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#2856822 - 09/08/09 06:16 AM Advanced Flight Model
PanzerMeyer King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 48951 Loc: Miami, FL USA	I'm assuming that it's probably a bit easier to fly the advanced flight model with a HOTAS as opposed to just using a joystick? Unfortunately I'm a lefty and I have not taken the time to learn how to fly with my right hand so I'm still stuck using a Saitek Evo joystick. I've increased the deadzones for the x and y axes and that has helped a lot though so now the helicopter doesn't do that annoying oscillation so much when I use the rudder. Is there anyone else here flying Black Shark with a standard joystick? _________________________ I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear's path, and only I will remain.
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#2857022 - 09/08/09 11:23 AM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: PanzerMeyer]
enigma6584 SimHQ Member Registered: 12/22/02 Posts: 2755 Loc: Wisconsin, USA	Save up and go with the HOTAS Panzer, it is a whole new experience and worth every penney.
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#2857041 - 09/08/09 12:13 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: enigma6584]
PanzerMeyer King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 48951 Loc: Miami, FL USA	Originally Posted By: enigma6584 Save up and go with the HOTAS Panzer, it is a whole new experience and worth every penney. The money is not the issue with me, it's training myself to use my right hand on the stick! _________________________ I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear's path, and only I will remain.
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#2857043 - 09/08/09 12:23 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: PanzerMeyer]
Dart Just upgraded from intern SimHQ Lifer Registered: 09/02/01 Posts: 12436 Loc: Alabaster, AL USA	Left handed HOTAS? Sure they make 'em. Or you could ask our very own Ghost to make a left handed potato if the joystick is okay. Would be worth every dime if I was a leftie. Edited by Dart (09/08/09 12:36 PM) _________________________ The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.com From Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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#2857059 - 09/08/09 12:47 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: Dart]
2GvSAP_Mohawk SimHQ Member Registered: 03/16/02 Posts: 593 Loc: Easton, PA	I am left handed as well but over the many many years of flight simming/gaming, I have gotten used to using a HOTAS. Currently, I use a Logitech Wingman 3D Pro. Not a real HOTAS as it has the stick, rudder and throttle built into one unit. I had been using a Saitek X45 for the longest time so the transition to the Logitech was sort of painful, but with practice I got used to it. Still can't use a mouse with my right hand though. _________________________ 2GvSAP_Mohawk aka tailchopper71 www.2gvsap.org
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#2857067 - 09/08/09 12:58 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: 2GvSAP_Mohawk]
PanzerMeyer King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 48951 Loc: Miami, FL USA	Originally Posted By: 2GvSAP_Mohawk Still can't use a mouse with my right hand though. Haha! What I find hilarious is that I just learned how to use a mouse with my right hand from the beginning. It feels weird if I try to use it with my left hand. @ Dart - Thanks a lot for that info. I'll look into it. _________________________ I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear's path, and only I will remain.
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#2857212 - 09/08/09 06:37 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: PanzerMeyer]
531 Ghost Moderator SimHQ Senior Member Registered: 09/17/02 Posts: 7412 Loc: MCAS Camp Pendleton	At the moment, there is a (1) Leftie Franken-Potato. There could be another, I suppose. _________________________ Originally Posted By: Lt Gen Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller USMC "Our Country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won't be any AMERICA because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race!" For your CH Products programming needs, come on over to: The CH-Hangar
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#2857217 - 09/08/09 06:48 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: 531 Ghost]
531 Ghost Moderator SimHQ Senior Member Registered: 09/17/02 Posts: 7412 Loc: MCAS Camp Pendleton	Then, there's the full up Lefty HOTAS... Dart beat me to the link! Edited by 531 Ghost (09/08/09 07:00 PM) _________________________ Originally Posted By: Lt Gen Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller USMC "Our Country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won't be any AMERICA because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race!" For your CH Products programming needs, come on over to: The CH-Hangar
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#2857276 - 09/08/09 08:51 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: 531 Ghost]
Dart Just upgraded from intern SimHQ Lifer Registered: 09/02/01 Posts: 12436 Loc: Alabaster, AL USA	I'm thinking the frankenpotato and a regular CH stick would be a lot less expensive than the full blown "leftie" one. _________________________ The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.com From Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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#2867673 - 09/26/09 05:20 AM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: PanzerMeyer]
Smokin_Hole SimHQ Junior Member Registered: 07/30/09 Posts: 94	Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer I'm assuming that it's probably a bit easier to fly the advanced flight model with a HOTAS as opposed to just using a joystick? Unfortunately I'm a lefty and I have not taken the time to learn how to fly with my right hand so I'm still stuck using a Saitek Evo joystick. I've increased the deadzones for the x and y axes and that has helped a lot though so now the helicopter doesn't do that annoying oscillation so much when I use the rudder. Is there anyone else here flying Black Shark with a standard joystick? I see post like this a lot. At risk of angering a few I want to say what I used to tell Flight Instructor students, "Its your head that flys, not your hands." You will never hear an airline pilot transitioning from one seat to the other ponder how the "new" hand is going to do the flying. Try swapping your stick and throttle and in 15 minutes you won't know the difference.
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