Flightsim Gear Thread

[Just A Girl]

I have a Decent set up for flight simes that costs next to nothing.

I have a st50 joistick, with digital throttle attacked and multiple fire buttons.
Then i bought a £10 usb adapter to plug in play staion 2 controllers.

in to that i plug in A ps2 steering wheel and perrdals.
with this combo I have rudder controll with the peddals. (pr steering wheel depending on the plane as some need good breaks Or you will die on landing)
POV Hat. with the d pad.
So i an look around.
The buttons on the steering wheel are for auto pilot.
auto climb.
Map.
Gunner change.
and The most importaint. Bommer View calibration.
Cos you just wont hit any thing without calibrating your bomb sight.

I can use the steering wheel itsef for rudder controll which is not as awkward at it may seem.
If i do this.
Then u use the throttle peddal and the break peddal.
for left/right Breaks.

I play aceshigh 2.
which is near enough 100% acurate Simulation.

So its not a good idea to be playing about with your keyboards as your coming in to land at 200MPh in a me262m Thats lost its aileron,
And is under fire.

Setup costs, all of £40.
And does exactly the same as those Expensive setups.

I even get people asking me what setup i have,
As they know people cant usualy Bank And roll a turn at the same time unless they have sperate rudder controlls.

(being able to use your rudder to turn faster through yur banking manoover can be the diference between Life and death in a dog fight.)

[Xiahou]

I use the cyborg evo. I'm pretty happy with it for as many flying games as I use- my only gripe would be the throttle.

[Beirut]

I use the cyborg evo. I'm pretty happy with it for as many flying games as I use- my only gripe would be the throttle.

You mean the throttle on the Evo or using a second Evo as a throttle?

[Xiahou]

You mean the throttle on the Evo or using a second Evo as a throttle?

I mean the throttle on the Evo. It's a pain for games that have a portion of it for reverse- it's near impossible to find the 0 point.

[Beirut]

I had problems (though small ones) using the Saitek programer software that came with the Evo when setting up the stick as a left hand throttle.

I wanted the center/rest position of the stick to be 0 throttle, but it always came out as 50%. In the end, though, this was fine. I can slow cruise with the stick at rest, given that it keeps the engines at half-throttle, push the stick forward for full power, and pull all the way back for no power. Very... physical. Good flying fun.

Would you consider getting another Evo to use as a HOTAS throttle?

Oh, what sim are you flying?

[Xiahou]

Oh, what sim are you flying?

Actually, the only thing I really use it for right now is flying choppers in BF2, which I love it for.

I orginally bought it for flying spacecraft in 'X2:The Threat' and have tried maybe a handful of other sims. I'd be open to suggestions on a fun, yet accessible flight game though. The few I've tried never really grabbed me.

[Beirut]

I'd be open to suggestions on a fun, yet accessible flight game though. The few I've tried never really grabbed me.

Definitely a prop sim. You can get IL2-Forgotten Battles Gold and the Pacific Fighters expansion pack pretty cheap these days. $40 Cdn buys you both. You can be up and flying in minutes. The flight modelling can be set as easy or as hard as you like. Excellent variety of planes and scenarios. This is one of those games where if you're not having fun, it's probably your own fault. The size and variety of the sim is incredible.

You can chase V1 rockets over Leningrad in a Mig-3, dogfight in a snowstorm in France in a P-47, fly through the mountains in an Me-262, simulate WWI action with numerous biplanes, attack tanks in the dessert in a Spitfire, run torpedo missions on convoys in an He-111, and have full carrier air battles in the Pacific flying a Hellcat. Or any mix of the above, and much, much more. And the graphics for all of this are outstanding!

Also, and it takes less than five minutes to set up, you can fly bombing missions over burning cities at night while ground searchlights hunt your plane and AAA hammers all around you. Incredible stuff. There's simply no limit to what you can create.

Best of all - there's another free add-on (in a series of free add-ons) being released on the net within days (I hope) with several new planes including a Mosquito! Can't wait!

Check out this page of screenshots:http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums...31045132/p/126