Button Box and VR

[farmertom]

I am flying DCS in VR now and love it.

 

I have been thinking about creating a button box to help with DCS functions that are not part of flying the airplane. Like moving your head position up-down, L-R, accelerate time, a few views other than in the cockpit. The things you would not do in a real airplane in the real world.

 

I plan on using the point-CTRl being discussed in another thread in this sub-forum for in-aircraft functions, replacing my mouse.

 

I was thinking that the button/switches should have "tactile" feel so identification of the button function can be determined when you are in VR and can "see" the buttons.

 

Just putting this out there to get some input. Has another else done something like this? ideas? Links to sources? pictures? ... thanks :pilotfly:

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

I am flying DCS in VR now and love it.

 

I have been thinking about creating a button box to help with DCS functions that are not part of flying the airplane. Like moving your head position up-down, L-R, accelerate time, a few views other than in the cockpit. The things you would not do in a real airplane in the real world.

 

I plan on using the point-CTRl being discussed in another thread in this sub-forum for in-aircraft functions, replacing my mouse.

 

I was thinking that the button/switches should have "tactile" feel so identification of the button function can be determined when you are in VR and can "see" the buttons.

 

Just putting this out there to get some input. Has another else done something like this? ideas? Links to sources? pictures? ... thanks :pilotfly:

Im building a button box. It has 6 switches, which I will identify by feel lol, two different pushbuttons for jettison and emerg jettison. Those are diferent, no problem.

Then another switch, bigger, and with a rounded part for landing gear.

All of them on the central area of the box. Then, lateral parts have 6 different rotatories, for exterior and interior lights. 2 columns each, the one in the middle will have a different knob, bigger, others will have a smaller common knob.

My point is you need either different shapes, or putting the same physical form quite apart to be able to distinguish them by tactile feeling.

I use 3 MFDs Cougar, but with adhesive bumpers to identify the center button of each column and row. That and muscle memory work very well.