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Hokie17, Quick question to you (see my previous post). Does the bottom end of the extension mechanically fit the Warthog-base (i.e. can you screw the female bit all the way over the Warthog-base thread), and give you a mechanically firm connection? I am interested to find out if the problem I mentioned in my previous post is specific only to my extension, or not. Thanks, wolle

The female bit is sliding up and down, it is not stuck. But even in the positon where it is all the way forward, it is too short and can catch only the first groove of the male warthog-base thread. So, either the female bit is too short, or the plastic part that contains the electrical connector is too long (even with the bulky screws completely removed). In the meantime I have taken the extension apart into its individual components.The female bit consists of two parts that are bolted together with long thin screws. I separated the two parts by removing the screws, then I can of-course fully screw the lower half that has the thread on it onto the Warthog thread. Then I manualy plug in the electrical connector bit, then press the extension tube against it, and then slide the second part of the female bit all the way forward, but even in the all-the-way forward position there is a gap of several millimeters between it and the fully screwed on second part of the female bit that contains the thread. Again, the conclusion is the same: Either the female bit is too short, or the plastic part that contains the electrical connector is too long. Sorry for the complicated descriptions, I do not have a digital camera, unfortunately.

Hi Zahrie, In my case, I didn't even get to test the extension electrically. This is because my extension doesn't mechanically fit. The female fitting at the bottom of the extension does not protrude enough to go over the male thread of the Warthog's base. It would have to be about three millimeters longer, the length it is now it only entends to the first groove of the thread.

Even if I take those screws out, the thread that goes into the base unit won't catch more than the first grove (and this first grove I have pretty much worn out by now) :cry:

I have the same problem with the screws you mentioned. They pretrude too far out, and therefore you can't screw the extension into the base unit with those big screw heads in the way. How did you solve this?

How do you guys implement the trim wheels, i.e. what controls do you assign to this function? Do you know of any off-the-shelf products (i.e. wheels connected to a potentiometer connected to USB, and readable by DCS) that could function as a trim wheel for the P51D?:dunno:

Hi Grimes, That worked, many thanks!

Hi Grimes, Thanks very much for your response. I (think I) understand what you did: unit.p gives the position/orientation, not just the position as I thought. unit.p.p gives the position, right? Weirdly, now the LOS message on my install is always "No LOS", and on yours it alternates. Would be interesting to find out what causes that... Shameless request: Could you rewrite my mission with the MIST LOS function you mentioned. This would help me understand how to use MIST...

Hi Druid, I am trying to implement the function you describe above, but without success, land.isVisible always returns true, even if there is no LOS. If you can spare a couple of minutes, can you look at the attached (very simple) mission. Many thanks LineOfSight.miz

I agree, that's exactly the reason why I asked for "glance" commands. By assigning a key to "left mirror on" or "right mirror on", the mirrors appear only as long as you press those keys. At all times when those keys are not pressed, the mirrors are folded away, and don't impact the FPS. The mustang has a similar command, called "mirror glance" or something like that. In other words, what I am looking for is the keyboard command (or rather the line in the controlls menu that allows me to assign a key to that function) that turns on the top mirror and moves the pilots head position into a position ideal for viewing the rear-view mirror, but only for as long as the key is pressed. That is, I am looking for the analog of the P51 "mirror glance" option.

@air wolf I will be opening my wallet wide, only problem: no matter how wide I open it, I can only find a couple of bucks in it:( @kuky If I run a single video card, can I still connect 3 monitors to it? Given my hardware config, is Dell a good place to buy it from, or can I save a couple of bucks when I go with a different company. Maybe giving endorsements for companies is against forum rules, in which case maybe you can give me alternate companies/websites I could have a look at.

