The grip extension pictured above is 200mm, and there is a 100mm version available as well. I can confirm the higher end Gunfighter is a superb joystick whichever grip you choose, and is a considerable step up in feel and performance from the Gladiator, although I couldn’t previously have imagined how that was possible. The OTA adapter on the collective stick will allow you to use the twist axis as a throttle if desired, and the springs can be removed completely to stop it from self-centring. The possibility with 2 x Gladiators is to use one with the OTA adapter (the angled one) as the collective, and the normal upright stick as the cyclic. It’s great! The proper controls would just be icing on top for me lol I would love to get a proper set of controls but by no means feel like I’m really missing out in any enjoyment with my current setup. In 2 years you probably won’t even end up flying the H145 or Ally, as “new shiny” will be out by then!Īnyway I do get your point. I have a SideWinder FFB2 stick, so can set a profile with very loose overall friction and no centering force but found it a bit nicer with some force so at least you can feel where dead-centre is (easier for controlling hover). Probably a bit harder than it could/should be to be precise. The sensitivity is higher of course as the movement range is like half or less but that’s just muscle memory and getting tuned into it. It mimics the kind of motion you’d do more closely and feels pretty good. I have my X52 throttle axis reversed so that pushing away (what would normally be more power in a plane) is collective down and pulling towards me is up. If you’re willing to suspend the other x% until you have the Full Monty setup, of course that’s your prerogative, but I think you’d still have fun now. Sure “real” controls would be much more awesomer but I think you still have to build similar synapse connections as opposed to fixed wing flying regardless of your controllers so that is 50% of the fun there. Gonna take you even longer to save up if you keep buying helicopters you don’t intend to use? Rather like an Arcade helo, or assistance. This method is far too easy because it is using A.Trim. Traditional joystickers on youtube are picking up and landing without TR. Pressing TR to center traditional joystick is a hack. One can remove the spring in conventional joysticks, but then how does is stay in new reference position like a real cyclic? Note: Be sure to setup H145 as joystick hack or real helo controls. Max flight stick, komodo, pro flight trainer (which i own) etc. This is why sim Helo controls are friction or piston dampener based. (PIC might beep trim at this point to make minor corrections to A.Trim.) The cyclic remains in this postion and the helo is flying hands off. When a desired attitude, ias, is reached, he release TR, new reference numbers are given to Auto Trim and this new attitude is held, aka ATT hold. Here is how real helo cyclics work: PIC presses TR trim release button and picks up, moving cyclic, to hover taxi, etc. HPG and other devs realize that most people have traditition joysticks, so they created a hack. Modern helos with Force Trim, for example, H145, do not work well with joysticks with static centering springs, like your average fixed wing joystick.
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