I came to do my first flight in the DC F14B only day before yesterday. But one hint I would like to give the programmers from DC:
Like many others I am flying VR. And like many more, I’m right handed. Which means:
Using HOTAS I can operate all switches on throttle and stick without seeing them in RL
Being right handed the mouse is on a pad to my right
To operate the mouse in order to flip a switch in the cockpit I have to let go of the stick
In other words: If I cannot assign important switch functions to switches on the throttle or the switch board above, I’m inevitably getting in trouble at take off and landing. Targetting the flight deck of a carrier is just not the right moment to let go of a stick and do a nose dive in order to flip a crucial switch by mouse, which a real pilot due to the cockpit arrangement operates with the left hand. For a reason.
Therefore: A key binding table and method is a must! Use the HYPE H145 as an example on how it is supposed to be done. Please!
Flight simming is probably the only reason I’m thankful for being left handed. Mouse on the left and stick on the right. For every other aspect of life being left handed is such a drag lol
Anyone else have the Thrustmaster flight stick and if so, do you find that it sticks? I’m thinking about useing some WD40 on my Thrustmaster to smooth it out.
There are no switches that require moving during the landing phase, and those that are such as DLC should be set when downwind. Likewise, if your airplane is trimmed correctly, there is no need to worry about taking your hand off the stick - real pilots swap hands routinely during all phases of flight to perform such duties.
Switches such as DLC, cannot be bound in MSFS as they’re custom-coded, so no binds exist for them. Only stock switches in the sim can be bound to buttons. That’s why DLC now engages automatically when the gear is down, to save you the trouble.
If you search on google or whatever for ‘Thrustmaster Warthog stiction’ you’ll find a ton of forum posts around the web with people complaining about the issue and a load of solutions. I used the Warthog stick for many years until it died on me and I replaced it with something else and I only ever had minor stiction issues with it. I did have a little custom dust shield thing which covered the joint where the stick attaches to the gimbal to prevent dust and other stuff getting to the gimbal which probably helped as well.
Also don’t use WD-40 on it as it’s not an ideal lubricant to be using on plastics (the warthog gimbal is plastic) and also wtih circuitry nearby it could mess with that. Nyogel 767a is the lubricant I always saw recommended and if you do use that make sure you clean the old lube off first.
Hi!
Real pilots have a center stick. Typical sim setting is quite different. So swapping hands on stick requires kind of advanced gymnastics. And when assigning a function to an unused feature, e.g. „magneto4“ assignment within MSFS is easy. So, it could be done!
In the meantime I rely on Lorby‘s AAO. Not so elegant, but a workaround.
A “magneto” is a stock animation. A custom “LVar” animation cannot be bound as it is entirely a custom feature. So, it in fact cannot be done.
I fly in VR all the time, and swap hands / use the keyboard with my right hand all the time. As I said, if you’re landing, there is no need to move any switches.
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another update making the great aircraft even better. and enjoying the FLIR in the bad weather.
As the F 14 was a very rare bird on the airshow circuit with the camo schemes part of me keeps thinking to the aircraft the tomcat “replaced” the F 111. that was an air show favourite. deano has the aardvark ever cross your mind?
After watching a BUNCH!!! of Youtube videos, updating my BIOS, I’m now playing with core voltage offset to see if it helps. As I was typing this the -0120 V setting crashed.
But at least I got a nice pic in first. lol
Well done on your first PC build. Until now I have taken the easy option and had my PC built by a supplier using my chosen components.
This time I’m going to have a go myself and build it from scratch so I’m expecting a few challenges myself along the way and for it to be a bit of a learning process. Fingers crossed anyway.
Low temps shouldn’t cause your CPU to perform worse, sounds like a really weird issue. Also use XMP, it’s basically the manufacturer overclock setting and shouldn’t cause any problems at all unless you have some other system instability issues which it kinda sounds like you do TBH…
Computer problem solved ( problem was AI suite 3 not playing nice with MSFS ) and I’m back in the air Now that I know how to use IAS, I set it to 240 before takeoff and day or night my takeoffs are now much improved. My day or night/bad weather landings still SUCKS!! and I’m now trying to use the two MFD to land using TV norm (I LIKE!! TV norm), heading select and VS but I find myself chasing the ball and the runway. you can see in photo 2 that it does’nt show any GS info. What I mean is that it does’nt match the flight chart.
Any advice Thanks!!!
Update: This time I used L Nav/VOR with VS and it was going perfect until the end when it broke off. Question: do we have the ability to set minimums and if not, what is the min already set to?
Update: I DID IT My first landing with only the MFD. No looking up. I just used the approach mode and at around 100ft I turned offf the AP and landed without looking up. That was very scary but now I know I can land with zero visibility.
i dont know what i am doing wrong but the direct lift control doesent work for me. the switch keeps immediately flipping back after flipping it so icant raise those small spoilers to create extra lift for take off and landing. is it bugged? the provided handbook says for it to work flaps must be fully extended and the landing gear in the down position however i remember seeing a yt video where it was also being used for take off but regardless of flap settings it doesent work
and I’m now trying to use the two MFD to land using TV norm (I LIKE!! TV norm), heading select and VS but I find myself chasing the ball and the runway. you can see in photo 2 that it does’nt show any GS info. What I mean is that it does’nt match the flight chart.
Thanks!!!
