Ideal/Best DCS F18 Profile for Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS?

[Ranger1882]

Hi All

I've just started getting into DCS in the F18 using my TM Warthog Hotas, and have seen that a number of people have kindly posted their own TM Warthog mapping profiles for the DCS F18 online.

I was wondering if anyone can advise/recommend which of these profiles, or any other profiles, are really good and might be worth a relatively newbie like me using while I'm getting up to speed ?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Tenebrae Aeternae]

I think most important is to just have anything you need in the air readily available. I´d check out Chucks guide to get basic mappings done, then play the tutorial missions and go from there. I´ve little by little done adjustments to my mappings when i´ve learned and understood more what i need and how often. Using a custom button box aswell though, so sharing my mappings wouldn´t help unfortunately. 

https://www.mudspike.com/chucks-guides-dcs/

Edited November 6, 2022 by Tenebrae Aeternae

[rob10]

I'd agree that starting with Chucks is a good place.  Then, unless you're aiming for complete realism, as you fly you'll realize what functions you use a bunch and what you don't use and you can start playing with bindings to get a good balance of realism and what works. Especially if you don't have a complete sim pit it's worth cheating a little to get some of the more used functions onto your HOTAS even if they aren't there in real life (or it becomes a challenge to use keyboard etc for them all the time).

[Gideon312]

Try this one, and go from there: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3316299/