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Have had this lying around for years. It really is incredibly bad design. It's intended for FPS games but is a total pain to use that way.

 

And I thought: let's mod this thing and I'll have a makeshift UFC!

 

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The cool thing is, the device is automatically recognized as a DX controller, no need to map keystrokes -- just assign stuff directly in DCS. Feels nice finally being able to feed the scratchpad from a physical controller!

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Nice. I like your layout. BTW, what's the display device behind your MFCD "frame"? I've seen iPads... how do you handle yours?

 

Might consider upgrading to that too :)

 

Nothing exiting just an old 10 inch monitor I had kicking around with Cougar MECCa stuck permanently to it :thumbup:

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Okay cool. But: this monitor's ratio is... what? 3:1 ?!

 

Or did you saw one half off of it? No wait I know. You drilled a slit through your desk and the 3:4 display is actually recessed into the desk? Doesn't it hang in your knees' way? :lol:

 

Also nice tape job. You look like you could build a house out of it. :)

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Yep you got it. cut a hole in the top of the desk and it sits on the keyboard draw... my knees are free (couldn't operate the rudder peddles otherwise) :thumbup:

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Cool. Voluntarily damaging furniture for DCS is commitment. I have damaged my office chair to accomodate a throttle block. I plan to carry on damaging.:pilotfly:

 

If you haven't, at least, drilled holes in a desk (or chair) to mount flight sim hardware, then you aren't really serious. :P

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If you haven't, at least, drilled holes in a desk (or chair) to mount flight sim hardware, then you aren't really serious. :P

 

F#cked up many desks, chairs, monitors, joysticks to get this far. will for sure f#ck up many again before I leave this mortal planet or before 2.0 arrives (Which ever comes first) :music_whistling:

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