Kenan Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Made an order, now the waiting game begins! :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commanding Officer of: 2nd Company 1st financial guard battalion "Mrcine" See our squads here and our . Croatian radio chat for DCS World
WildBillKelsoe Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 good choice. mine is coming in June.. could you do me a favour? measure the dimensions of the box in inches, and its shipping weight in lbs or kg and report in. AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
Kenan Posted January 31, 2012 Author Posted January 31, 2012 ^^Well, on the webpage I made an order from, it says it weighs 6kg. As for dimensions, will gonna have to wait for the box to arrive. If other folks who already have the stick are reading this, you could chim in in regards to the box dimensions? :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commanding Officer of: 2nd Company 1st financial guard battalion "Mrcine" See our squads here and our . Croatian radio chat for DCS World
bluepilot76 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 I would like one of those, but my house isnt big enough. Maybe time to buy a new house? Technical Specs: Asus G73JW gaming laptop... i7-740QM 1.73GHz ... GTX460m 1.5GB ... 8GB DDR5 RAM ... Win7 64 ... TIR5 ... Thrustmaster T16000m
cichlidfan Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Made an order, now the waiting game begins! :D Add supports to your desk!!:D ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
bluepilot76 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 What are you going to use for rudder pedals? I bought some saitek ones once but they kept locking up and I gave up fixing them after the 5th time. Very plastic. Technical Specs: Asus G73JW gaming laptop... i7-740QM 1.73GHz ... GTX460m 1.5GB ... 8GB DDR5 RAM ... Win7 64 ... TIR5 ... Thrustmaster T16000m
Kalahari Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 You won't regret it. My advice is not to install the software disc they send with it,complicates things. Just pug in the usbs nd the game will recognise them. If u have head track u will need to recalibrate the trim button from looking around to its trim use. Enjoy,its another level all together. System Specs : Processor ; Intel®Core i7-3930 CPU@ 3.20GHz. RAM -16.0 GB Type-64bit GPU-GTX 970 Never eject over a village you've just bombed - US Marines Gen.
MTFDarkEagle Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Excellent choise! You won't be dissapointed comrade :) Kalahari is right: get the latest software (i.e. TARGET and firmware) from http://ts.thrustmaster.com Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
PlainSight Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 The steel gets cold and the grip is quite large, i can't really push the red, pinky and index finger buttons at the same time. So i got myself a pair of running gloves with a bit of grippy silicon on the fingertips :) [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
cichlidfan Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Small hands here, too. I actually cut a layer of foam to raise my hand a bit. Is is a bit in the way if I need to hit the NWS button but otherwise perfect. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
phoenix599 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Grats on the purchase, you will not regret it. I could be wrong, but I believe you have to download/install the TARGET software if you want to control the backlighting on the buttons. The setting varies from off to 1 for lowest intensity to 5 for very bright. Default value is 2, but I found that to be a bit too bright for me, so I reduced it to 1 using the software. The setting remains even if you don't run TARGETagain. W7Ux64|i7 980X @ 4.14GHz|12GB RAM|EVGA Classified Mobo|2 EVGA OC'd GTX 580's in SLI|Dell U3011 @ 2560x1600|Assorted HDD's @ 7.2 & 10K (no SSD)|TM HOTAS Warthog|Saitek Combat Pro Rudders|TrackIr 5|Logitech G-13|Logitech G510|Logitech G700
agrasyuk Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 OP congrads, it will be fun. The steel gets cold and the grip is quite large, i can't really push the red, pinky and index finger buttons at the same time. So i got myself a pair of running gloves with a bit of grippy silicon on the fingertips :) upon getting the warthog I dug out an old pair of nomex gloves that i kept as souvenir from my service. grip is better, but it gets to warm to use though. Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
hassata Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Congrats-adds a lot in terms of immersion and well worth it in the long run! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Kenan Posted February 1, 2012 Author Posted February 1, 2012 What are you going to use for rudder pedals? Since don't use much rudder (except for taxing and landing under windy conditions), I'm just gonna go with the left/right arrow keys. Won't be much of a difference to me as I used HOTAS hat switch for rudder on my soon-to-retire X52. Thanks for all the best wishes and advices! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commanding Officer of: 2nd Company 1st financial guard battalion "Mrcine" See our squads here and our . Croatian radio chat for DCS World
