Pinky Switch shift and without
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@Stevie said in Pinky Switch shift and without:
@Fish44 - Not really. …using CMS-dwn as a shift key allows EVERY other switch on the stick to have a shift function
We’ll agree to disagree @Stevie
What about the shifted CMS keys? I use these for HMCS up/down and SP mode/CZ reset. All very useful on my hotas. And to add to what you said, pinky its safer as only thing you can do wrong is ‘exp’ mode one of your sensors. and not dump a load of valuable chaff flares by accident.Just want to make it clear to the original poster @Zwingli , that the pinky works perfectly as a ‘shift’ key, when set up correctly, and provides the maximum shifted functionality to the stick.
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The obv nice thing about pinky-switch for dx-shift, is that it allows you to actually use your thumb and finger to access all the other buttons/hats.
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@Atlas - in the case I’m thinking of a LOT - it’s a Weapons Select switch!
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@Fish44 - ok, that’s a fair point.
Personally, I won’t use any shift keys in my cockpit…other than a possible all-switch state send function that I’m still noodling out. Probably going to be CMS-dwn+Paddle or Pinky.
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@Stevie said in Pinky Switch shift and without:
@Atlas - in the case I’m thinking of a LOT - it’s a Weapons Select switch!
Weapons select switch?
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@Atlas said in Pinky Switch shift and without:
Weapons select switch?
irl the F-18 stick has different buttons which do different things.
https://imgur.com/MsCmRst -
@airtex2019 I see. Don’t fly the F-18 so I guess I don’t know how that works.
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@Atlas - Yes. On a RL Hornet/Harrier grip the Weapons Select switch actuates fwd/aft/inboard/dwn.
It’s also an odd one, in that it has no outboard (or left) actuation, and the knob is also shaped in such a way as to prevent that. Which is something I think the TM Hornet grip has wrong…among other things.
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Facing the same misery as Zwingly here. I try to follow your advice for my Cougar, but get not your entries upon pressing the pinky button in this window:
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@airtex2019 - another diff between the Hornet and Harrier sticks is that the Trim and Castle switch locations are swapped between the two…so if you want to make a semi-realistic Harrier grip out of the TM Hornet one, just swap those two switch locations!
Other than that they are the same grip.