Track IR

[SuperKaro2014 277]

9 hours ago, udidwht said:

I use the following which is wireless...

https://grassmonkeysimulations.com/

Me too. I can warmly recommend it and after getting it would hate to fly without it.

The fact that it is wireless is super convenient.

... and @orchestra_nl yes, the battery is very easy to replace. Unscrew the lid, pop out and pop in. Runs on a single AA which lasts +/- 50 hours or so any way...

Edited March 22, 2022 by SuperKaro2014

[Victoroos 205]

17 hours ago, tup61 said:

I won't fly without it. Even in an airliner it's nice being able to look around quickly. I only fly the FBW A32NX (when it comes to airliners) and while I do use preset views (overhead, EFB, MCDU) whenever I need to spend more time anywhere during preflight nothing beats using TrackIR like for instance after take off when I quickly have to change lights, gear, flaps, radio, etc. The idea of having to do all that while using mouse look or presets... No, thank you! Also quick changes like landing lights and signs off at 10.000 ft, removing the cups in the FWB, glancing around during taxi, starting the APU after landing, turning anti ice on, configuring the AP, arming the spoilers, checking the overhead... Man, I really won't fly without TrackIR! It certainly isn't a VFR type tool!!! (Besides, enjoying the scenery while flying an airliner is also fun and a lot easier to do with TrackIR!) 

bu you still use your mouse to interact with things right? Cause that is my main concern. I move my head too much to be able to click on things

[Bobsk8 12,730]

1 hour ago, Victoroos said:

bu you still use your mouse to interact with things right? Cause that is my main concern. I move my head too much to be able to click on things

That is what the pause key is for in TrackIR. It freezes the image where you are looking so you can use mouse to turn knobs or whatever. 

[orchestra_nl 931]

1 hour ago, Victoroos said:

bu you still use your mouse to interact with things right? Cause that is my main concern. I move my head too much to be able to click on things

I don't have issues with clicking buttons but operating those dual rotary knobs can be a challenge. Zooming in by moving your head helps but you can always pause TrackIR for this. I hardly (need to) do that though.

[RaptyrOne 1,412]

1 hour ago, Victoroos said:

bu you still use your mouse to interact with things right? Cause that is my main concern. I move my head too much to be able to click on things

And you can assign a side button (if you have) on your mouse for the pause function, so pausing for a second to click a button or turn a knob is intuitive and can be done without removing your hand from the mouse. It becomes second nature.

[Johnny Wyatt 152]

Reminding everyone of the "precision mode" in TrackIR 😉

[Flic1 976]

I got Track IR several months ago but gave up while trying to set it up.  I really had a difficult time in getting it set properly (user error I am sure) and made myself too dizzy a few times when the view whipped around, went upside down and backwards, etc.  I'd like to get it working so maybe I will try the profile that was posted above.  I think that is what I am missing, a baseline that I could work off of...

[tup61 1,564]

2 hours ago, Victoroos said:

bu you still use your mouse to interact with things right? Cause that is my main concern. I move my head too much to be able to click on things

Yes, I do, and without any problems. Take note that I use the default Smooth profile and I set the Smooth option (under Motion control) all the way to the right (50). This way little movements go by almost unnoticed. I only use the Pause option during initial setup of the FBW, so while working in the MCDU, when I don't need to look around. Other than that I seldom if ever pause. (I do use the recenter option quite a lot though.)

15 minutes ago, Flic1 said:

when the view whipped around, went upside down and backwards, etc.

That's probably due to a light source. I also have this around a certain (and always the same) time of the day and solve this by closing the curtains a bit.

Also make sure to position the 'camera' on your monitor straight ahead of the device on your head, so don't put the thingy on your monitor in the middle (as a lot of people initially do). I wear my clip on the left of my headphone and so I have the camera on the left of my screen too. This way you won't lose connection while looking left (or right) and you will be able to look everywhere with the same er... reach (can't come up with the proper English word 😉 ).

[udidwht 133]

9 hours ago, orchestra_nl said:

Might be an interesting replacement for my (also custommade) Wireless Trackclip Pro.
Too bad they don't have a rechargable version. Is replacing the battery easy to do?

Extremely easy. Unscrew the cover, change AA battery. Done

[Beardyman 604]

Would like to ask if TrackIr is heavy on system?

I have tried freeware system based on web camera - apart of bad movement i noticed huge system load.

I may consider TrackIr purchase only in case my I5 will handle that without having all cores working on 100%.

[Fiorentoni 4,227]

I can recommend the Delanclip Fusionclip (wireless). It works perfectly. I use it on Airliners too for taxi, take-off, approach, when I want to enjoy the scenery passing by without crashing into a mountain.

[Twenty6 693]

4 minutes ago, Beardyman said:

I may consider TrackIr purchase only in case my I5 will handle that without having all cores working on 100%.

In the very few times I did not use TrackIR I didn;t gain any FPS or notice anything "better," so I guess it doesn't really put any observable stress on my system. Been using TIR5 since back when a Pentium CPU was the latest and greatest.

Once you use it, it becomes necessary.

[sniper31 638]

39 minutes ago, Beardyman said:

Would like to ask if TrackIr is heavy on system?

I have tried freeware system based on web camera - apart of bad movement i noticed huge system load.

I may consider TrackIr purchase only in case my I5 will handle that without having all cores working on 100%.

I have never noticed any FPS loss when using TrackIR. 

Also, for those of you who have been using TrackIR and/or you are interested, check out these guys: https://www.trackhat.org/

I found out about them about five years ago. Since then, I use the TrackHat sensor instead of the hat sensors or TrackClip that comes with the TrackIR. It is a great piece of kit. It works with the TrackIR camera and software too. For me, this eliminated having to wear a hat with sensors, or having to have the wired Trackclip pro clipped onto a headset or some such setup. The TrackHat sensor is wireless and simply attached it to a headband from an old headlamp and that is all I wear. No hats, no wires, no headphones. I had never heard of them, and then some simmer years ago told me about them when I was wishing for a wireless TrackIR. Back when I first got my TrackHat sensor, they didn't make IR cameras similar to the TrackIR ones, but looking at their website now, I see that they do make those as well. I have never used those though, as my TrackIR camera still works fine after all these years. 

Edited March 22, 2022 by sniper31

[Bobsk8 12,730]

 

[jeansy 341]

I had it running 24/7 its only recently since i upgraded to a vr headset Ive stopped plus its difficult to find the hat clip in Australia, i can buy it from the US, but with the clip and postage its almost $50

I started with the track ir 3 when you only had 3 axis of movement, it was a game changer for me in 2004, once they brought out six axis with the of movement version iv model it was a new level. I mainly bought for helicopters but soon used it on everything, just about each aircraft i had had its own profile  based on the fly i would do with it.

I  remember my first flight i had the immersion that gave me goose bumps was in a  old LZ model ch47 in 2002 and i flew over a mountain range and ledge just dropped away into a deep valley and i lost all sense of reality around me and i was so engaged in the sim.

from then onwards i never flew with 2d panels only VCs

the only sim i didnt get any enjoyment out of it was flaming cliffs or DCS these days