Winwing Orion2 flightstick for Rotary Aircraft

[AvgWhiteGuy]

Anybody currently using a Winwing Orion2 stick for rotary aircraft??? I have a TM Warthog for most my fixed wing but see some advantages of being able to easily pull the springs & cams from my Winwing for use with UH-1, CH-47, and UH-60.

Anyone have any experience with this plan and recommendations to implement? Appreciate comments

Edited August 18, 2024 by AvgWhiteGuy

[ColdFusion]

I have the F18 setup and I used it for rotary up until yesterday. I just added a Virpil collective since WinWing is not selling theirs at this time. I would have prefered to use the WinWing collective since a friend of mine and I have had so many issues with our previious Virpil gear but its not a choice at this time. The Orion2 throttle is a rock solid and very flexible piece so it worked well acting as a collective and the F18 stick with an extension has been perfect. I recently added the dampners to my stick and now i tis perfect for Helo's too. So yes, use your stick for rotary but get the dampners to make it awesome.

[MustangSally]

 I use 2 sticks. One for fixed wing with quad springs and the other with just dampers fitted. Takes about a minute to swap out. I also remove the spring from my pedals when flying rotary's

[AvgWhiteGuy]

@ColdFusion I got the F-16/A-10 kit several years ago and followed up shortly with extra cams, springs and dampeners. Since I live in Shanghai, delivery was quite rapid and affordable.

I pulled out all springs and cams last night and like the feel, looking forward to wrecking my fleet of MH-60's tonight in Guam , then dial in for CH-47.

Not very familiar with the dampeners so not sure what you mean when flying it with rotary. Could you shed some light on that or point me in a direction for more?

13 hours ago, MustangSally said:

 I use 2 sticks. One for fixed wing with quad springs and the other with just dampers fitted. Takes about a minute to swap out. I also remove the spring from my pedals when flying rotary's

I wish TM could build their pedals a little closer to the floor, and maybe design it to make the spring removal easier when swapping from fixed to rotary.

[MustangSally]

13 hours ago, AvgWhiteGuy said:

@ColdFusion I got the F-16/A-10 kit several years ago and followed up shortly with extra cams, springs and dampeners. Since I live in Shanghai, delivery was quite rapid and affordable.

I pulled out all springs and cams last night and like the feel, looking forward to wrecking my fleet of MH-60's tonight in Guam , then dial in for CH-47.

Not very familiar with the dampeners so not sure what you mean when flying it with rotary. Could you shed some light on that or point me in a direction for more?

I wish TM could build their pedals a little closer to the floor, and maybe design it to make the spring removal easier when swapping from fixed to rotary.

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