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  1. jym

    Name of AI

    Given my flying skills, we might as well name him HAL.
  2. It's an old joke (I remember it from the original Il-2 days) from when every query about imminent updates or releases would be met with endless responses of 'Two weeks'.
  3. The good news - I have my Rotor Plus base with Ka-50 grip. The bad - it's not compatible with my Monstertech chair mount system. Now comes the thumb-twiddling while I wait for the collective mount addon to arrive.
  4. That looks like it clamps onto Smallrig's 15mm-diameter carbon-fibre tubular rods; they have a wall thickness of 2mm and are effectively rigid.
  5. The Thrustmaster TFRP are pretty good for the price - certainly good enough to keep you going while you save up for a Crosswind - but are rather narrow. Ultimately too much so for my tastes (coming from a Simped F16 and finally going to MFG Crosswind), but if you need something small, light, and reasonably priced, they're well worth a look.
  6. Free or paid. The free version is somewhat limited compared to the paid, but not necessarily so much that it should be ruled out.
  7. You can always supplement your controls with something like VoiceAttack (which would cost you somewhere between zero and ten dollars, depending on version).
  8. I'm having a great time with a VKB Gunfighter III with a 20cm extension. Can recommend it highly - especially on a centre chair mount.
  9. Having used a couple of MS Sidewinder FFB2 sticks (and still owning one in fully-working condition), I'd be wary of investing money in a force feedback stick: They're old. FFB2 will be about 20 years old, and that's about the same for all the other types you'll find. Or they're new commercial simulator items, and you'll have to be ready to sell a child or two to pay for one. Used sticks can be pricey (and you're usually at the mercy of eBay if you want one) because you're fighting over a limited and dwindling supply. Sidewinder FFB2 are rattly, have few buttons, and a pretty poor grip layout. With the FFB2 at least, my experience with Win10 is that getting stick forces is a sometime treat. Even when it does work, DCS doesn't seem to do much more than force trim with it. YMMV, and I've no doubt that other users will have wildly different experiences with FFB sticks. Mine suggest that a good sprung stick with replaceable springs would be a better choice.
  10. VKB Gladiator II is a great mid-range desktop joystick. They're out of production but the replacement (Gladiator NXT) looks to be a worthy successor.
  11. Wags' latest video on using Hind ATGMs might give you an idea on how to split up the commands. Now I have to train VoiceAttack to understand "Petrovich you idiot - you'll get us killed!"
  12. At least you have some armour protection in the Hind. It's not like the Mi-8 or UH-1H where you're trusting your life to a greenhouse and a little tinplate.
  13. Sounds like you're forming up with the second pair instead of with the flight leader (Springfield 1).
  14. The TWCS throttle is pretty good once you deal with the stiction, offering a mini joystick and a fair number of buttons, hats, and sliders, for the money. Going for the quality joystick and rudder first would be my choice (I have a VKB Gunfighter III with MCG Pro on a 20cm extension, v2 MFG Crosswind pedals, and a butchered TWCS throttle).
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