HOTAS Help
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Anyone have any thoughts on the Thrustmaster sticks? I used to use the Saitek X52 and liked it but it died and am reluctant to pay $300 for a new one. Reviews on the refurbished are dismal…
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@Hawkeye55 which stick in particular? But we can skip all of this — compared to offerings from other makers like Virpil and WinWing, the TM Warthog stick gimbal system is… pants, to put it lightly. As someone who flew with the TM WH stick for ages, upgrading to a Virpil WarBRD was eye-opening and I loved the WarBRD setup for ages! However, I’ve not upgraded again to a FSSB R3 and once more, it is a big step up compared to the WarBRD.
The TM WH throttle system — I have no complaints and have not tried other setups but it is definitely better than the Cougar stock throttle.
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Thanks Atlas. I went and got the Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas X. I am going to try it on MS Flight Sim as you see, my efforts to get BMS up and running are pathetic…
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@Hawkeye55 Replied to your other post.
As for getting the T.Flight, well, it’s your money… I hope it will serve you well.
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@Atlas
Well, it’s not a bad stick, it just isn’t “the” Hotas., as for FS … perfectly fine. - even built(in) with hal tech. -
@white_fang of course, my bad. Apologies if I’ve offended you, @Hawkeye55, no offense meant.
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@Atlas
Mate, you haven’t offended anyone… at least from my perspective.For pro simmer (vir-pilot) T.Flight is … hate to say it …
trash, …not with these words, but … “inadequate” … copy that.But for anything else, even X-Wing vs T-Fighter, bloody even MSFS ,… it is perfectly fine.
You better beg Thrustmaster for forgiveness
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@white_fang LOL, TM has enough of my business that they should have a thick enough skin!!
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I appreciate all the input. I used to have the X52 but it died. This POS will suffice and will ask Santa for an upgrade. Just hope I can figger out how to install BMS!!
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@Hawkeye55 said in HOTAS Help:
I appreciate all the input. I used to have the X52 but it died. This POS will suffice and will ask Santa for an upgrade. Just hope I can figger out how to install BMS!!
Still?? @Hawkeye55 - there is a new installer that anyone can use to get and update BMS 4.6 with one download and a few clicks of the mouse - please go here. You do need Bitorrent (or similar ) to get the file, but once downloaded it could not be easier. If you can’t figure it out feel free to PM me, but I honestly can’t imagine having an issue.
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@Icer I’m sorry but if he’s having trouble setting up BMS, I wonder how it would be setting up a .key file to go with whatever HOTAS setup he ends up with…
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@Atlas said in HOTAS Help:
@Icer I’m sorry but if he’s having trouble setting up BMS, I wonder how it would be setting up a .key file to go with whatever HOTAS setup he ends up with…
Well, he seems persistent if anything, other than creating new threads when he still has not even installed BMS yet… still trying to get him over that hump in the “Basic Install” thread… he is very close, but that only counts in horseshoes. I would say Alt Launcher is definitely in his future, but he really needs someone on the other end of a phone (US time?) or all of us will be insane by the end of this… and then there is actually learning how to fly, that is going to be “interesting” as this and Falcon 4.0 have little in common anymore.
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@Icer persistent is good.