Snakeb1te

Thanks for the reply, it seems pretty advanced and unnecessary for me at the moment, but I've bookmarked it for future use. Thanks to all! (Oh one final question is Itrackr still worth it for just one monitor?)

What an exemplary community. Though I will not be able to contribute anything to you, I would like to thank you very much. I would just like to add that there's a lot of joystick jargon flying about (no pun int-- ahh who am I kidding). So the general concensus is hold on to my FFB2 till I have the trackr. After some time in DCS I could consider an upgrade to warthog stick. (By the way I hope this stick is just as great for other sims as well, flaming cliffs and Ka50 for example). I know nothing about joystick maintenance, but I presume if I treat it well I should get a fair few years out of it without issue. Finally, I will grab some pedals as well, but that will probably be at the same time as the warthog. That's at least 200 flight hours away though (gotta earn it), so I'll check back then with you guys to see what you recommend closer to that date. @ Random: I have no idea about the joystick board from L.Bodnar. Could you provide a link? @ 159th Falcon: Thanks for the tips. But thanks to all you guys.

I appreciate the responses guys. Great news regarding the Eurofighter (and even the Tornado) mod. I look forward to that whenever it comes out. I didn't realise this joystick was still that good. It certainly doesn't have as many buttons/dials on it as some of the more expensive joysticks. Yes with my joystick I can rudder turn, but it is a little difficult, and I've read around here that it can be challenging over time if you play without pedals. Nevertheless, once I have gauged my interest in the series, I will check back with this forum for any pedal recommendations at that point. Warthog seems to be the joystick most recommended, does it have force feedback? Having gotten used to that feature, I could not now play without it. @ QuiGon: I am flying the Su25t for now, as the A10 is still beyond me at this point. What I was referring to was that F22 was far more 'arcade' and thus far easier to maneouvre. These sims are of a very high quality, and has shown me that I know nothing about flying! What I'm after are any guides or basic flying guides written either for real pilots or sim flyers. I want to understand as much as I can regarding terminology and flight maneouvres.

Hi all I'm new to flights sims since having played F22 Lightning 3 when I was 14 years old (I'm 23 now). Just wanted to ask a few questions and collect some advice from y'all I hope that's alright! My Sim equipment - I have my old Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2. It doesn't seem ideal, and based on what I'm seeing here I plan to upgrade to an x-55 once I've qualified my interest in this series (by performing all the training for su-25t followed by A-10c - the only series I currently own). Once I've got the new stick, it seems the TIR5 is in order, followed by some pedals perhaps. Once I'm happy with that I'll grab Flaming Cliffs if interested in the planes there. Is this a reasonable route into the DCS world? - Also, I am quite baffled by the aerial movements of the plane, it feels less responsive than F22L3 did, which is obviously due to the more realistic nature of this sim. Are there any flying guides for fast jet planes you could recommend? I don't care about the page length, in fact the more detail the better. I would soak it up fast (I studied law!) - I'm a brit, just out of curiousity, is there any chance of bringing in modules of the Typhoon / Tornado in future? I'm also quite curious as to how a russian company (Eagle Dynamics) has been given license to so much information relating to a US aircraft (A10C specifically). I would have thought the US would try to keep it a little more classified.