Wichid Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 How do you make a coordinated turn with out rudder? Lyndiman AMD Ryzen 3600 / RTX 2070 Super / 32G Ram / Win10 / TrackIR 5 Pro / Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals
hassata Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Rarely used the rudders in flight unless you were fine tuning the gun cross placement. On the jets we used in competition we actually put a yaw string on the nose to fine tune the rudder trim. Low tech and works great. Gliders use them. Only IR we had was the IR Mav. We were just getting into NVDs. The helmet mounted sight is in work for the A10. It is like a hud projected on your visor. Also a head tracker for weapon aiming.Leroy The system coordinates most turns. Kicking rudder in a turn close to the ground will get you killed. I was dogfighting a squadron mate once. I had saddled up on him and was closing for the gun kill. He did some impossible last ditch maneuver (probably kicking rudders to spoil my tracking shot) and shot a 20 foot flame from one of the engines due to airflow disruption and compressor stall. Needless to say I called "Knock It Off." He was a bit of a prick and had challenged me to the fight because he thought he was better than me at air to air. He was writing checks his butt couldn't cash as they say in the movies. He lost badly. Luckily it didn't hurt the jet. The Hog is tough! Leroy * Edited February 1, 2012 by hassata [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Leroy Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 The steel gets cold and the grip is quite large, i can't really push the red, pinky and index finger buttons at the same time. So i got myself a pair of running gloves with a bit of grippy silicon on the fingertips :) Nomex flight gloves. Leather palms. The stick looks nice. The real one is a very dense plastic material. It will never feel like the real thing unless you put it on a 2 ft pole. I am searching for a gaming desktop. This gets expensive. Leroy Leroy 3000 Hrs A10A
Leroy Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 How do you make a coordinated turn with out rudder? It is called computers and software. It senses yaw and corrects it. Same as the airliners I flew. This ain't your Father's Buick. It also corrects for trim changes when the gun is fired. Leroy Leroy 3000 Hrs A10A
aaron886 Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Not sure it does much coordinating. Some damping, I suppose.
BlueRidgeDx Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Yaw SAS provides turn coordination. "They've got us surrounded again - those poor bastards!" - Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams
metalnwood Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 The steel gets cold and the grip is quite large, i can't really push the red, pinky and index finger buttons at the same time. So i got myself a pair of running gloves with a bit of grippy silicon on the fingertips :) Thankfully, for many reasons, I have well endowed hands. Do tell me though. What does pushing all three together do?
Caspet Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) What are you going to use for rudder pedals? I bought some saitek ones once but they kept locking up and I gave up fixing them after the 5th time. Very plastic. Hi all. Mine did the same thing. This was my solution to the crappy plastic build...Nothing a nice thick piece of MDF and 4 bolts wont fix :thumbup: (Now thier out from under my desk I must clean them):music_whistling: Edited February 2, 2012 by Caspet Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee Muhammad Ali-(Cassius Clay) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Underleft Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 OP congrads, it will be fun. upon getting the warthog I dug out an old pair of nomex gloves that i kept as souvenir from my service. grip is better, but it gets to warm to use though. Ha. I did the same thing. We were issued the green nomex flight gloves and flight suits. It was at the time when the Marine Corps was switching to the MARPAT Cammies and they were melting when on fire. When we deployed we would wear flight suits. I had an extra pair of gloves I never used that I fly with now (my other pair is pretty beat up). I feel kinda silly wearing them but if I don't the stick gets sweaty. I don't remember that being a problem on my X-52, or maybe I just didn't care because it wasn't a $500 piece of hardware.
PlainSight Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Thankfully, for many reasons, I have well endowed hands. Do tell me though. What does pushing all three together do? Just a hand size test. I have to raise my palm a bit to reach and firmly push the red button, i can't keep it on the rest. FA18-style stick is better, IMO. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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