Greetings Hoggit!

Spending my summer vacation in Sweden in a forest log cabin. Knowing that the Swedish summer brings a lot of rain, I brought along a portable sim-pit.

I have both f 16 and recently bought an f 18 . I have wondered this even before buying, but are most buttons the same? I know the easiest way to fix this is to buy 2 separate hotas for each jet but that seems too expensive. do any of you have a way to not get confused?

I’ve had the f18 for quite some time now but only really specialized in the f16. Now that I’m learning the hornet, I’ve come to realize the radar is nowhere near as easy to use as the viper.

On the f16 it’s soo easy everything is laid out for you. Red is bad guy, green is good guy. Point the radar at the red guy and lock him up, shoot. In the hornet however, contacts are constantly disappearing, teleporting, or just not seeing everyone from datalink. When I finally get a hard target, I go to lock him up, then I see “no radar.” no matter what I do, I see this. Does anyone know why? I’m assuming this is heavy user error, but I really just don’t get the hornet radar at all.

By popular demand, the BlackWidow mounts are now available as 3D print files and hardware kits!

These are stowaway HOTAS mounts. They allow you to instantly turn your office desk into a cockpit and back, without compromise. 

Now also compatible with Virpil CM3 Base and Throttle!

You can also save buy getting the bundle for both instructions!

This was a lot of work, hope you guys enjoy!

https://abtsim.com

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Hello everyone,

I’m fairly new to DCS and I’m looking to buy my first HOTAS. I started playing since may on a ps5 controller, since then I have been learning how to fly and operate the F-16 module, and let’s just say ever since then I’m HOOKED big time. I’ve got to the point where I think I’m pretty comfortable with the module (as far as you can get on a controller), but I’m coming to the point where it’s feeling like it’s holding me back. I don’t own a HOTAS nor head tracking jet.

I want to invest in a quality HOTAS which will serve me for the coming years without having to worry about upgrading or being let down by the quality or functionality. For now I want to focus on getting good with the F-16 before even thinking about getting a new module. My budget is around $500-$1000 in total.

So my questions to you guys are:

-What kind of HOTAS should I look in to? (Preferably something similar to a IRL military style HOTAS)

- Do I need to pair my HOTAS with rudder pedals or is that optional?

- what type of Head tracking do you guys recommend?

- is there anything else hardware related i should look in to that would enhance my experience?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Im selling my used X55 Rhino HOTAS and brand new WINWING pedals. $450CAD for the set. Anyone in eastern Canada interested?

I was thinking about trying out Apache with my friend in multi crew. Question is: will he be able to operate just fine in CPG seat with only keyboard and mouse? Or is that a bad idea?

He also has 0 experience with flight sims but he played a lot of war thunder and arma so weapon system understanding shouldn’t be too big of an issue.

I just started flying the F5, remastered, and regret not hopping in its cockpit before now.

No AI was used in the creation of this content. This is original content made for fun.

Also just started using rockets. They're something I ignored for some reason. They are a lot of fun on almost any aircraft.

Let me know what you think of the F5, the video, rockets, or anything else pertaining to something you saw. I appreciate y'all. Thanks for driving the passion!

I know this reddit is more for simulation so if this is considered off-topic I apologize. I have always loved combat aircrafts and by extension loved games that feature them but I have only ever played arcade style games such as H.A.W.X, Ace Combat and Battlefield. Recently I bought a Winwing Ursa Minor Fighter joystick and have been thinking about trying DCS but frankly, the amount of information to even get an aircraft moving from a cold start is a lot to process. The radar and weapon systems are obviously much more complex to anything I have seen before.

I have consumed a lot in terms of things like tutorials on Youtube and Chucks guides and maybe that's part of the problem, maybe I am overloading myself and instead I just need to get into an aircraft and just start flying. Maybe focus on 1 thing a night or something.

For those who have the experience. would I be better off finding a combat aviation game that sits somewhere between arcade and simulation to help me learn some of the basics before transitioning to something like DCS? I don't like a lot of things about War Thunder so I was considering Nuclear Option (I prefer a modern'ish setting). I know everyone is different but just looking for some opinions from people who have been in the same spot I am.

I know even if I do go with another game first, DCS will still require A LOT of time of patience. I'm just trying to avoid a situation where I try it and bounce off it.

Thanks for reading.

I was searching around on how best to mod the VKB pedals for flying in Wardogs so Helis. What do you guys recommend?

This is going to be a controversial topic for sure. Some people like it, others say it's too much. There are sliders to play around with the amount and quality of it so you an adjust it to your liking if you want to play around with it yourself. I showed at the end how to install it if you want to take a look.

Cheers!