Curiosity Poll - How much did you spent for HOTAS (stick and thruttle)
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You can spend over $500 for a Warthog now if you don’t shop around.
i see what you mean
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…sounds reasonable. And yeah, I’m single…I do have a number of female fans of my project though, all young engineers. So I guess I’m a mentor/instigator.
I can see it now…
Heya sweet young thang, wanna checkout my new cockpit?
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@A.S:
So, majority spent for ONE (or the last HOTAS) they used now over 500$, which means majority has some kind of FSSB mod.
That is hart to believe, considering we hosted Falcon-Online - with over 4500 members, many of which i got to speak with in the sign-up process for events on TS i.e - and i can´t recall so many having 500$+ sticks
But interesting Poll …and thanks to everyone for participating.
Clean Skies Gents.
Well im sure the > $500 category includes not only the force users, but those that interpreted it as a cumulative value over time perhaps?
Still TM Force users easily spend:
Cougar or Warthog: $350-450
Fssb-R1 or FCC3: $350
Other HS mods to TQS: $100
Rudders: $100-$600 (RCS to Slaw or Crosswind or Simped) -
I can see it now…
Heya sweet young thang, wanna checkout my new cockpit?
…you’d be surprised. I certainly am.
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You can spend over $500 for a Warthog now if you don’t shop around.
If you do shop around you can still get Saitek Combat Pro rudder pedals…but you have to be REALLY desperate…
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You can spend over $500 for a Warthog now if you don’t shop around.
My favorite online seller sells the TM WH for £307 which may seem expensive…. but my argument is that it is only expensive if you buy it as a fancy-looking paperweight.
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It’s pretty easy to go over $500 if you include rudder pedals and Trackir. Which the majority have.
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I’ve spent way over 500$ with my old and new rig combined.
If a person want to desperately budget cannot spent less than 100$ including some sort of headtrack system, hotas and pedals (you may actually skip pedals for bms, not really fundamental)
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…any setup without pedals isn’t really a “complete” setup.
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…any setup without pedals isn’t really a “complete” setup.
True but in the case of the F-16, it’s pretty low on the priority list. Definitely AFTER the TrackIR if funds are tight.
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Do you use the pedals for anything but taxi? I haven’t found a need yet for any maneuvers i’ve done.
Especially, compared to a WW2 bird. I think pedals get the most use with them.
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I’ve seen great pedal use during a guns-only dogfight against a human opponent… in most other cases, you won’t need it as the FLCS sorts that out for you. I’ve used my pedals more in Elite Dangerous…
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I’ve seen great pedal use during a guns-only dogfight against a human opponent… in most other cases, you won’t need it as the FLCS sorts that out for you. I’ve used my pedals more in Elite Dangerous…
That’s exactly what I’m talking about…if you’re at low speed and you’re not on the rudders, you ain’t in the fight!
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Yes, but getting into a low-speed dogfight with guns only happens…. how often? Versus how often will he use the TrackIR?
Heck, I would prioritize things as HOTAS -> TrackIR plus UTC -> Touchscreen or at least Cougar MFDs -> pedalsPlus with the Saitek fiasco, pedals are still overpriced, right?
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…I hate TIR.
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Why? What has it ever done to you?
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…it ain’t natural.
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I can 100% subscribe that. If you fly in RL, any kind of head tracking is completely strange. I am going for VR….
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I can 100% subscribe that. If you fly in RL, any kind of head tracking is completely strange. I am going for VR….
But as motor vehicle drivers, we feel the same difference too surely? It still doesn’t bother me, and it’s a hell of a lot better than a POV hat, or forking out £600 for VR that is currently still very low resolution and demanding on hardware. It would also give me a very bad neck looking at #1 all the time or creaking around in BFM. TIR smoothens this for me.
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…it ain’t natural.
Well, rather that than nothing. We don’t have 1:1 headtracking and what we can accomplish via VR isn’t ideal… I’m guessing you don’t pull more than 1.5Gs in your simpit because pulling 9Gs while you’re seated in your 1G pit isn’t natural? I’m guessing you’ve disabled smart scaling too?