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#2856822 - 09/08/09 06:16 AM Advanced Flight Model
PanzerMeyer Albatros pilot for the Kaiser King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 70463 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? _________________________ Chivalry? To kill a man, then make a ritual out of saluting him? That's hypocrisy. They kill me, I don't want anyone to salute. - Bruno Stachel
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#2857022 - 09/08/09 11:23 AM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: PanzerMeyer]
enigma6584 Senior Member Registered: 12/22/02 Posts: 3385 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 Albatros pilot for the Kaiser King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 70463 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! _________________________ Chivalry? To kill a man, then make a ritual out of saluting him? That's hypocrisy. They kill me, I don't want anyone to salute. - Bruno Stachel
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#2857043 - 09/08/09 12:23 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: PanzerMeyer]
Dart Contributing Editor Just upgraded from intern Veteran Registered: 09/02/01 Posts: 16447 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 Member Registered: 03/16/02 Posts: 1174 Loc: NuJerzee, USA	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. _________________________ My PC Specs: Traitorous transistorized toad....Blithering blatherskite....Hopeless heap of tainted tin
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#2857067 - 09/08/09 12:58 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: 2GvSAP_Mohawk]
PanzerMeyer Albatros pilot for the Kaiser King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 70463 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. _________________________ Chivalry? To kill a man, then make a ritual out of saluting him? That's hypocrisy. They kill me, I don't want anyone to salute. - Bruno Stachel
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#2857212 - 09/08/09 06:37 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: PanzerMeyer]
531 Ghost Contributing Editor Hotshot Registered: 09/17/02 Posts: 9526 Loc: Elizabeth City NC	At the moment, there is a (1) Leftie Franken-Potato. There could be another, I suppose. _________________________ Originally Posted By: Abraham Lincoln America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. For your CH Products programming needs, come on over to: The CH-Hangar Current System Specs This is what YOU signed up to/for.
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#2857217 - 09/08/09 06:48 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: 531 Ghost]
531 Ghost Contributing Editor Hotshot Registered: 09/17/02 Posts: 9526 Loc: Elizabeth City NC	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: Abraham Lincoln America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. For your CH Products programming needs, come on over to: The CH-Hangar Current System Specs This is what YOU signed up to/for.
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#2857276 - 09/08/09 08:51 PM Re: Advanced Flight Model [Re: 531 Ghost]
Dart Contributing Editor Just upgraded from intern Veteran Registered: 09/02/01 Posts: 16447 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 Member Registered: 07/30/09 Posts: 292	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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