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Longer throttle handle movement and the ability to use the upcoming button boxes with it as the new throttle has the AUX port.

I copied Greekbulls damper mod. For the toe brakes I added a beam and a couple of springs.

I have owned Slaw F-16 and RX Viper pedals, Baur BRD F2 pedals and the Thrustmaster TPR pedals. They are all very good. Slaws pedals needed more space behind them, because of how the damper is mounted, and didn’t fit my simpit so I got the BRD F2. The TPR pedals are good, but does not have a cam centering mechanism. I have added extra springs for the toe brakes and I mounted a damper to the rudder function. With these modifications, I prefer the TPR pedals over the others, because of the pendulum movement. In short, they are all very good pedals. Which one will be best for you depends on your taste and needs.

Yes. And it must be pushed in to move out of ”OFF” position.

Got mine, today.

Did you try the latest version? https://forum.virpil.com/index.php?/topic/558-vpc-configuration-tool-test-releases/

MilesD, or anyone... I’d like to use the upper camera of my RiftS. Has anyone tried mounting the sensor to the left or right, off center? Does it mess with tracking? Could this offset be handled in software?

Instead you get a smaller throttle, with better throttle features and less button features and you get to decide which auxiliary button boxes you want to complete the setup. Win-win, if you ask me.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3817931&postcount=15

Greekbull, I ended up copying your design... :)

Just to add to Sokols great info; TLE 5010 sensors are really easy to use. Just put a magnet on the rotational axis of whatever you want to measure, and put the sensor close to it. No need for a pshysical link between axis and sensor.

An empty X-tank will of course add some drag, but not enough to warrant dropping it. Dropping the tank may become necessary if the flight control system is damaged as it can lead to yaw and roll instability. But other than such instances, the tank should stay on. Could be different in DCS, of course.

Yeah, it’s not the resolution, as such. It’s the fact that your eyes are so close to the displays. When using a traditional 2D monitor, even if it’s a 36” inch screen, the view is much smaller than in real life. In VR it’s full scale. Imagine having a 50” 4K display, and then moving so close to it that the view fills a 100° of your field of view, and the virtual cockpit becomes as large as in real life... You’d want more than 4K res too ;)

The external fuel tank on the Viggen isn’t a drop tank, really. It’s only supposed to be dropped in case of an emergency. If it’s empty, there’s very little or no performance gain in dropping it.

Just what the title says. I added an arm and an attachment point for an extra return spring on the TPR toe brakes, which I feel are on the light side, otherwise.

Cool idea! I have been tinkering with something similar, but with stops for idle as well.

How do you change the cable on your Warthog, if it breaks?

I don’t think you’re missing anything... The Rift S isn’t a big step up, from the CV1. It’s better in some ways and not better in other ways. For me, personally, I get better performance and better view clarity. This because the S runs at 80Hz and I can set pixel density back to 1.0 and still get a better view than the CV1 on a PD of 1.5. And I wanted to get rid of the external sensors. But I miss the audio and IPD adjustment of the CV1. I never thought the S would be a dramatic step up from the CV1 and it isn’t. I’ll probably get a Reverb or Index, eventually. We’ll see.

I got my PointCtrl yesterday! Thanks, MilesD! I only had about an hour of play time, but I managed to try it out, briefly. I just plugged in the sensor and turned on the FCU’s and it worked well enough to fly a hop in DCS. You are absolutely on to something big here! This is so much better than using a mouse or trackball. I will spend some more time with it this weekend, and do a proper calibration. So far I really like what I see! Well done!

Don’t know of a commercially available one, but I made one myself.

Don’t know about that... Last year, LEGO won a lawsuit, in China, against Chinese LEPIN for copying 3D artwork.

And I have told you why, several times now. ASW does not work in Win7. ASW is auto enabled in Win10 when FPS fall below 90. ASW introduces distortions. You can turn ASW off, if you like.

Again...

I would love a AN-2 in DCS..! The first time I saw one for real was during my line training as a new hire first officer. As we rolled down the runway at Krakow, there were some 5 or 6 AN-2 lined up on holding at a halfway intersection. I got so mesmerized that I forgot to call V1 and rotate... The captain wrote ”No sightseeing during take off! Focus!” in my training log :-D Would be cool to drop paratroopers and special forces in DCS.

Undortunately no... You can use the cameras, to view your surroundings, but the resolution is rather poor and only grayscale. You do use this view when setting up your play area by viewing your room in the VR display while drawing the play area with your controllers. I too would like an AR feature.