Where to you put your vr controllers when using hotas?

[Ahdidaas]

Hi friends, 

So I use a Quest 2 w/ a TM-Warthog HOTAS.  Its fantastic, I'm having a great time!  One issue I have though is where to put the quest controllers when my hands are flying?  I'd often just leave them in my lap, yet they will fall off eventually, dropping out of the chair onto the floor.  I've tried leaving them tucked in between the hip and the chair, yet I have to be careful about the triggers on the controller.  I've flipped the seat-eject-active button accidentally doing this.  I've got a great cockpit setup, just can't decide what to do with these controllers.   I've thought about just keeping one in my lap and using that exclusively, yet I do switch the hand I'm using around the cockpit, so that won't work.    

I'm curious what others do with their controllers while flying?

 

-Jim (Guymn)

[Lange_666]

Mine are lying next to my monitor. I don't use them while flying.

[LucShep]

Mine were only used once for configuring things first time, afterwards got back on the box.
I also don't use them while flying.

[Eugel]

Mine are stowed away in a box. I only use them in rare occasions when I play other VR games.

Do you use your controllers for flipping switches in the cockpit ? I found it much easier to do that with a mouse.

[AlpineGTA]

Yep, I don't use mine either, mine are also stored away in the box. I just use the Oculus hand tracking to turn on the link cable when I first power up and use a track ball mouse for DCS.

[Ahdidaas]

Yea, I'm using the controllers to click around the cockpit.   I like that I can use either hand this way.   I'm trying solutions for where to put them so they're easy to grab when needed, and won't roll off to the floor.

[PhoenixRising]

I stopped using the controllers when I got a PointCtrl, but I did like them before I got that for clicking switches. One suggestion I saw, but never tried, was to put a long string between the two controllers and drape it over your neck. 

[Dogmanbird]

I like to keep one on hand or at arms length.....

 

it's just for pointing. I'm using buttons on the joystick instead of the controller 
 

Edited 19 minutes ago by Dogmanbird

Edited September 3, 2023 by Dogmanbird

[98abaile]

I don't use them either. They might be more useful if you have a vive setup that can track them outside your field of view, but having to contort yourself to see the switches and then try to use them while keeping them in view (especially with arm rests) is just too cumbersome. So much easier to just turn your head and use a regular mouse.

[corbu1]

Stored on my desk….I don‘t use them.

[dburne]

5 hours ago, corbu1 said:

Stored on my desk….I don‘t use them.

Same here.

[Terry Dactil]

Also not used in-game.

However, kept handy for the occasional "Play area not found" annoyance.

(A 3D printer is almost an essential accessory for DCS now ) 

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