falcon_120 Posted September 22, 2019 Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) Please, could we add this to the wish list Bignewy? It is the only way you can use a rotary like in the TWCS or X56 family of joystick to control radar elevation. I know it is not how it works on the real hornet but there is almost no hardware on the market with a spring loaded mechanism. Please if this old request is in the to do list of the team just close this thread. I just want to know if the team is aware of this. Regards! Edited September 22, 2019 by falcon_120
falcon_120 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Posted September 23, 2019 Bump! Please tell me that this has been at least considered... Enviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk
kengou Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 If it was not a capability of the real hornet to instantly switch the elevation to any altitude, I don't see how they could implement it. The avionics software is likely designed only to work with continuous movement up or down of the antenna elevation, via a spring-loaded centering switch. For what its worth, the Thrustmaster TWCS throttle (a very popular one) is almost 1:1 modeled on the Hornet throttle in button layout, and has an up-down switch on the front in the correct location. It's a button, not an axis, but works great. I think any two-way button or hat switch should do the job perfectly fine on any throttle. No need for an axis at all. Virpil WarBRD | Thrustmaster Hornet Grip | Foxx Mount | Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle | Logitech G Throttle Quadrant | VKB T-Rudder IV | TrackIR 5 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB | 32GB DDR4 3200 | SSD
falcon_120 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Posted September 23, 2019 If it was not a capability of the real hornet to instantly switch the elevation to any altitude, I don't see how they could implement it. The avionics software is likely designed only to work with continuous movement up or down of the antenna elevation, via a spring-loaded centering switch. I think you are confused, with my request i do not instantly swith from one elevation to a different one, going from any elevation tilt to another you still need to go through the whole range of motion. E.g. if my scan antena is looking all the way up and i want it to look all the way down, i will rotate the rotary all the way to the opposite direction and the antena will make the whole movement from the up position to the down position first passing through the neutral position. Basically it is the same as your suggestion of using a the two buttons with the spring loaded mechanisms. So basically is does not interfere with how the radar works nor how the software works, it is only a question of "usability" for joysticks with a rotary switch like the TWCS that are unused for the Hornet. This is more of a user commodity addition like the option to display the JHMCS in both eyes or the TDC depress option recently added, neither of which exist in real plane. Enviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk
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