This sim will sell Joystick extensions

[Mags]

Thanks, II/JGSiggi!

[Mirtma]

I dunno. I think extensions would be cool and probably really help out a lot - but I'd need to go through the process of building a "simpit" to make real use of it. Right now I play on a computer desk with a crappy swivel chair, and the computer desk is a piece of junk from Ikea (which most of Ikea stuff is) that is bowing in the middle just due to the weight of the monitor - which is a flat panel S-IPS, that's how terrible this computer desk is. I was considering building a "simpit" out of metal tubing from home depot and mounting a relatively cheap (sub $150) racing seat from JCWhitney to it, mounting a monitor mount system to it and installing a couple of flat mounts for the joystick/throttle. But I'd need the place to work on it, and tools to do so which I'm lacking on both right now.

 

However, I do make extensive use of joystick "curves" for combat sims. I don't have any of my old Il-2 ones available, but here are a couple of "curves" I use in RoF which, as you'll see, aren't curves at all but work amazingly well for me. I only do curves for pitch as well, I leave all other control surfaces at standard. This is only four of the planes, I have curves for almost all scouts, and many of multi-seaters.

 

AlbDIIICurve.jpgDr1Curve.jpgN28Curve.jpgSe5aCurve.jpg

 

I really hope that they will put some joystick customisation like in ROF. In state like it is now it's just too sensitive for me. I can't fly & aim steady. I know my joystick isn't HQ, but I don't have problems in ROF, DCS, FSX, Falcon ... 

[III/JG11_Tiger]

When I win the lottery I'll be getting one of these: 

 

 

http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/spitsim-spitfire-cockpit-simulator-product-review.html

 

Sigh...

Ah yes that would be nice, but until those numbers come up a centre mounted warthog with an extension is so much nicer and more accurate to fly with than a standard length side mounted warthog.

Edited February 17, 2014 by III/JG11_Tiger

[III/JG11_Tiger]

Before you build that pit I strongly recommend that you sacrifice one of your Ikea chairs and mount your joystick on it. The attached picture shows my rendition of such a minimalistic pit. Yes, it's ugly, and if you share your place with your significant other you might not get much appreciation for your efforts. Note that the picture also shows the even uglier results of my stick extension; however, this was just a proof-of-concept and took a quick visit of my garage, plus 10 minutes to cut the tube to length and wrap the whole thing in tape. Try it

I havent got any pics at the moment but I took my old office chair removed the seat stuck a racing seat on it and using some ballbearing rails from a sliding draw and some tin plate to mount the Hog on to I now have my warthog setup in the middle and when not in use I remove the stick(velcro two sqaures of tin plate together) and slide the tray under the seat and Im ready for the office again, works great and wasnt too much work to make, I will be adding more attachments when I have the time, makes for a cheap obbuto style seat.