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Here's a nice Virpil grip (I use the same one, except the left hand version, on my collective) (the FFBeast might be a little much for your budget) (iirc I bought my Hornet grip from VirusAM and it all went fluently) Or these ones:

Why not go for a nice 2nd hand hotas? It can save you a lot of money. Most people that purchase these kind of "high end" controllers, value their purchase and treat it accordingly, so chances are high, that the product is still in good shape. You can also check out the sale section on this forum. Some good offers come by very often. I bought a 2nd hand Warthog set many years ago and still use it today. In fact, I bought many of my controllers 2nd hand and never regretted it. I also purchased 2nd hand my Realsimulator FSSB R3, Thrustmaster Hornet grip, Simshaker Jetpad and Saitek Pro rudder pedals (using the latter since 2017 without any issues). Just saying, new isn't always best

And why not both? This is a wish list.. there's no wrong here

Indeed that'd be awesome! (fast roping has been wished for many times) Especially for anti-pirate scenarios and spec ops missions. It would also give modules like the UH-1, Mi-8 and CH-47 some extra purpose/use cases.

In what module(s) did you hear that? Can't recall I ever heard tire squeek on touchdown (but perhaps it's there and I just got so used to it, that I don't hear it anymore )

See above answers, and, if you later want to change the start location, just drag and drop your aircraft symbol on the map towards the airfield of your choice. If it's set to take-off, as @Mogs and @diego999 mentionend it'll snap to the nearest available airfield.

Bit late to the party, but fwiw: Not sure what server the OP was playing on, but I often play on the 4YA servers, which have CTLD included. In those missions, with CTLD you can load anti-air infantry. And yes, you can load them in any helo, even the Apache. When you are targeted by enemy CAP, just land, unload the squad and wait until the enemy CAP is in range and it'll be shot down. Reload your squad and continue. Not very realistic, but it helps avoid frustration. I agree, some AI detection tweaking would be nice.

Well, one can always wish, but this one will be a long shot, especially as ED apparently (and unfortunately) doesn't see priority in developing proper ATC:

Just for the record, there's currently no such modern planes modeled in DCS (or you are referring to the 'Jeff', which is the only modern module I don't own).

Glad to hear I'm not alone on this, yet sad to hear you have the same problem.. I never tried the "pause" workaround. I'll try that next time (although that wouldn't work for MP)

And here I am; Thrilled when I get 40fps, yet content if I get above 20fps Yes, I know, I need a new pc (just waiting for that winning lottery ticket)

This probably isn't an ED F-16 bug (hence not for this sub-forum), as my Cougar throttle axis are still working. Are the axis working/recognized in Windows? Perhaps too obvious, but did you check the F-16 axis controls to see if you can (re-)bind the axis? You might want to check or ask in this thread:

So, I've been having this issue for a very long time now, but usually very sporadic, so I never bothered to ask about it here. But today, in a 3 hour MP session (FYA Iraq server) it happened 5 times.. So, here's the situation: Old pc (see signature) and running DCS on a Reverb G1 v2 (the one with the improved cable). Every now and then (5 times today ), when I switch back from F10 map view to F1 cockpit view, my VR screen freezes a few seconds and then turns completely black (as if it switches off). But!: When this happens, my mirror screen on my monitor keeps going. It still shows the VR image (albeit at very low framerate) and when I move around my headset, it keeps properly responding to it. I can even keep operating DCS, so I can still quit my mission and quit DCS. When I restart DCS, everything's back to normal. (Until it happens again) I've had this happen in multiple missions (MP and SP), all maps, all modules, yet it never in any other VR games I own (I mostly play DCS though). Does this issue sound familiar to anyone? Is there any way to "revive" my blacked out headset when this happens? (Especially frustrating when it happens after 1,5 hour into a SP mission...)

Ah ok, I didn't understand that from your OP. Well, as an additional "override" option, sure!

Yeah, sorry I should've mentioned I found that indeed. So, when no tgp is loaded, "manual" mfd manipulation is always required for CZ?