TomOnSteam Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 Now that the Apache has been announced via teaser - how are we going to control this thing? The actual cyclic and collective have an absolute outbreak of buttons --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cockpit Spectator Mode
Rick50 Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 I'm not sure the cyclic and collectives in the front cockpit might not match those in the rear. Yet a LOT of hats and buttons. And then there's the gunner's station, with two "grips" that aren't sticks, but have an awful lot of hatswitches and buttons on it... the aircrew's workload seems a wee bit intimidating...
X-31_VECTOR Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 My quarantine project this year was to make a collective using the left-handed version of the Virpil MongoosT-50CM2 grip as the head (atop extensions attached to a Virpil WarBrd base, in an angled housing with a damper for friction/feel). Anyway, part of the reason was the profusion of programmable buttons available on that grip (and it also plays nicely with my right-handed CM2 I use as cyclic/fixed wing stick). I don't think they sell the left-handed model anymore, but if I did it again today, I would use the left-handed Alpha grip, which has even more options. My other recommendation (if you don't play in VR) is a StreamDeck, especially given the excellent DCS plug-in now available. The ability to nest folders, combined with the button labels changing dynamically, makes it massively helpful for complex aircraft. You can have separate folders for different stations, weapons systems, nav, comms, etc. So when you need all the switchology that's at the gunner's station, you just select that folder and there it all is. Switch back to pilot and all the buttons are something different, without ever having to remember what button performs which function (since the buttons are all labeled however you like). I have two of the 15-button models, and they are the best sim hardware money I've ever spent.
Stingray 537 Mongo Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Sokol1_br said: VirPìl collectives: Is this an actual thing or just a PoC? 537 Mongo CO vVF-161 Fightin' Stingrays Check us out on the web!
X-31_VECTOR Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 16 minutes ago, EightyEightMike Mongo said: Is this an actual thing or just a PoC? It's been talked about by Virpil for ages but I thought it was a "maybe someday" thing. But they just posted this two hours ago: https://forum.virpil.com/index.php?/topic/2772-introducing-the-vpc-helicopter-controls-lineup/ Good catch, Sokol! 1
TomOnSteam Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 Wow those collectives look amazing! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cockpit Spectator Mode
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