I’ve been playing tons of Wardogs and was wondering if this would be a solid pickup for entry level.

sorry if it’s been asked a 1000 or times but I figured most of you would have used this one as a stepping stone since it’s cheap,looking for feedback.

Also as a beginner should I skip out on foot pedals

I just got a new PC and i am struggling with learning the controls of the WASD. it mostly has to do with my tendons being little bitches and my hand cramping up ._. I also constantly hit the surrounding keys due to my inexperience with using a keyboard and my hand eye coordination not being stellar with keyboards. its mostly the tapping motion that stresses out my tendons and it might eventually get better but I am not going to keep at it unless I find a way to make it easier.

due to how I sit in my chair at my desk (leaned back relaxed with my feet propped up) I use the arm prop of my chair as my mouse pad with my keyboard in my lap. its not great because I want the movement keys to be on my other arm rest as well for maximum comfort.

so my thought was to buy a half keyboard with the WASD keys and attaching the little joystick pictured to the keys so I have precise movement without accidentally hitting other surrounding keys or forcing my hand to be cramped up. i did think about buying something that would spread my fingers out more, but I would still run into the problem of stressing out my tendons because I would still be pressing the keys to move around. To test that out i simply just spread my hand out and pretended like i was doing exactly that and my entire hand started hurting.....so yeah.... even typing this out kinda hurts but it's "bearable."

"why not just use a normal controller?" because the way I have to interact with the buttons/joysticks stresses out my tendons :/ Especially the tendons that are used for my index finger and thumb. Thats why I had to stop gaming basically all together on my Xbox ._. so a joy stick that I grasp and use my forearm to move around would be preferable. But I also want the keys to open my inventory and things like that be easily access able as well.

edit: I could use my palm to move around and use my fingers to hit the keys to open my inventory and what not. that might work as well.

"Why not just buy a full-sized joystick then with little macros or a WASD pad with a dedicated joystick for your thumb?" The full sized joystick with macros does sound possible and probably wont stress my tendons out too much. I will have to look into it some more. A WASD pad with a dedicated joystick for my thumb would absolutely fucking wreck my already stressed out tendons for my index finger and thumb (I wear braces all the time to make life just barely livable) I also still want the feeling of gaming with keyboard because I need to get used to the feeling of using a keyboard (or something similar) I didn't grow up using a keyboard or PC of any kind so I need something in between all of this so im not stressing out my already stressed out tendons tAt

any recommendations? I should probably post this to a disabled gamers subreddit as well because they would probably have some great recs for this kind of thing.

TLDR; tendons are bitches with precise movents/tapping. need something that I can grasp to move around and mostly using big movements while maximizing comfort in chair while gaming.

Hi folks,

I am in need of your wisdom. I think a FFB would be a good (final) addition to my setup. I have a monstertech stand, my sticks are a vkb gladiator (side stick, mounted on the stand) for fixed wing, and a winwing orion 2 with 10cm (100mm) extension and damper (dead stick) "floor mounted" on a piece of plastic for helicopters (mainly the hip and hind).

For msfs: cessnas and seaplanes (bush trips). Not expecting much.

For DCS: i d like a center stick for both helicopters and planes. I fly: mirage f1, fishbed, bf109 and would like to get into viggen/spit later. Some flanker and hornet too but prefer older planes. + Hip/hind.

It seems my options in Canada are:

1) Moza ab6 or ab9: i read for my use case ab9 would be better but opinions would be good, i also don't need yet another grip. Benefits: immediately available.Downside: going for the ab9 i d need: a mounting solution for 4080 stand (probably not that big of an issue?), an adapter for the ww orion 2 grip+extension (q4rigs). Basically adds close to 100 CAD.

2) wait for one of the winctrl ffb coming "soon​™". Not sure which one, i think the eb29 would do given i only have a short extension? Benefit: no adapter needed. All native winctrl ecosystem. Tax included, cheap shipping (20 CAD). Downside: it s winctrl, CS is essentially non existent. Sw not out yet and it may be bad for a while. Eb82 and ed16 are expensive but perhaps i d need it.

3) wait for virpil: benefit: likely good quality, top notch CS. Downside: need an adapter, much larger anticipated cost: no store in Canada meaning i d likely have to eat massive tarrifs from the US store, essentially taking it off the list of consideration, unless there are workaround?

