Cougar mfds in vr for the hornet(and the in the future the f16)

[Rakamora]

How usuable do you guys think they would be in vr? Personally i have no trouble finding keys on the keyboard in vr.

[=Panther=]

Very useful, I use mine a lot in VR and with no issues.

[Svsmokey]

I'm planning for a pair...as well as a UFC entry-pad of some sort . No blind keyboard skills here :)

[Rakamora]

Very useful, I use mine a lot in VR and with no issues.

 

Do u have a rig or do you fly at the desktop ? If i get the cougars i cant figure out how to set them up without moving around on the desktop.

[Rakamora]

I'm planning for a pair...as well as a UFC entry-pad of some sort . No blind keyboard skills here :)

 

U fly in vr?

[=Panther=]

Do u have a rig or do you fly at the desktop ? If i get the cougars i cant figure out how to set them up without moving around on the desktop.

 

I have an Obutto.

[Svsmokey]

U fly in vr?

 

First flight tonight---Holy Oculus !!

[eaglecash867]

Tried temporarily mounting my old Cougar MFDs to my mobile "pit" with velcro. Kind of cool, but you still use the mouse so much for clicking on other switches in the cockpit, that I found switching between that and feeling for buttons on the MFD to be pretty clunky. Good thing the velcro strips come off fairly easily. If you're new to VR and have been using your Cougar MFDs regularly though, you might have better results than I did due to muscle memory. Give the velcro thing a try and see how you like it. It cleans up easily and doesn't require any permanent modifications to anything if you decide it isn't for you.

[Rakamora]

Okey so u mean mount velcro straps at the desk and bottom of the mfds?

[Tic-Tac]

I use the mfds for the harier in vr, reduces the amount of mouse grabbing, i can see them down the nose gap in the occulus, so as long as they are 90% in matching position in the game it’s fine (i think the harrier mfd proportions are slightly different from the f16/ cougar.) However, if i’m using the mfd in combination with the ufc it makes more sense to just use the mouse for both...i imagine once we have reliable point and click in VR i’ll not use the cougar MFDs again

[eaglecash867]

Okey so u mean mount velcro straps at the desk and bottom of the mfds?

 

I still have a 24-inch touchscreen monitor mounted on an upside-down "ceiling mount" made for TVs that is attached to the floor of my mobile "pit". Before VR, I used that in combination with Helios for my instrument panel. Since VR it hasn't been turned on, but its still there, so I just cut 6 small chunks of thin velcro and stuck them to 3 corners of each MFD. Then I stuck the other side of the velcro chunks to the upper corners of the monitor (on the frame only, so I wouldn't damage the touchscreen). Its a good, strong, temporary way to mount stuff when you're experimenting and not sure something is going to work.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

They are a great addition, I use 3 with my joystick and Buddy-Fox UFC.

I bought a Vipirl joystick desk mount and with some aluminium L-brackets, attached them to the vertical post.

The 3rd MFD and the UFC took some imagination, but finally worked it out

[Rakamora]

Very nice layout! Do u fumble around alot finding the right ddi buttons or is it easy when muscle memory has kicked in?

[Habu_69]

I placed a small square of hook-side vecro on buttons 3, 8, 13, 18. Greatly enhances ability to locate desired button by touch.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

Very nice layout! Do u fumble around alot finding the right ddi buttons or is it easy when muscle memory has kicked in?

 

I placed a small square of hook-side vecro on buttons 3, 8, 13, 18. Greatly enhances ability to locate desired button by touch.

I have a similar solution, small rounded silicone adhesive pads for the center buttons of each row.

If you look closely to the attache picture, you will notice that both upper MFDs got the pads, meanwhile I haven´t bought them for the lower AMPCD yet.

The adhevise pads are quite visible with the LED lightning bakcground.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

Some pics with the UFC module attached

[Rakamora]

Nice!

[pimp]

I use mine quite a bit in VR. Still very useful.

[Icebeat]

I used 3 for the f-18 and work great, Tip: I use a small piece of velcro (the part with the hooks) in the centers' buttons (4 per MFD) for tactile orientation. You could use any Tactile Dots too.

[Harlikwin]

Are you guys making any attempt to align/calibrate these with your VR cockpits?

[Svsmokey]

I was just thinking of that this morning . Wondering if i could hold a rift controller , extend my index finger , and touch a UFC or MFD button in-cockpit , then move physical unit to match .

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

Are you guys making any attempt to align/calibrate these with your VR cockpits?

do you mean putting the items at the exact place like in the real cockpit? I would like to, but I don´t know how to do it.

There is a factor called "IPD" within DCS that changes the scale of the world, so what you see may be deceiving.

At least, when I fly the A-10, I try to match the joy and throtlle position and size with my HOTAS.

[Svsmokey]

The Rift seems to report your IPD to DCS , so "force ipd " unchecked should result in a scale cockpit . I moved my throttle today to match the in-cockpit one , and found it to be very helpful , as well as being more immersive .

[Headwarp]

I have a set of cougar mfd's that I've been neglecting rigging to my obutto.. but from the times I have used them, I feel like if I mounted them somewhat close to proportionate for what I'm seeing in VR they'd be awesome. I want an F/A-18C UFC to go between them frankly 0.o

[Svsmokey]

I have a set of cougar mfd's that I've been neglecting rigging to my obutto.. but from the times I have used them, I feel like if I mounted them somewhat close to proportionate for what I'm seeing in VR they'd be awesome. I want an F/A-18C UFC to go between them frankly 0.o

 

Yeah , i'm thinking of fabbing a button box to rough dimension . Number pad , window select , and course/ heading switches would do it . But first i have to figure out how to center-mount a desktop joystick !