Paccus HAWK-First joystick with hydraulic feedback

[recoilfx]

Originally Posted by Artist

And my 2 cents: Wouldn't it be nice, if they went one step further and offered just the sturdy hydraulic forcefeedback *base* (of the stick) with different sticks (Spit, Bf109, ...)?

It would be just what kept me from investing in a tarmac-aces' Universal mechanical base: Stick in center position (mounted on the floor) with forcefeedback!

That would be so cool!

Artist

They did mention that the stick is interchangeable.

[Heliocon]

I would go for it if they changed the color/style a bit, currently it looks horrendously ugly, seriously paint the metal and put a mat finish on it.

[recoilfx]

It's not only the design - from their website, the stick only has 11 positions per degree, with maximum of 40 degrees from one end to the other. So the total res of one axes is only 440.

Not good enough for an high end stick if you ask me.

[Artist]

recoilfx,

Originally Posted by recoilfx

They did mention that the stick is interchangeable

Where? I did read their website again and couldn't find anything. What did I miss?

Is a resolution of 440 (precision = a quarter percent) really insufficient? I wonder what other joysticks deliver...

Artist

[recoilfx]

Originally Posted by Artist

recoilfx,

Where? I did read their website again and couldn't find anything. What did I miss?

Is a resolution of 440 (precision = a quarter percent) really insufficient? I wonder what other joysticks deliver...

Artist

For the interchangeable base info:
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ml#Post3177689

Resolution does matter, especially when you've extended the stick. You also notice it much more when zoomed in to the gun sights.

Resolution wise, MSFFB2 & X52 has 10bit (~1000). I believe G940 has 12bit.
T1600m & Warthog has 12bit interpolated to 16.

Also, please note that having higher res doesn't mean good accuracy if the mechanical gimball sucks.

This is why I now consider MSFFB2 & G940 inaccurate because of their stepper motors. You can never make smooth outputs with these sticks (google joytester graphs). x52 is useless due to non-linearity of output till it's modded.

Warthog has a center detent, but it has no dead zone, and my controls never wobbles since the gimbal system (when properly greased) is pretty smooth.

I hope this Paccus stick will do away with the stepper motor's detent effects.

[Artist]

Originally Posted by recoilfx

For the interchangeable base info:
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ml#Post3177689

Thanks!

Artist