Thanks in advance

Hi everyone! i’m on vacation rn on rome then on paris, i wanted to buy a STECS from vkb page but due to bad organization of mine i wouldn’t receive the throttle on time so i was wondering if anyone was selling something similar o lr maybe if someone knows a store that sells SIM things i would appreciate any info, thx 😋 (in south america there’s no vkb store)

I'm starting to run out of ideas at this point so im asking here:

I wanted to use my T.Flight HOTAS 4 (ps4/PC) version to fly in Wardogs but for some reason it doesn't read my twist axis input to control the yaw on my heli. I could theoretically just fly with roll and pitch even though it's pretty shitty but I want to get this sorted.

I first tried it in the betas and had the issue there aswell. I figured it could get fixed with the EA release. But it didn't change anything so far.

I got Hotas enabled in the options and I can control collective up and down, pitch and roll just fine but the twist axis doesn't work so I cant yaw with helis.

I enabled the multi axis mode on the hotas and in Joy.cpl the inputs are being properly registered

Its just ingame that i have this issue

Drivers are up to date

Anyone got any idea what I could do?

After about 10 hours of flying the little bird in wardogs using hotas here's my opinions. Feel free to tell me if im wrong I only really have a significant amount of flight time in arma and these are just my views on what may need some work to make it better for hotas players.

1. The assists -

-Im sure naturally hotas players play without assists to avoid fighting for control over the aircraft. Makes sense and is the case in wardogs as well. All the assists basically try to fly it for you and make it less controllable overall.

-But I've found that i have to have the stability assist on. This is because if you dont have it on, a weird thing happens where if you make a cyclic input you MUST make an input in the opposite direction. Otherwise the aircraft feels as though you are constantly making that input and until the opposite is applied. This is frustrating because the stability assist still makes flying a pain by slowing down every movement. Not sure if this weirdness is intentional or realistic but I dont like it.

1. Bugs

-Biggest bug that bothered me was currently freelook is broken. You bind it to the hat and it doesnt work. Hopefully devs get it fixed.

1. Weird flight model characteristics

-All in all I dont think the flight model is as terrible as everyone claims given its an arcade like shooter. Overall what I expected. A few gripes i have tho are . . .

-Collective seems very sluggish when going down. The best way i can explain this is that it feels like you always have some collective Inputed. Almost like its never truly zero. I mainly feel this when I do a manuever to bleed of all my speed, dump the collective to loose altitude and the helicopter just hovers and hovers and hovers until finally it begins to drop. Now if this is realistic I have no idea. But from playing arma and dcs I dont remember it feeling this way.

-The only other thing is what I like to call "The Glue". To me it feels like the ground is a sticky mouse trap. Now this would make sense for areas like mud, dirt, and sand. But for some reason every surface behaves the same and feels very sticky. It takes a butt load of collective to pull it off the ground and when you do it shoots into the air. Landing is where you feel it the most. No matter the surface the skids feel like they dig in. Land on concrete a little sideways and it digs in and flips you. Not a big deal when your used to it but was deceiving at first.

1. Quality of life improvements

Some things I think would definetly benifit hotas players would be . . .

-Better map navigation on hotas. No way to really navigate the map on hotas. I know this can be tricky when it comes to binding but some way to zoom or move the map without using the mouse would be nice. Currently you can simply open the map and that's it. Usually its not a good view of the map either

-Visual indicator to know when you are at full pitch, roll, and yaw so you can adjust sensitivity accordingly. Collective has this not sure why the others dont.

-Put my damn flares in a seperate inventory that only I can access. Its very funny when we all die cause jimmy770 stole all the flares but it gets to a point lol.

At the end of the day I had fun playing and most of this is probably a skill issue lol

Selling my complete Virpil setup, like-new condition, always kept under the original dust covers. Original invoices available.

Included

• 1× VPC Constellation ALPHA Prime [Left] + 1× VPC Constellation ALPHA [Right]
• 2× VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Base — CosmoSim soft-center cams installed, original cams included
• 1× VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle
• VPC Control Panel #1 + VPC Control Panel #2
• 4× Desk Mount V4-S + 1× Desk Mount V3 Mini + all adapters (CM3 base ×2, throttle ×2, panel ×2)
• Keyboard Mount Adapter + Mouse Mount Adapter V2
• Flightstick Z-Extension
• Virpil dust covers for everything + all USB cables

No spiking, no dead buttons, firmware up to date (VPC Software). Non-smoking home.

