking to upgrade to the Warthog soon, only problem is they don't come with rudder pedals... So honestly, if you have the money I'd go Warthog and get some pedals to go with it...

I'm fairly certain medals are awarded to career score or campaign progression...I've gotten quite a few at this point and there seems to be no rhyme nor reason for their awarding

I'm not sure on the XKeys profressional, but I can speak on the XK-24... You use the Macroworks software to program the device. You basically push the button on the xkeys device and then tell macroworks what keys/commands you wish that key to "transmit". You can save each setup as a profile, so if you were gonna play A-10 you go into MW and load the A-10 profile and save it to the device. You can then change the profile if you were going to use another program. Hope this helps

The xk-24 is backlit, so each key doesn't have individual led's, but you can backlight the entire pad either blue or red

the default laser on key is set to be the same as the nosewheel steering on/off key...on the ground it turns on the NWS, in the air it turns the laser on. Now unless you have Latch set to on, the laser only fires when you're holding the button down. to answer your other question about switching laser and infrared, that's handed on the TGP MFD...Taken from the wiki: "Target designator The target designator OSB 7 is a rotary OSB used to select the type of target designator that the targeting pod will use. Pressing OSB 7 will cycle through the following choices: LSR - the targeting pod's laser will be used as the target designator IR - the targeting pod's infrared pointer will be used as the target designator BTH - both the laser and the IR pointer will operate simultaneously" Hope this helps

nice, I actually went with the XK-24 for just the UFC and I'm pretty happy with it... I spent about 80 bucks less than you did, but for less than half the keys... I would love the 58 key...I just don't have the darn room :)

I bought it from Amazon

So I found this X-Keys XK-24 device and figure it would make a decent UFC for the A-10. I was kinda pricey, but will full programmability I figured I could use it for something! It turned out pretty darn good. It compliments the Thrustmaster MFD's perfectly, and while I wish there were a couple of more buttons on it, I think it still works out well! Programming was pretty easy and all I did was print out the labels in word on photo paper... What do you think:

I ordered mine from Amazon for 50 bucks back in December, and they still haven't shipped. Now they are saying we'll notify you when we expect to ship them, so I too am looking for somewhere to get these. There is a seller on Ebay that has them, but for 80 bucks plus 20 for shipping and I'm not going to pay that!

It asking for a CD code is the defective cd2. My problem is that starforce will not authorize my disk 2. I am using Vista and properly patched to 1.12 (using the English boxed patch)

I'm actually having the same problems, I'm using the correct patch but it still will not activate. I sent an email to support but that was at least a week ago and I haven't heard anything back. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks for the help, will give them a shout, TBD

I purchased LOMAC Gold yesterday, it installed fine but when it when to authorize Starforce it asks for a CD key. I looked all through the packaging and there was nothing in there with a CD key on it. It this a problem related to the recall or did the store just not give me the full package? Thanks in advance for the help, Big Dog