DblGonzo

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I went with the FOXX Mounts. One thing to note, the round WH stick mount will not work with the Orion Stick. At least with the Foxx mounts. You have to order the alternative mount plate. The front screws that mount the round base to the rail hit the front of the Orion. The other option is to put in some spacers to raise the base up.

I had to make major adjustments to my deadzone and curves when flying Warbirds in DCS. They were very twitchy and nearly impossible to fly.

The detents are not that pronounced I have pushed right through them when I have the tension turned down. They are not solid hard detents. Just notches in the arm.

I had a small issue with this. I found out that if I plugged in my Joystick next to my wireless mouse it would disconnect randomly. So I moved my joystick to another USB header and plugged my Stick and throttle in to the ports next to each other and it seems to be working with out issue. I have changed to a wired high quality gaming mouse and keyboard and ditched the wireless logitech. I have noticed also with an external harddrive plugged in next to the logitech wireless receiver it will do the same thing.

The Orion Joystick does not have any adjustment for tension. You can contact WinWing to see if they have any lighter springs that will work with the Orion. I used the joystick on my desktop for several months and never had an issue with it not sticking even with my most violent yanking and banking. I was using a desk with a very smooth surface. I just cleaned it good.

I love the Orion throttle. The only issue is trying to set up for the A10. The right throttle has a push button at the bottom. On the A10 it has a toggle. China hat I believe. I was wondering if there would be a way to put in a 3 way switch? I assume the hardware controller will not recognize a switch unless you moved a toggle from another position and put the push button in where you took the toggle from. I was thinking about moving the toggle from the left handle and swapping it out for the button. I am thinking about ordering another F18 handle to experiment with. That would not be the most cost effective way. Any other ideas out there?

Just something to remember, if you use Simapp to calibrate your AB detent. If you adjust the throttle curve in DCS it will change the point the AB kicks in on the F18. I used a custom curve from a tutorial on how to AA refuel and the curve moved the AB to just before I hit the detent. I need to figure out how to do slight adjustments to the curve to keep the AB detent settings.

Everytime they have a firmware update I have issues. I can only update one item when it works. And then I have to shutdown my PC and restart. The update fails more times than it is successful. I wind up restarting my PC atleast a dozen times and sometimes I just give up and try it the next day. I have done all the troubleshooting steps. Uninstall/reinstall and unplug the joystick and throttle and then it might work. Total shit show everytime.

No I have not made any changes, I just did a new install, got tired of the Easter egg hunt for a solution. But thanks for the suggestion.

When I try to launch DCS 2.7 open beta I get this error. JSON error: lexical error: invalid char in json text (right here) ------^ Same error If I try to repair or try to update. autoupdate_templog.txt

Well I do not think it is SimApp pro. Just started again and I have not launched the program. I guess I have some investigation ahead.

Nice pictures, I never got to take a close look at the F18 when I was in the US Navy. I was in an F14 squadron 1980-84 VF143 on the IKE CVN69 or the love boat as we like to call it.

Well it is Saturday and the F18 joystick handle is still not here and the tracking will not give me an estimated delivery date. It left Nashville yesterday morning and has not checked in since.

When I have Simapp pro running and launch DCS, when I get to the main menu and click on anything the screen goes black for a second and then comes back. But I am still sitting in the main DCS menu. I have to CTRL/ALT/DEL and end DCS then close simapp pro and relaunch DCS. Anyone else having the issue?