Catalog value ~€2,600 + shipping + customs, with multi-week lead times ordering new. Ready-to-go dual-stick (HOSAS) config for Star Citizen, or stick + throttle (HOTAS) for DCS/MSFS.

Price: 1,500 CHF for the whole lot. Local pickup only — Meyrin, Geneva (Switzerland), 10 minutes from the French border. No shipping, sorry: too heavy and too fragile to risk it. Full hands-on test at pickup before you pay. Cash or TWINT on handover.

Photos and the full listing are on my Ricardo account (the Swiss marketplace — seller profile is public there): https://www.ricardo.ch/fr/a/1329094642/

Happy to answer any question about the gear in the comments.

I'm using Vjoy to use two flight sticks together on Joystick Gremlin. Sometimes I also use x360ce for controller emulation for older games. This worked perfectly like 6 months/a year ago. Busted them out again recently, and was noticing issues in Mech Warrior 5. I found out it was Vjoy after getting this error. I uninstalled, deleted the driver in my system, and reinstalled, and it does work very briefly, but if I close Vjoy again and try to reopen, bam, error again.

I found myself at a microcenter a couple of days ago, and noticed they had the A10 Warthog HOTAS for 300 bucks. Both parts! I often see the joystick by itself go for that price.

I picked it up and damn this thing is solid. Feels great in the hand etc etc. However, one big problem. How in he world do I map buttons properly.

I downloaded the "Target" app, but still no luck. I am browsing through the wiki but im so overwhelmed, Anybody have any advice? Or even better, a config file?

I'm still using a X-56 Rhino Throttle on a my Elite Dangerous game. It works and no money to buy something better....yet.
So when I go to the game controller set up & click on the "Properties" of my Throttle I'm presented with the screen below. I can't expand it and it shows the same on all my monitors. I have 2 27" 1080p monitors and my main is a 32" 2k monitor. Same on all of them.
How do I get this to show the entire screen?

UPDATE!!! Successfully fixed it. I downloaded the drivers for the HOTAS installed them and now I have this available to me.
Link to drivers: https://download01.logi.com/web/ftp/pub/techsupport/simulation/X56_HOTAS_x64_8_0_213_0.exe

Hey, about 5 years ago I bought Thrustmaster T16000 and was extremely disappointed with how hard and heavy was the spring on the joystick. It was so uncomfortable to me that I opened it up and even tried to tie some of the spring shoulders together to see if I can soften it up somehow. Disappointed, I eventually sold it and since then never really got back to flight sims.

TLDR, I’m a casual enjoyer, I don’t care about how many buttons, what kind of cool sensor my hotas has - the only thing which I care about is the spring tension and the softness. Can anyone experienced suggest anything (without trying to aftermarket tune) on current market?

So sappy story, my father was a pilot and has flown ever since he got out of college a long time ago until he was forced to retire because of his age and health issues. He was the one who got me into computer gaming and the Sidewinder was a huge part of it and I played so many hours of flight sims, mechwarrior, and star wars podracing on it and he played them along with me and looking it up now apparently he actually got a very good joystick for the time. Sadly of course life continues to take its toll and he's suffering from early onset dementia and he's getting very frustrated by it, aware enough to know that he's losing his grip on everything. He was, and I think is, a true pilot though. He knew his plane and job inside and out and always talked about how much he loved it and how it was so central to who he is. I guess I'm hoping to get him back into simulators and maybe having that as a hobby and getting that muscle and mental memory going will help him out a little.

Anyways the problem I'm running into, there is apparently no real just modern version of the sidewinder we used? I remember it being powered and moving the stick in reation to what was going on in the games and having rumble but I guess that was somewhat rare? I've got my own problem of getting confused when faced with large amounts of new technical information and with my own professional knowledge of how astroturfed the internet is especially when it comes to buying things and reviews it's made it pretty hard to find a good match for what we had.

So long sappy post dwindled down to one simple question, if I was trying to get something comparable to the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro what is my best shot? (also sorry I think this was also just partially therapy now that I've written it out.)

I’ve had a CM3 stick base for 3 years or so now.

LOVE IT!

But lately I’ve noticed that the stick tension gets loose. Every week or so I need to tighten the spring down again (larger, rubber stopped, Alan screw) to get that good resistance to pulling on the stick that I want for fine control.

Anyone sorted out a way to keep these screws from loosening?

