Daidalos Team's Room -QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS ONLY on IL2 Authorized Addons

[ivagiglie]

Hi guys, didn't look on this thread for some time (well, since 4.09 is out), today I've done the full read and found JVM's proposal on the trimming.
I want to say that we seem all crazy about IL2 on this forum... well, do yourself a favor and build a trimming box!!!
It took me 25 euro to build this (it's the black/gray box below the saitek throttle quadrant):

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/v...glie/trim1.jpg

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/v...glie/trim2.jpg

Recipe:
- take the cheapest 3-axis joystick you can find (~10 euro at the local shop)
- buy some quality trimmers and knobs, a few switches plus a metal box (~15 euro on the internet including shipping)
- open the joy, take the electronics out, replace the trimmers, replace the switches, drill the necessary number of holes in the box(!), fix the trimmers/switches through the holes and close the box
- enjoy a completely new realism!

Sorry for the offtopic, but having a trim wheel is orders of magnitude better than what you can currently do with a keyboard and you don't need an expensive joy for that... giving how much time we spend on our preferred sim I think it's really worth doing it.


More on topic: I do love long flying with compass and stopwatch on bombers too, sooo rewarding when you actually manage to get *there*!