Speedbrake beep indicator
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As per above, you have permission to use whichever mod you would like. Thats it, you have my permission to install whichever mod you like for BMS. Dont waste this valuable offer!
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Except in some cases … IRL, you wont feel anything than small and light vibrations (and on F-16, IIRC, nothing at all) …
Realism shouldn’t be a reason to be elitist.
Immersion should be an excuses to add fake and non existing feedbacks.This is my personal POV and everybody are feel to “fly” the game as he want.
This is also why I’ve prepared a dedicated sound for more feedback and air-brake, (I just forgot to add it in the stock istall … sorry for that).
So here it is, (will maybe add it as optional in the first 433 uptate) : https://www.dropbox.com/s/296j71agckwfyxc/brakwind%20update%20for%20BMS433.rar?dl=0
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I love it, now we’re talking REAL THING!!!
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@Nuno:
I love it, now we’re talking REAL THING!!!
LOL
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er, no, you dont. You need to look down to your left auxiliary console and check the speedbrake indicator. If its got 9 dots, its open. If its got the word CLOSED on it, its closed.
Alternately, you could just hold down the speedbrakes closed command. Thats what I do normally.
Eh…yeah I do. For me, the indicator is somewhat hidden. I have to try to look around the canopy yellow handle thing. And when I do look at it, it’s hard for me to tell if it says CLOSED or if it’s 9 dots. So I have to try to zoom in. I love Track IR, but it gets goofy trying to look at things. I swear I think my wife records me twisting my head around and laughs at me. And the speed brakes close so slowly, that I feel I have to hold the button down forever.
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You have to hold it for 6 seconds. Its clearly visible without using TIR, so I think it might be your head position.
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er, no, you dont. You need to look down to your left auxiliary console and check the speedbrake indicator. If its got 9 dots, its open. If its got the word CLOSED on it, its closed.
Yeah I don’t know how easy it is in the real pit, but in my virtual pit it’s an absolute bitch. In the vast majority of cases that I use the speed brake, I can’t afford to uncage my vision.
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Well, sucks to be you guys then. I dont bother to check the indicator, or time its retraction. I just put the speedbrake switch into the retracted position and leave it there. Works for me.
Guess it helps if you have a 3 position switch which is momentary and springloaded to center from one outboard position, and latches in the other, such as on the cougar throttle. I guess you could make a small switch panel with such a switch on it, if you dont have a cougar?
Before I got one, I was using the k-switch on the X-65F, which is momentary in both directions. I just dealt with it by holding the retraction button for a long period of time after extending it. 10 to 15 seconds. I didnt bother counting, just waiting till it was definitely retracted.
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Yeah I don’t know how easy it is time pitman the real pit, but in my virtual pit it’s an absolute bitch. In the vast majority of cases that I use the speed brake, I can’t afford to uncategorized my vision.
IMO, It is painful only for ppl without a proper HOTAS correctly mapped or for ppl using the AB toggle rather than IN/OUT buttons callbacks.
i.e. On a COURAG (do not know for WARTHOG) you press “Close AB” (mono stable switch) and just keep it in position. That is all. No need to worry more.
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I can confirm how good the Courag’s SPD BRK switch is.
Edit: that cougar throttle is much shinier than mine. Gonna have to upgrade mine sooner or later…
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Well, sucks to be you guys then.
No way, it’s great to be me, ask the prone-to-violence-cop-wife.
Anyhow, I have a Cougar but use my x65. However I do prefer the TQS and the speedbrake switch is very good. Thinking of getting that USB modulator to use my TQS with the x65 stick.
Now, even though the viper doesn’t have a brake open sound notification in RL, it damn well ought to.
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I used to have the cougar stick plugged along with the X65 throttle, so I could use the X65 stick with the cougar throttle. Would recommend. Of course I then went to an FCC3 and I recommend that as being better.
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I used to have the cougar stick plugged along with the X65 throttle, so I could use the X65 stick with the cougar throttle. Would recommend.
Did you need any kind of adapter? If so, can I buy it from you brother?
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No, I just had both HOTAS’ plugged in at the same time.
Edit: not into each other, they were both plugged into the computer as normal, with the X65 selected as the joystick in BMS, and the cougar throttle selected in the advanced menu as the throttle.
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Okay, didn’t know that would work. I’m gonna try that. Of course I can’t program the TQS andso would have to use all DX mapping.
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Well, I used all DX mapping by preference anyway.
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Well, I used all DX mapping by preference anyway.
Ah but the whole point to a HOTAS is minimizing mouse and keyboard work, so I tend to use complex programming.
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Well, after I made a makeshift ICP and MISC panel, I found that a HOTAS plus those panels covers 95 % of my switchology. Anyway, nothing stopping you from programming the cougar throttle is there?
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Anyway, nothing stopping you from programming the cougar throttle is there?
Damned if I know, would need to run the CCP and also install Foxy again. That’s a whole lot of usb/DX stuff for poor old windoze to handle.
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Well, I still recommend using DX. If you buy a PoKeys56U and some switches, you can make a MISC panel pretty easily. Add a numpad, and another panel below it to attach a 4 way switch and a 2 way rocker switch and you have a basic ICP as well. I made my ICP mounting out of a cardboard box I cut up and taped together. Its a temporary solution that has lasted years so far…