Warthog Stick + Throttle Device Profile?

[bud01]

Hi,

 

Following on from the posting of chucks guide over at SIMHQ here:

 

 

 

I was wondering if a bunch of us could get together and put together a proposed best efforts Warthog profile for the Gazelle?

 

Looking at chucks guide there is a foundation for the profile by way of.

 

 

I am at my study desk now and ill try to list out all switchable controls and put some thing together in picture format so that people that actually know what they are doing about flight can over look the progress of the Warthog profile and we can get it better and better until it can be uploaded to the files section here:

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/

 

 

Time now is 17:08GMT so ill post back with updates about how I get on with this, questions. Ill be using the blank WH layout PDF is here;

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5hmnknbvspky9fw/TM%20WH%20Layout%20Blank.pdf?dl=0

 

Thanks,

 

bud

[HoneyBadger]

This is the control layout I use. There's probably more buttons I could bind to my HOTAS but so far I'm happy with it. I believe nearly everything I've bound is necessary. The actual layout should probably be different though for a general profile to be given to beginners.

 

The kneeboard is arguable as the Gazelle comes with the NADIR, I just bound it anyway as I used it a lot in the Huey with the same binds.

 

I still have the joystick bound to camera slew but I use Coolie Switch when not in Auto-hover mode. I know the slew control is a proper axis designed for camera panning, but that thing's terrible so I don't use it.

Edited May 14, 2016 by HoneyBadger

[bud01]

Hi honey, it would be great to build off your suggestion template.

 

 

I am just looking through the guides and I am a little overwhelmed. but so far I am starting to build up not a profile but questions about the options and then about priority, since button "space" is so important and there are a lot of buttons able to be bound, so taking first buttons come served to the hotas is obviously wrong but doing it like that looking through the guide you get things like this.

 

 

binding (with or with out modifier).

battery

alternator

generator

fuel pump

turbine starter

 

CMS depressed magnextic brake button ?

set trim switch to m with coolie switch depressed?

trim actuator with coolie switch?

pinky switch foward navigation lights blinking (cli)

pinky switch back - steady

anti collistion light - modifier (lever) + pinky switch forward or back

 

 

I am going to keep reading the guides but it would be great if we got a profile that bound most important necessary buttons and fill out all the buttons to the hotas in a logical well thought out manner,

 

this is going to take some time and number of revision and imputs from inside out flyers of the bird.

 

Edit: lets get that Pilot wiper switch bound :-) ( it needs a three stage button so looking to the hotas we have flaps (22-23) or auto p (27-28) which is too close and valuable so could use flaps 22-23 for this lower priority control and nice to have on hand for wet missions?

 

Edited May 14, 2016 by bud01

[bud01]

This is the control layout I use. There's probably more buttons I could bind to my HOTAS but so far I'm happy with it. I believe nearly everything I've bound is necessary. The actual layout should probably be different though for a general profile to be given to beginners.

 

The kneeboard is arguable as the Gazelle comes with the NADIR, I just bound it anyway as I used it a lot in the Huey with the same binds.

 

I still have the joystick bound to camera slew but I use Coolie Switch when not in Auto-hover mode. I know the slew control is a proper axis designed for camera panning, but that thing's terrible so I don't use it.

 

 

 

Your profile is interesting and cant complain about the use of pinkie lever or nosewheel streering button but to maximise the profile possibility we have to take the pinkie lever for modifier?

 

Doing this we could benefit from pinkie lever for modifier (enables double action on all switches buttons etc) and move the dispense flare up to CMS depress.

 

So NVG can stay on 19 but modify on (4) plus 19 can become flare dispense.

 

We need a modifier because advanced users need to double up on control options.

 

There is no question the most important controls should get bound to direct switch or lever, then less important to the modifier plus?

 

I am learning as I go I am still fairly new myself to dcs that's why its super for you to post a start off template. thank you

 

edit: Ok so the IFF device is not simulated so that's one less thing to get looked at.

No radio options should get bound

No Nadir

 

Edited May 14, 2016 by bud01

[bud01]

This is the control layout I use. There's probably more buttons I could bind to my HOTAS but so far I'm happy with it. I believe nearly everything I've bound is necessary. The actual layout should probably be different though for a general profile to be given to beginners.

 

The kneeboard is arguable as the Gazelle comes with the NADIR, I just bound it anyway as I used it a lot in the Huey with the same binds.

 

I still have the joystick bound to camera slew but I use Coolie Switch when not in Auto-hover mode. I know the slew control is a proper axis designed for camera panning, but that thing's terrible so I don't use it.

 

 

why is gun trigger 1 , gun trigger 6 assigned to communications to your profile? does the gazelle only have rockets for botton 2 release?

[HoneyBadger]

why is gun trigger 1 , gun trigger 6 assigned to communications to your profile? does the gazelle only have rockets for botton 2 release?

The Gazelle's cyclic trigger is for communications (like the Huey). I assigned it to both trigger stages just to make sure it registers.

Edited May 15, 2016 by HoneyBadger