Goblin Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 Vpc is just always out of stock. Always. Still, people are buying from them... ;) Seriously, it’s just a matter of filling in your email in the stock notification, for the item that is out of stock. Worked for me.
Joker69 Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 The strange thing is that the TM F -18 Grip was announced, has been shown on several occasions but to date no official news seems to come from TM. I own Hotas Warthog and so I will wait a little longer for some news, then I will move on to buy the new VKB. Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/139168989452694/about/ ASUS ROG - TM Hotas Warthog - TM Hotas Cougar - TM F-18 Grip - Oculus Rift S - Track IR 5
bies Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 I suppose it's business practice - if thay would announce the new stick the sales of the old (Warthog) would drop as many ppl would hold and wait for the new one.
tintifaxl Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 Still, people are buying from them... ;) Seriously, it’s just a matter of filling in your email in the stock notification, for the item that is out of stock. Worked for me. Not for me. The minute I got the "in stock" notification, I went to the webshop only to see "out of stock" on the item. Windows 10 64bit, Intel i9-9900@5Ghz, 32 Gig RAM, MSI RTX 3080 TI, 2 TB SSD, 43" 2160p@1440p monitor.
Joker69 Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 Yes, I believe the problem is commercial strategy. However the TM logic of having a modular Hotas is valid. It is a pity not to have news on this F-18 Grip also because the Warthog is the most widespread hotas as we have seen. The Warthog throttle is very flexible to multiple uses ... both twin-engine and single-engine. The grip is perfect for the A-10 and also for the F-16. With the new Grip you could optimize the control of F/A-18 and AV-8B. So it would have been nice to have been able to buy this product. It could also be adapted to the various DCS modules. Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/139168989452694/about/ ASUS ROG - TM Hotas Warthog - TM Hotas Cougar - TM F-18 Grip - Oculus Rift S - Track IR 5
Goblin Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 The minute I got the "in stock" notification, I went to the webshop only to see "out of stock" on the item. I trust you did a page refresh, in your browser, or checked again a couple of minutes later? Have you tried contacting Virpil?
Weasel Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 As long as the hornet stick isn‘t available, there is indeed a small hope for a Hotas Hornet ;-)
33-DFTC Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 Why "a small hope" when Thrustmaster themselves sais a new HOTAS would be available around 2020 ? It's just a matter of time and patience before we see something. There are only two types of aircraft, fighters and targets. - Major Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson, USMC
VirusAM Posted December 17, 2018 Posted December 17, 2018 I don’t know if some of you already noticed...but today when i created a new profile i will be working on and then exported as tmc script i saw this. This comes with the latest target update released for the Rudders but basically the hornet stick is already there in the software R7-5800X3D 64GB RTX-4090 LG-38GN950 N/A Realsimulator FFSB MKII Ultra+F-16 grip+F/A-18 grip, VKB Stecs Max, VKB T-Rudder MKV, Razer Tartarus V2 Secrets Lab Tytan, Monstertech ChairMounts
VirusAM Posted December 17, 2018 Posted December 17, 2018 Why "a small hope" when Thrustmaster themselves sais a new HOTAS would be available around 2020 ? It's just a matter of time and patience before we see something. No...in 2020 they should release a new hotas...the hornet stick has been announced as an addon for the warthog base, or to be sold in bundle with the warhog stick. of course i hope the grips will be compatible with the new hotas...and i hope the new hotas will be force feedback R7-5800X3D 64GB RTX-4090 LG-38GN950 N/A Realsimulator FFSB MKII Ultra+F-16 grip+F/A-18 grip, VKB Stecs Max, VKB T-Rudder MKV, Razer Tartarus V2 Secrets Lab Tytan, Monstertech ChairMounts
VirusAM Posted December 17, 2018 Posted December 17, 2018 What Hapenned The Thrustmaster F-18 Stick i never noticed it but it seems to be also in the target gui maybe thrustmaster made the firmware for Wags that is trying the grip R7-5800X3D 64GB RTX-4090 LG-38GN950 N/A Realsimulator FFSB MKII Ultra+F-16 grip+F/A-18 grip, VKB Stecs Max, VKB T-Rudder MKV, Razer Tartarus V2 Secrets Lab Tytan, Monstertech ChairMounts
ebabil Posted December 17, 2018 Posted December 17, 2018 will there be also a f-18 throttle? any news? FC3 | UH-1 | Mi-8 | A-10C II | F/A-18 | Ka-50 III | F-14 | F-16 | AH-64 | Mi-24 | F-5 | F-15E| F-4| Tornado Persian Gulf | Nevada | Syria | NS-430 | Supercarrier // Wishlist: CH-53 | UH-60 Youtube MS FFB2 - TM Warthog - CH Pro Pedals - Trackir 5
VirusAM Posted December 17, 2018 Posted December 17, 2018 no news on that...who know in 2020 what they will release R7-5800X3D 64GB RTX-4090 LG-38GN950 N/A Realsimulator FFSB MKII Ultra+F-16 grip+F/A-18 grip, VKB Stecs Max, VKB T-Rudder MKV, Razer Tartarus V2 Secrets Lab Tytan, Monstertech ChairMounts
Sn8ke_iis Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 I was taking a look at the new grip in TARGET. Looks like the castle hat is a 5-way, i.e. has a press function along with the side thumb 5-way with press similar to the Warthog grip. And the new thumb wheel/lever has a press function as well. So, only losing 2 buttons from the Warthog grip. I should be able to adapt my stock profile -which uses all 4 hats - to the new grip. Hopefully, it gets released soon. The thumbwheel will come in handy for F-15C/E as well.
VirusAM Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 I was taking a look at the new grip in TARGET. Looks like the castle hat is a 5-way, i.e. has a press function along with the side thumb 5-way with press similar to the Warthog grip. And the new thumb wheel/lever has a press function as well. So, only losing 2 buttons from the Warthog grip. I should be able to adapt my stock profile -which uses all 4 hats - to the new grip. Hopefully, it gets released soon. The thumbwheel will come in handy for F-15C/E as well. iirc thrustmaster has added buttons that are not in the real hornet stick, to match the number of buttons in the f16 stick R7-5800X3D 64GB RTX-4090 LG-38GN950 N/A Realsimulator FFSB MKII Ultra+F-16 grip+F/A-18 grip, VKB Stecs Max, VKB T-Rudder MKV, Razer Tartarus V2 Secrets Lab Tytan, Monstertech ChairMounts
Sokol1_br Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 Sn8ke_iis So, only losing 2 buttons from the Warthog grip. No, you will don't loose any button if change from Warthog grip for Tm F-18 grip, both (game version) has same number of buttons = 19 + POV HAT, although IRL grips has different number of buttons.
Sn8ke_iis Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 No, you will don't loose any button if change from Warthog grip for Tm F-18 grip, both (game version) has same number of buttons = 19 + POV HAT, although IRL grips has different number of buttons. Ahhh, absolutely right Sokol. I was thinking of the new thumbwheel as an axis instead of buttons. I will just map a layer to those as well with a modifier. My first thought when seeing the prototype is that we are losing a hat switch. They just reconfigured it into different buttons.
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