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TheSlickOne

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  1. For those with the loose Orion2 base sliders, it's possible to get them tighter. Take off the base plate (lots of screws but no cables to worry about), unscrew the two retaining screws on each slider and pull it out (there are no cables). You need to take the slider body apart by unscrewing the 3 small metal screws and gently pry the two halves apart with a knife. You will see two thick and one thinner plastic pins protruding from one of the halves. The thinner pin that goes through the cutout in the slider is what's providing the spacing for the upper part of the plastic body. You can file down this plastic pin a bit to be able to tighten the top screw therefore pulling the slider body halves closer together to create more friction. Only need to remove a hair, don't overdo it. You can just press the two halves of the slider body together to test the feel. The actual factory friction is created by a thin spring washer that is bent in a U-shape. You'll see once you take it apart. I thought about putting more bend into this part to increase the friction but it's so flimsy that I was afraid it might break. Plus, I wanted a very tight slider and my feeling was that even bending this spring wouldn't increase the friction that much. So I chose the other option described above. Make sure you file the pin end in a right angle to make sure the tightness is even once assembled. If the end is slanted the slider body halves won't mate up evenly and you'll end up with the slider having more resistance during one half of it's travel. I managed to get them much tighter than the Warthog HOTAS slider. An accidental bump won't move them now and at the same time the action is still smooth. Hope this helps someone.
  2. I have the Orion2 F/A-18 Hornet Throttle Combo and would like to make the friction/tension of the two thumbwheel sliders (picture below) stronger so they're not so easy to move. Is there an adjustment for these? Did anybody disassemble this throttle before and see if anything could be done? Btw, if anybody has any info on how to take it apart safely I'd like that information. There are too many screws.
  3. Are you using it with an extension or without? Does it have less ramp-up with deflection than the T-50? Smoother near center? I'm pretty much ready to jump on it come tomorrow...
  4. OK, great to know about the "articulation sphere". I think my issue of play at center is the result of that part anyways. Now, we'll see how much they want for it... Still, in the meantime I'll be looking at the WarBRD as well coz I also have a stiction issue with the Warthog and frankly not sure if the new part would help in that regard as I think stiction is the result of a combination of thigs like the alignment of the four guide pins, the wholes they ride in, the plastic washer, etc.
  5. Frankly, I didn't even check Virpil's site for over a year now as I got the T-50 base and was not happy with it. Deflection angle is too small, one of the bearings is binding resulting in not smooth movement and deflection resistance ramp-up is too fast (probably due to the small deflection angle). I've tried all cams and springs. It's sitting in the bin. :( I'll look into the new WarBRD base. Maybe it'll be better in those regards. Would probably be the same money anyways. However it seems to be out of stock?
  6. My TM Warthog stick developed a play around center so would like to order a replacement gimbal set or whatever parts involved. Has anybody done this and if so what is the part called exactly? Or if anyone has a parts list or diagram I could use to look it up that would help greatly. Thanks for any tips!
  7. Can someone verify if rudder with keyboard is working in 2.5 OB ? It's not working for me. On 1.5 it's working as advertised. I tried 2.5 on a separate machine with no controllers, no axis assignments and the X and Z keys don't work for the rudder. Aileron and elevator with the arrow keys work. Thanks!
  8. Yeah, so it's ONLY available for Russia. The one red country I didn't select, lol.
  9. Trying to create a simple mission but only seem to be able to add the regular 25. The 25T is not available. What am I doing wrong? Is it specific to some countries? I tried Russia, Belarus, Kazakh but only see the 25.
  10. OK, looking at the track log it seems the power lines are OP :D
  11. Can someone please clue me in why my rocket pods are empty when loading into a mission? Edit: Never mind, I didn't know that you have to click on SPECIFIC pilon slots on the loadout screen. Never clicked on pilon 2 which is the only place you can mount rockets.
  12. I'm trying to engage the tanks from 4 km out but my missiles almost always explode before the tanks. Even on the Nevada smooth desert map. What am I doing wrong?
  13. Just giving my observation in case it helps someone. I just started flying 2.5 and I also found the Gazelle cyclic behave strangely. With default curves for the axis I could move the stick (CH) almost 10 degrees and nothing would happen and then beyond that all of a sudden crazy things. So yeah, no matter what I did, no fine control was to be had. I still have Alpha 2.0 installed so I tested it there and it was butter smooth with same default axis settings. Then I looked other settings and under "Misc." I noticed that on 2.0 I had "Force feedback" checked. Not sure why but I never touched it. I checked on 2.5 and it was also enabled there so I unchecked it and voila! Heaven returned! Now why it had no effect in 2.0 and why it messed things up for me in 2.5 I don't know. But once I turned it off things were smooth and now I could hold a smooth 500 fpm climb or descent or smooth turns. Give it a check and try. Now if I could just find a fix for those Robin Hood-like sniper tanks too... :D
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