iantron Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 I recently decided to mount my old joystick sideways (collective style) on my desk chair. It works great now except that (because of the lack of a real collective brake i guess???) my arm starts to get tired after flying for a while. does a real collective have a centering force like a joystick does? would it be more realistic if i removed the springs from my joystick?
Kenan Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 would it be more realistic if i removed the springs from my joystick? I suggest you go easy with the realism thing if you don't wanna experience realistic visit to a PC Shop and realistic buying of new HOTAS. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commanding Officer of: 2nd Company 1st financial guard battalion "Mrcine" See our squads here and our . Croatian radio chat for DCS World
Obiwan Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 I recently decided to mount my old joystick sideways (collective style) on my desk chair. It works great now except that (because of the lack of a real collective brake i guess???) my arm starts to get tired after flying for a while. does a real collective have a centering force like a joystick does? would it be more realistic if i removed the springs from my joystick? I also have a collective joystick on the side of my chair. Real collectives don't have a center spring, but they to have a friction control to adjust the easy of moving. Unless you purchase some advanced controller, I recommend you leave the spring in the joystick. For the most part, at least in FS2004, the middle is right on for cruising. In BS, I have that joystick as my collective, but I also mapped the little slider as collective. BS can use both without a problem. That way you can adjust your collective with the slider for cruise and take your hand off. If you need to drop collective quickly, just grab the joystick. It seems like the last control input remains the active one. So if move the joystick, that will control. If you let your hands of the joystick, you have to adjust the slider a bit so that BS registers a change, and it will use that setting. Works like a charm for me.
hannibal Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 plus you dont want to much friction...you dont want to end up with repetitive stress injuries playing on the shark find me on steam! username: Hannibal_A101A http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197969447179
iantron Posted January 12, 2009 Author Posted January 12, 2009 hmm interesting obiwan i might give that a try
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