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#00139 Canada

Merry Christmas to those celebrating. Either my wife loves me or she wants me out of her hair for a while. Woke up Christmas morning to a thrustmaster warthog and saitek rudder pedals. Don't know where she got it but it was new in the box, and the serial number on the throttle is 189 ,and on the stick is1091. I've been using the thrustmaster t flight hotas x, so back to the training videos to get used to this setup.:joystick:

Hi, I got this lua from another member of the forum and tweaked it to suit me. It has most all you need though it can be a pain when having to press multiple buttons for a certain command.I've attached the lua and a picture of the commands as on the hotas. Again i can't take credit for the original lua file or picture but the edited version here is what i use. The command for the radios are blue state with 5,6,7,8 buttons. hope it works for you. joystickhotasx.lua

Found this very helpful description on what the Thrusmaster warthog is and does. enjoy http://thrustmasterwarthog.com/thrustmaster-warthog.html

Hi All, It seems the rudder price is going down. It's on sale at best buy in the us and canada , and it seems the prices are being dropped at some other online places. 99$ at best buy canada and 91$ best buy us. The best thing about these two is you can get it at the store and skip shipping charges. Finally got one today.( It's a christmas gift from the wife: Just have to tell her:smilewink:.)

All that's left is the track ir and rudder pedals.Next thing you know the better half is looking at you like you are crazy (Wait till you get the flight manual printed at a local print shop and are sitting at the dining room table going "so thats why that happened"). Many ah ha!! moments in this sim.

Hi, Right now i use the thrustmaster t-flight hotas. I have everything mapped to the stick. I just used modifiers. It helps that i have the track ir so looking around the cockpit is taken care off. The only problem with this setup is you have to remember to press the modifier key for the specific action you want. It can get a little annoying when things are happening but i get along ok with it for now. It's sensitive enough that i can do aerial refuels now with lots of practice. I will be getting the warthog eventually as i do enjoy the dcs world.

Hi, finally got to the point where i actually get fuel on an air to air.(woohoo):clap: My question is:When i get fuel, have a disconnect and have to reconnect, is it normal for the speed that i originally needed to connect to go down? I started with an unloaded plane needing 180/181 to connect and as i got more fuel it slowly dropped to 177-176. Could i be actually getting different headwinds happening in the game? Just curious.

Hi, Just tried my first attempt (ahem... attempts) at air to air refueling. I need a nap.

Hi, Just wondering how many users here with track ir find themselves trying to look around the cockpit of the a10c when watching another users video of flights when in full screen.:doh:

Sooo, I didn't deactivate dcs10 and uninstalled world and then reinstalled both.I was asked to reactivate dcs 10 on first run and now at 9 activations. It runs fine and nothing blew up. Is there any reason to be concerned(except for cursor arrow problem) or just carry on as normal?

Yeah i was doing a power dive and dropped 2.It was surreal but I caught a quick look at the left bomb as it went in front of my wing just before i took it out myself.

Bombed myself during a run. Dropped the ordinance in a dive and pulled out and got myself instead.

as soon as i posted i realized i wasn't using the uhf for the wingman like i should have. i need a thrustmaster warthog

Hi. My wing man in the instant missions doesn't reply when i send messages to him. I have my spi on and still nothing when asked to engage targets. I get reports from him on tagets he finds and mud spikes and such but no response to my commands. I've watched him engage targets only after i've been taken out. It frustrating trying to do an easy mission and wanting help to clear out air defenses while trying to learn the weapons systems. I'm using the module 1.2 with dcs world. (on another topic has anyone else seen the phantom parachute that appears floating out of nowhere while doing the easy instant action mission)

Thanks i wasn't sure if it was possible.

Hi i was wondering if this could be done with to android 7 inch tablets? I can get 2 for about 100 bucks and was wondering if i could use them as those displays?

If you're really into it, staples will print them for About 65 bucks ,black and white ,double sided, with binding and cover. Got 2, the flight manual, and the gui.