Flight simmers beware "Students elbow"
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With the proper tools… less than $94 or can be as expensive as you want it to be:
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Have you considered MonsterTech table mounts? I have them, and I place the joystick between my knees so I can rest my elbow on my thigh.
Had not seen them before now. They look very well made. And if it protects me health for a few years, then they are worth it. If you moved from the desk to those, what did you do with your monitor/s, how much did you have to move them if any?
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Had not seen them before now. They look very well made. And if it protects me health for a few years, then they are worth it.
My surgically repaired R shoulder is grateful for these mounts.
If you moved from the desk to those, what did you do with your monitor/s, how much did you have to move them if any?
I did not have to re-arrange anything.
FYI once the order ships, it takes between 2-3 weeks to arrive. They ship via DHL, package goes to Frankfurt and is handed off to the US Postal Service. Then it gets put on a boat (USPS tracking will only show it having been scanned in Frankfurt but NOT in transit) and if you opt for text alerts you will know when it gets off the boat in NJ. But between the handoff in Frankfurt and it getting scanned in NJ, the USPS is unable to provide ANY tracking info. That can be disconcerting, but I queried the MonsterTech guys and they provided the transit time.
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…and don’t forget the possibility of a Customs hold period (on either end, really). In most of the international purchases I’ve made (and I find myself making more of them these days…) Customs may hold and/or actually physically inspect your…er…shipment. I’ve had some things held and some not and can’t figure a rhyme or reason, but it seems to happen. Bottom line - be patient, shipment will arrive.
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This is one of the reasons why I chose not to buy a Warthog, and elected to buy a CH stick instead. I figured the Warthog was hard enough to move it could get tiring in the end. I guess I wasn’t entirely wrong.
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I have Warthog and CH sticks and personally find the CH stick to be far more objectionable…same motions involved, no resistance, no feedback as to over-do. Not to mention that with the stick being so “fast” it’s far too easy to over-control…and I have the same kick against ALL CH gear now. Used CH stuff for years, but now that I’ve gotten hold of my Warthog and Saitek Combat pedals there is no going back. WAY more like what I’ve experienced in actual military trainers…YMMV.
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No doubt, no real stick would be as light as the CH one, as you don’t want light controls in a moving vehicle that fly fast and under great load factors, but I have the opposite experience with sims : I’m more accurate with a light stick than a heavy one, because there’s no or very little muscular tiredness to affect my precision. To each his own, I guess.
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All of us “realisimo” addicts likely prefer the workout…and yes, it’s interesting to watch yourself get sloppy as you get tired. At least, I think so. The more like real operation, more better. Once again, MMV.
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No doubt, no real stick would be as light as the CH one, as you don’t want light controls in a moving vehicle that fly fast and under great load factors……
That’s where the FSSB mod makes sense (and there’s one for the warthog also, but they arn’t cheap)… There’s really no wrist movement, just different forces. Like the real aircraft.
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Hey Ice, The hell with the desk and table mounts, who was the manufacturer of the great looking computer seat? Name and manufacturer ? Inquiring minds want to know PLEASE!!!
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It’s a 2nd-hand bucket seat off eBay, so it’s an actual car seat as opposed to the “racing” computer chairs now available.
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Fish, my girlfriend found something for me that has been tremendously helpful. They are triangularly shaped pads. The thick end is the same height as the stick/throttle bases, and the length just fits on my desk. My arms simply rest on the pads as I fly.
I don’t remember where she found them, it they wouldn’t be hard to fabricate -
make yourself some sliding supports & bolt to a desk, that’s what I have done & it works like a dream, don’t have any issues with elbows.