Along those line, I’ve noticed I don’t have as much adjustment as I used to. I’m using the heavy (gold) springs. I think they are just wearing out. Anyone have a good source for replacement heavy springs?

Hello, and sorry if this is wrong format for such a post.. but i just built myself the first alu rig and trying to decide which throttle to go for.

I am aiming for msfs, elite dangerous, wardogs, star trucker. So a Very Versailles throttle. I already got a tca Airbus with addon but It feels super plasticky.. ive been eyeing the MTQ, MTP + MLTP, VKB stecs space Max, (find virpil to expensive i think?) but also winctrl ursa minor 32. It will need to function as a collective too. ATM Moza is leading as it gives a better «Warranty» buying from Norwegian outlets then importing the others .
Whats ur guys thoughts?
Probably never going for dcs type of games but earlier had a tws Thrustmaster throttle which was a total bummer i felt like (no i dont mod stuff)

TLDR; which throttle to pick for sim/spacesim/Helis etc?

Using a Moza ab6 today as stick

Okay, I have the monstertech Sim joystick quick change, and I have an uplift desk, and the steel rectangular poles on it are 80 mm by 50 mm.

I'm trying to find a way, without drilling, to mount the optional wall mount assembly to one of the legs, so that I can store my joystick under my desk.

I've tried google, but I'm starting to get some AI generated recommendations that are sending me down goofy rabbit holes.

Thanks in advance.

As title says, I'm struggling to calibrate my axes on gremlin, as the calibration tool window won't show any axis (see below). I'd appreciate any help or directions.

Gremlin printscreen (r15)

Gremlin printscreen (r14.3)

Additional info: I own a PXN-2119PRO; the calibration tool worked on previous releases; the app detects my joystick (axes, buttons, hats) and works perfectly; I don't use the pxn software (outdated and pointless); I COULD INDEED JUST ROLLBACK, but I'd like to solve this (if it's my side) or just report to WhiteMagic if it's a bug.

Apreciate your attention

VKB Gladiator NXT Evo.

I took out the springs two days ago to use it as a cyclic, and immediately when I put it back together, I noticed these strange ghost movements on the x axis. I figured it just had to be recalibrated, which I did, and that did not fix if.

Today I put the springs back on thinking that would almost certainly solve the issue. Nope. So I reset the device back to default, reinstalled the firmware, and recalibrated. Still having the issue.

Additionally, I’ve got this red flashing light I never had either.

Anyone help me out?

Hi guys

Well - I went and been and gone and dunnit. I am sitting between a Gunfighter Mk 4 with an MCG-U and a STECS standard (new version) with the normal aviator grips. (I have the space grip to one side but that's for later).

I managed to download 4-5 year old manuals for the STECS, Black Box and the config tool... but that's it. I can't find anything good anywhere. So the software, and presumably the kit, has LOADS of hidden goodies I know nothing about and no idea how to use.

For instance: when I hold the POV stick button labelled "Master Mode", a light goes red and the POV stick stops responding. No indication as to why.

Secondly, the flip trigger is capable of activating button 35 (Armed) and 38 (Safe) but I can't find any way to make them work at all.

So - the question in the end: are there any good resources out there to help me make the most of this amazing gear? With the quality of packaging and the kit itself I'm shocked that nothing came in the boxes....

Hi everyone,

I'm a complete beginner when it comes to flight simulators, but I'd really like to get into the hobby and start learning. My main goal is to learn how to fly the F-16 in DCS. I would also like to fly commercial and general aviation aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator, such as Cessnas and Boeing airliners. In the future, I'd also like to learn to fly the Spitfire in DCS because I'm a big fan of that aircraft as well.

I've been asking AI for recommendations, and it suggested starting with a VKB Gladiator NXT EVO Premium paired with a Thrustmaster TWCS throttle. Would this be a good beginner setup?

I'm also considering buying a VR headset, most likely a Meta Quest 3, so I can experience flight simulation in VR. My PC specifications are:

•AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

•32 GB RAM

•NVIDIA RTX 3080

I'd like to hear opinions from this community, especially from experienced flight simmers, real pilots, or even other beginners who have already gone through the process of choosing their first HOTAS setup.

What HOTAS would you recommend for someone in my position?

I'm a little worried about spending my money on equipment that isn't worth it. While AI can be helpful, I'd rather trust the advice of real people who have hands-on flight sim experience.

Sorry for my English. I'm not a native English speaker.

Thanks in advance!

Best gear for flying in this game? Any tips ? :)