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#3883589 - 12/25/13 06:19 AM
Re: X55 Rhino
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never used one so I'm confused, how do you able to fire the 2nd stage trigger weapon without firing the 1st stage? You don't. You either set your 1st stage trigger up to do something you want to have happen in conjunction with whatever you have the 2nd stage doing (perhaps designate the target under the reticule), OR, you have SST profiler modes where the 1st stage isn't assigned anything... OR, you utilize the triggers where the simulator itself will ignore the first stage trigger's function because it isn't active under some circumstances. DCS Blackshark's cannon comes to mind as an example, IIRC. If you don't have the cannon selected in the cockpit switchology, then the first stage trigger attempting to shoot the cannon will not result in a shot. The second stage trigger can fire your missle without a cannon shot accompanying it. But it appears that won't be a concern/option with the X-55, which seems poor choice on Saitek's part. now I'm even more confused, then what exactly is the benefit of dual stages trigger then? why some of you want it so badly and why can't you just use other button to accommodate whatever you meant to? maybe they are thinking it the same way I'm perceive it so they see it as useless feature not worth adding one.
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#3883747 - 12/25/13 04:40 PM
Re: X55 Rhino
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For "all purpose simulation" a dual trigger is more practical than a dual stage trigger - altought no "realistic" for A-10, P-51 (first stage gun cam, second guns)... This concept has nicely introduced in (VKB/Defender) Cobra/Mamba:  You can fire MGs only with first trigger, Cannon only with second trigger and both pressing the first over the second. Sokol1
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#3884238 - 12/26/13 03:59 PM
Re: X55 Rhino
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That's clever, that stick is looking better and better every time I see it...
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#3885954 - 12/30/13 01:38 AM
Re: X55 Rhino
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I'd love it if CH took a swing at created a high-end FFB stick. They were the first  I just wish CH would make a new HOTAS, been wishing that for years...
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#3891124 - 01/07/14 03:57 PM
Re: X55 Rhino
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hmmm... My wallet doesn't like what I'm thinking right now...
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#3891320 - 01/07/14 09:43 PM
Re: X55 Rhino
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the pre-order email points to several other sellers, but the links don't appear live :-(
Waiting to use my Amazon Prime account for free shipping before I pull the trigger.
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#3891602 - 01/08/14 08:58 AM
Re: X55 Rhino
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Weird design from Saitek on a couple of things.. Two buttons on the RIGHT throttle and a hat on the LEFT throttle.. Eh!? And a single stage trigger? C'mon...
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#3892200 - 01/09/14 02:33 AM
Re: X55 Rhino
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So, i found it on amazon today, including some new product images. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HHAIY72/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1I got my pre-order in this afternoon when it was available as such. Amazon said it would ship by late jan, but that might be a placeholder date.
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#3900171 - 01/23/14 09:05 AM
Re: X55 Rhino
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from CaptainPecan on the DCS forums: To everyone that is considering getting the X55 you might wanna start a massdrop vote and you could get really nice discount - i've seen things go for up to 42% off. Needs 200 votes to get it to the purchasing stage. https://www.massdrop.com/vote/saitek-x55-rhino-hotas-system-for-pcIts similar to kickstarter, as in once there are enough people registered for interested, they will go straight to the manufacturer and get a batch of the product with discounted since there is no middle-man, and well they have a known quantity guaranteed for sale. Make sure you vote for the first one option not the 2nd one (i stuffed it up) sounds like it could be a good way to get a nice discount if we all get it in one batch.
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#3900892 - 01/24/14 02:50 PM
Re: X55 Rhino
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Nice heads up, I went ahead and voted. It's currently at "72 out of 73 votes" if I'm reading it correctly.
Would be a decent way to perhaps score a warthog or obutto too....
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#3900941 - 01/24/14 03:44 PM
Re: X55 Rhino
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$200...I'm a little tempted against my better judgment, if for no other reason than to give it a serious review immediately after launch. This is Saitek's chance to defy my expectations of shoddy hardware and limited-functionality software. As it stands, I can't recommend the X-52, either variant, to those not willing to mod the stick to fix the inherent design problems, and I'm seriously hoping they learned from their mistakes with the X-55 this time. Even if they made new mistakes like going back to a single-stage trigger and putting the throttle hat switch on the LEFT throttle instead of the RIGHT. It makes more sense under the index finger than the pinky finger.
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#3901652 - 01/25/14 09:49 PM
Re: X55 Rhino
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I think I'll try to pick one of these up used after a few months. I simply can't justify $500 for a TM Warthog HOTAS and this seems to have all the necessary buttons and hats to actually use DCS: A10 (and upcoming complex sims) without needing 6 modifier keys for a single hat switch.
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#3902145 - 01/26/14 11:43 PM
Re: X55 Rhino
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$200...I'm a little tempted against my better judgment, if for no other reason than to give it a serious review immediately after launch. Hopefully it will be considerably cheaper than that if this massDrop (see above) vote works out
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