Anyone else uses flight gloves?

[aelfewulf]

I'm wearing it for my X65, and i find it really improves the performance. Especially when using the twist rudder, my hand doesn't slip. Practical too, cos I don't have to clean my stick that often.

The gloves i'm using costs less than $5, it has tiny little rubber dots that is anti-slip.

Anyone else?

[Pacoche]

No.. but it's a good idea, mainly when you start the sim and my Hotas Warthog is pretty damn cold!!!!!.

 

Using gloves is a good idea, as you point, for performance.

[Le0kong]

A X65F too here. If it wasn't so hot here i probably will be using too. Another reason is that the metal in the X65F as that cheap Chinese metal smell.

[Steel Jaw]

Hmmm, I doubt my wife would stop laughing at me so no.

[Cali]

I have some, but don't use them....I'm not that hard core! and what mower said...

[*Rage*]

I'm wearing it for my X65, and i find it really improves the performance. Especially when using the twist rudder, my hand doesn't slip. Practical too, cos I don't have to clean my stick that often.

The gloves i'm using costs less than $5, it has tiny little rubber dots that is anti-slip.

Anyone else?

 

You dont feel embarrased enough sitting there staring at dots on your monitor with the oversized joystick, trackir headset and mic (at least its no longer forehead dots) and rudder pedals that you feel the need to add gloves as well??

 

J/K:lol:

[mvsgas]

First time I used the Track IR my wife laugh so hard she had to sit down, I can't imagine what she would do if I don pilot gear. :D

[Cali]

You dont feel embarrased enough sitting there staring at dots on your monitor with the oversized joystick, trackir headset and mic (at least its no longer forehead dots) and rudder pedals that you feel the need to add gloves as well??

 

J/K:lol:

 

I guess it can't get any worse huh?

[LawnDart]

I've used Nomex flight gloves and leather deerskin flight gloves for years with my FSSB modded HOTAS Cougar. Definitely improved my precision and feel flying with a force sensing stick.

 

With the HOTAS Warthog, however, I find I can be more precise without gloves since the stick moves and I have it center mounted.

Edited December 31, 2010 by LawnDart

[Le0kong]

Oh, i through he as talking about these simple black, winter gloves, not actual pilot gloves...

[Steel Jaw]

Ooooh, deerskin, that might actually be worth a go. To hell with the wifey.

[LawnDart]

Ooooh, deerskin, that might actually be worth a go. To hell with the wifey.

 

Hell to da yeaya! :thumbup:

 

 

P.S. From the mid 90's to just a few years ago the USAF Thunderbirds were the only Air Force squadron approved to use leather deerskin gloves. Sadly, the vendor went out of business, and for the past few seasons they've used Nomex desert colored ones (I believe).

[LawnDart]

Oh, i through he as talking about these simple black, winter gloves, not actual pilot gloves...

 

LOL!

 

If I'm gonna nerd-it-out in the mancave (and take the smirk remarks) I'd rather be a full-on hardcore geek than wearing some half-baked ghetto gloves. :megalol:

[Slammin]

Oh, i through he as talking about these simple black, winter gloves, not actual pilot gloves...

 

 

Really, does it matter what type of gloves they are? You're inside a hopefully heated house while simming. No fear of frostbite. Still, Nomex gloves are just cool!

[Callsign.Vega]

The only reason us real pilots wear flight gloves is for fire protection. So unless your computer monitor has a habit of spontaneously combusting, I'd forgo the flight gloves.

[raynor]

Warthog HOTAS is so cold that I keep my green nomex gloves around so my hands don't get too chilly. That and in case whatever is on the stove in the kitchen catches in fire I am ready to play fireman.

[aelfewulf]

It's a perpetual summer over here, so my hand does get a little sweaty after awhile. So the gloves do serve a purpose.

But i have to use really thin nylon/cotton types.

[Cali]

If I ever get my cougar working I may have to use them from what I have been hearing.

[JG27_Arklight]

I wear a bra on my head.

 

Does that count?

[Maverick]

I would point out the hygienic aspect of wearing gloves. Sweat and skin from your hands tends to accumulate on the stick and throttle..

 

But I don't use them. Wearing protection takes too much sensation away...

[Kuky]

I use gloves when I fly (but they are not pilots gloves :))

[RSharpe]

I have Nomex flight gloves that I use for shooting, but they're oil, lead and gunpowder, so no they don't go near my computer.

[MTFDarkEagle]

Yep, nomex flight gloves, ex gloves from an f16 pilot :)

[Steel Jaw]

half-baked ghetto gloves. :megalol:

 

Please define this. :megalol:

[Lange_666]

Not about gloves but only slightly off-topic: http://worteldrie.com/flash/emergency.swf