Muas Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 How is the radar antenna elevation meant to be operated on the 15E throttle? I understand the pinky rotary is an encoder (not an axis, not center spring loaded), so I believe it will throw pulses for the down/up antenna movement. Does this mean it is a jumpy movement, not continuously smooth? Anyone with experience on this to tell how efficiently this works? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 i honestly don't know the answer to the question... but i suspect it would be quicker to test it than ask it ... SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFirehawk Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, Muas said: How is the radar antenna elevation meant to be operated on the 15E throttle? I understand the pinky rotary is an encoder (not an axis, not center spring loaded), so I believe it will throw pulses for the down/up antenna movement. Does this mean it is a jumpy movement, not continuously smooth? Anyone with experience on this to tell how efficiently this works? Thank you. In my opinion it is perfectly smooth and precise. I do not use it however simply due to the fact that it's not spring loaded. Having to manually return it to the center after every elevation input is annoying as hell - the feel for the center detent is very faint and vague, so I ended up mapping it on my TM F-18 stick. Pentium II 233Mhz | 16MB RAM | 14.4kb Modem | 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive | Windows 3.1 with TM Warthog & TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
some1 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, Muas said: I understand the pinky rotary is an encoder (not an axis, not center spring loaded), so I believe it will throw pulses for the down/up antenna movement. The pinky rotary is an axis, with a center detent. Not spring loaded. The right F-15EX throttle also has an axis that is spring loaded to center, which works more like the pinky rotary in the real airplane. Hardware: VPForce Rhino, FSSB R3 Ultra, Virpil T-50CM, Hotas Warthog, Winwing F15EX, Slaw Rudder, GVL224 Trio Throttle, Thrustmaster MFDs, Saitek Trim wheel, Trackir 5, Quest Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muas Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 5 hours ago, speed-of-heat said: i honestly don't know the answer to the question... but i suspect it would be quicker to test it than ask it ... I don't own the device, I'm still trying to decide on which one... that's why. 4 hours ago, eFirehawk said: In my opinion it is perfectly smooth and precise. I do not use it however simply due to the fact that it's not spring loaded. Having to manually return it to the center after every elevation input is annoying as hell - the feel for the center detent is very faint and vague, so I ended up mapping it on my TM F-18 stick. Yes, without the center spring it's a pain to operate, better to map two keys then... 4 hours ago, some1 said: The pinky rotary is an axis, with a center detent. Not spring loaded. The right F-15EX throttle also has an axis that is spring loaded to center, which works more like the pinky rotary in the real airplane. Yeah, I know the EX has that one, just don't understand why they didn't put a spring on the pinky rotary since (at least) the E was supposed to be a replica of the RL one. Anyway, thank you all for your answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Briscoe Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 @Muas I have this device. I find there are many options for spring loaded vs non spring, axis vs non axis. So, I would bet that you could find a combination that works to your liking. Sure, some of the button / wheel / encoders may not be 100% realistic to the specific airframes, but the flexibility is key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muas Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 On 1/18/2024 at 6:38 PM, Keith Briscoe said: @Muas I have this device. I find there are many options for spring loaded vs non spring, axis vs non axis. So, I would bet that you could find a combination that works to your liking. Sure, some of the button / wheel / encoders may not be 100% realistic to the specific airframes, but the flexibility is key. I choosed the F-15EX, even though I fly the F-18 more often, but because it also has a spring loaded wheel for the radar antenna, and of course, there are a lot more buttons which are helpfull for VR flying. Yes flexibility is key. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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