thanks for that

" ...most setups are more "wife-friendly"

lol, right gotta be W-F complaint , another acronym thats all I need

Wi-Fri

So...is the pencil sharpener also essential?



The Jedi Master

LOL

I hijacked this puter back from my wife after she got a laptop, that's how I got to two machines. She just hasn't taken her pencil sharpener back yet - really, she hardly even comes downstairs anymore

That "flight deck" unit in the picture above is the second one I made. It has two connections - power for the USB hub and the USB signal cable, so it is easy to disconnect and lift off of the desk for race time. There is also a ground post that I attach an alligator clip to ground - all the metal parts are grounded through 10 Meg Ohms. The charts along the back are the hat function lists for the China Hat, TMS & DMS.

I did have a Zalmon MC-1 microphone on the flight deck, too, but I recently moved it up to where the Track IR is so I can use the mic for racing when I don't want to use the headphones.

WC

Ice - I'll give it a try, I want to think now that they had a mod for this some time back. If I had a VAC program I might give it a serious try for the hands off functionality.

Thanks for the info on VAC

Any of you guys use ipad iControl DCS?

No ipad here but I use iWarthog which is a great resource app and I have an iPhone based UFC controller using TouchControl and publicly available files.

The VAC program is free to test for 30 days so feel free to try. I'd give you my profile but it is still currently WiP, but it's easy enough to make one. Even if you just get a couple of phrases down to test it, I'm sure you'll be hooked!

Steve, I've tried the free version of iControl, however, with my custom setup, all I really needed was the UFC and CDU and the inability of the end-user to make a custom layout put me off. I've tried iPadPit as well, but since that one uses a custom key config file, I couldn't be bothered with it. Best one for me at the moment is Helios and a second screen as it allows you to make your own layout so you can decide what is important for you and put it there. Helios with a touch screen would be sweet, but no cash for a touch screen at the moment.

I used a free voice command program years ago for Falcon 4 but you had to talk like Henry Higgins to get it to recognise your words and felt unnatural, is this one good at picking up on words?

Good enough for me, Mace. Download it and give it a try. Like I said, it's free to try for 30 days.