Sorry to highjack this thread, but I just posted a thread in the hardware section of this forum, asking for advice on a new computer. (unfortunaetely I do not know how to link to another thread. If I knew I would, but it should be easy to find, the title of the thread is "please help me choose my next computer"). I sure would be thankful if you could give me some advice...:music_whistling:

Dear DCS users, Sooner or later I will need a new computer for DCS and other flight sims. I am not much of a computer expert, so I want to start from the following setup I put together on the Dell website (it costs about $2500, which is obviously a "little" high). PROCESSOR 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3820 (10M Cache, Overclocked up to 4.1 GHz) OPERATING SYSTEM Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English MEMORY 16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz VIDEO CARD 4GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 690 HARD DRIVE 500GB SS Hybrid MAIN + 1TB 7200RPM Storage WIRELESS & BLUETOOTH 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Combo Adapter OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability Sooner or later I would like to run three monitors. Can you please make suggestions how to optimize my choices. Which ones are too much/too little for what I will likely need. Any help would be greatly appreciated.:helpsmilie:

Hi Hamblue, Already have trackIR, and love it. However, sometimes a quick glance in the mirror can also be useful. In any case, I am wondering why there is a left and right mirror on, but no corresponding command for the top mirror (as far as I can see)???

I figured out how to assign a button for a glance in the left and right mirror, "left mirror on" and "right mirror on", respectively. But I can't find the corresponding option for the top, i.e. rear-view mirror.:helpsmilie:

Hi Python, Are you using the latest World version? I think taxiing has become easier in the later version of DCS world/P51. I think the key to nice and controlled turning with the stick forward is the right taxiing speed. You can first try turning at a very low speed, and as you use differential braking the aircraft will come to a stop without turning much, and the tail wheel may be left in an awkward position. If you are too fast, differential braking will lead to ground looping. Somewhere in the middle is the right speed. That's at least what works for me. If that doesn't work, you can always use differential braking with the stick pulled back, that should be very easy to controll.

ORDERD!

I made Peter's center-detent modification today. I recommend it, makes rudder fine controll much better. However, instead of the advertised 30 mins, it took me several hours, for the following reason (I post this so that other people won't have to go through this pain in the butt): As you fiddle around and work away on the levers etc. of your rudder, it can easily happen (happened to me) that the gear marked in the attached picture jumps by a tooth or so. The consequence of this is that the calibration of your rudder will be off-center (and I was looking for hours for a software fix to recalibrate the pedal, which is not possible...) B.t.w. I called Saitek, and they claim that the warranty will be null amnd void once you open the unit. That's at least what the guy on the phone claimed.

I have the same problem, too, on a laptop PC:(

I have lowered the mount of my Warthog to accomodate the stick extension. Now I am just waiting for you to finish the webpage, or the world to end, whichever comes first:)

Presently I have the large base plate of my Warthog mounted at about desk height (actually a little lower). With the extension, the base plate would probably have to move below my legs, i.e. to about chair height. Therefore, I would think the length of the extension should be roughly equal to the difference between desk height and chair height. Does my calculation make sense. How do people mount their Warthog base at roughly chair height? Thanks in advance for any tips.

me want! What is the recommended length? Keep us updated and let us know when we can place the order...

I don't think it is, since the flaps on the P51D have 5 positions... What I do is to use the flaps up switch on the TM Warthog as a momentary switch that raises the flaps by one unit, and the flap down switch as a momentary switch to lower the flaps by one unit, whereas the flaps switch in the A10 take-off (middle) position is idle, i.e. the flaps stay in the position they are in.

I apologize in advance for my probably ignorant opinion (I am not a software engineer or anything like that), but I have never understood why DCS is not multithreaded. There are so many tasks that could easily be run in parallel, because they are completely independent of each other and require no or very little exchange of data. Take as an example the calculation of aerodynamic forces for independent units, such as player and AI aircraft, the forces on one unit does not depend on that on another. Or moving ground force AI units around, and so on. As I said, just a layman's opinion...

Must have missed that update. How do you place a civial audience using the mission editor? The only dudes I found amongst the ME units is infantry...