Hotas setup for the upcoming Cliffs of Dover

[ghodan]

Originally Posted by Royraiden

With all due respect guys,since the warthog is out of my budget,please dont go that way with the discussion.Aesthetically it looks really great,but it is too damn expensive for me.I wish CH made something similar but resembling a WW2 fighter stick like the P-51's or 109's.I dont like so many buttons on the stick, although they come in handy.We WW2 flightsimmers are a hard to please.

There is a Messerschmitt 109 stick and throttle and pedals
http://www.valiant-studio.eu/tarmac/html/en/hangar.php
Price is a bit high.

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by ghodan

There is a Messerschmitt 109 stick and throttle and pedals
http://www.valiant-studio.eu/tarmac/html/en/hangar.php
Price is a bit high.

That would rock,but the price not so much
*Edit* Just watched the video...Im about to cry!!!!How cool is that damn it.

[ghodan]

Originally Posted by Royraiden

That would rock,but the price not so much
*Edit* Just watched the video...Im about to cry!!!!How cool is that damn it.

You can have it.
Just sell stuff.... like your left kidney

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by ghodan

You can have it.
Just sell stuff.... like your left kidney

May a 109 get at your 6 and empty its cannon shells on you for teasing me with that gear.

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by Katana1000S

My HOTAS of choice these days is MS Sidewinder FF 2 stick, Saitek X65F dual throttle, Saitek rudder pedals. gave up on the Saitek force sensing stick as its a bit of a gimmick IMHO but it does work well in jet sims, the dual throttle was too stiff, but I've taken it apart and removed the half moon piece at the bottom, now its perfect, may not be cosmeticly realistic for a WW2 sim, but it has all the hats and buttons you need for a simulation of any kind, even RoF, the rudder pedals I've had for about three years, no complaints.

I just hope the Saitek X-65F twin throttle was tested with CoD, for some reason it does not fully recognise the new twin engined bomber in RoF nor does it for ED DCS BS and FC2, fine in FSX and other sims with twin engines though.

Wonder too if CoD will support individual toe brakes?

I bet it will.Doesnt Il-2 1946 support it?

[Ltbear]

Originally Posted by Matt255

No problems whatsoever (only used it with IL2, WoP and RoF). I really liked it alot, even though it does feel a bit too plasticy for its price.

But if it didn't have that spiking problem, i would still use it for some axes atleast. The concept is excellent, three levers and a few buttons, plus the ability to attach it to your table and combine multiple units. Too bad that the quality doesn't live up to that.

I used the FFB2 with the X52 throttle and Simped pedals.

I've replaced the FFB2 and X52 throttle with the Warthog in november. I can recommend both the FFB2 and the X52 throttle aswell, both worked very well for me.

Im stil a FFB2 and X52 user, the stick is from 2002 and stil going strong....Im actualy one of those who power shopped when i heard they would stop production and stil have 4 new ones stored (FFB2)lol....

With COD i will go with some hardware upgrades, multithrottle etc..track IR will deffently take over the pan mouse thing on the X52. Not sure what to get yet since im upscaling the hardware from a FFB2 so i can mount a chair on it and have a FFB cocpit lol....

LTbear

[JG53Frankyboy]

i also plan to 'upgrade' my flygear by adding a HOTAS throttle to my M$ FFB2 for CoD !

so,with the throttles of X65F and X52pro it is working.
they connect themsleves, have thier own USB cabel, to the PC AFAIK
with the throttle of the G940 too?
is the throttle of the G940 not connected to the Joystick ?

[kingpinda]

Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy

i also plan to 'upgrade' my flygear by adding a HOTAS throttle to my M$ FFB2 for CoD !

so,with the throttles of X65F and X52pro it is working.
they connect themsleves, have thier own USB cabel, to the PC AFAIK
with the throttle of the G940 too?
is the throttle of the G940 not connected to the Joystick ?

Yes. Only 1 usb goes from joystick to pc. 2 nine-pins go from throttle and rudder to the base of the joystick. They look like old game-port or vga pins. So if you just want to use the throttle from the g940 you need to connect the joystick also and hide it under your desk or so. Maybe though you would be able to connect the 9-pin to something... Don't know.

Originally Posted by kingpinda

Yes. Only 1 usb goes from joystick to pc. 2 nine-pins go from throttle and rudder to the base of the joystick. They look like old game-port or vga pins. So if you just want to use the throttle from the g940 you need to connect the joystick also and hide it under your desk or so. Maybe though you would be able to connect the 9-pin to something... Don't know.

I think that Logitech missed the boat on that one. They should all have USB connectors so that they could have sold the rudder/throttle/stick together or as seperate packages for people who don't want the whole thing. You could still plug them all into one another then into the PC (requiring only one connection) but the option would be there to mix and match.

[Royraiden]

SH#T!!! The Combatstick is no longer in stock at newegg,the ch rudder pedal are also all gone.Things are not looking good for me.Do you happen to know how fast they restock items like those?Cliffs of Dover announcement seemed to had a direct effect on ch product sales lol.