Thinking of buying a Stream Deck! Anybody here use one and was it a pro or con to your flight simming experience? 

2 minutes ago, John Snyder Jr said:

Thinking of buying a Stream Deck! Anybody here use one and was it a pro or con to your flight simming experience? 

I got one about a month ago. Use it with Axis and Ohs and profiles you can get on flightsim.to which are quick and easy to setup. I think it's great. Barely have to use my mouse now in flight. Absolutely worth the cost in my opinion. 

I also use Track-IR, and I don't like switching views, so the Streamdeck made a huge difference for me enjoying the more complex planes, with lots of finnicky clickspots, like the DC-6 mixture and gyro pilot controls.

The only con is that it's not cheap, at least not the 32 button version I have. And yes, you'll need Axis and Ohs to make it shine. But get the 32 button version if you can afford it. There are lots of profiles for popular aircraft available on flightsim.to

Edited May 30, 20224 yr by gunther

Game changer for me. Wide selection of Stream Deck profiles at Flightsim.to. Axis and Ohs works great. For my HPG145 helicopter profile, I can literally do anything with it. And yes get the 32 button version. Most profiles are written for it in MSFS2020.

Have owned my Stream Deck for about 8 months. Bought Axis and Ohs, then found Guenseli on flightsim.to.  His profiles for many aircraft are AWESOME ! ! Highly recommend Stream Deck, Axis and Ohs, and Guenseli profiles. If you purchase these and use Guenseli profiles, please donate to support his work.  Well worth it ! 

I picked up a Streamdeck XL a couple of months ago and love it. I haven't tried the awesome work Guenseli has created yet. I have been using it for assigning different cockpit views with a few other keyboard commands thrown in. Once I have the cockpit view I want I take a screen shot with a button I created and then create a streamdeck icon using their website. 

I picked mine up used but it was like brand new for half the price of a new one. They aren't cheap but do appear in the classifieds every now and then

Edited May 31, 20224 yr by RJC68

20 minutes ago, RJC68 said:

I haven't tried the awesome work Guenseli has created yet.

Here's a link for the profiles he has already finished OR still working on... https://flightsim.to/c/third-party/stream-deck/

3 minutes ago, vcarlo said:

Here's a link for the profiles he has already finished OR still working on... https://flightsim.to/c/third-party/stream-deck/

Thank you,

I will definitely check these out. I really need a least 28 hours in each day lol

 

Once you get one, you will be kicking yourself for not doing it sooner. 😁

If at all possible get the 32 button version. You'll notice that most of the profiles on flightsim.to are for that version.

6 hours ago, RJC68 said:

Thank you,

I will definitely check these out. I really need a least 28 hours in each day lol

 

30 would be better 😉

I have two Stream Decks (one 15 button and one 32 button XL) and can't imagine flying without them.  One handles whatever switches and buttons I have mapped and the other handles camera views.  I used SPAD.NEXT to manage mine (was already invested in it due to the various other hardware I have).  Price wise, they aren't cheap but I feel if you want to limit your interactions with the virtual cockpit, it is an invaluable piece of hardware.  

1,794 ratings on Amazon average out to 5.0 stars.

Amazon.com: Elgato Stream Deck XL - Advanced Stream Control with 32 Customizable LCD Keys, for Windows 10 and macOS 10.13 or Later (10GAT9901) : Electronics

I had the 15 button version but upgraded to the 32 button. Not strictly needed since you can have pages of controls but the larger version is more convenient. I don't use Axis and Ohs but have been using the free Flight Tracker plugin instead which works great and is fairly simple to set up.

 

https://flightsim.to/file/3178/flight-tracker-streamdeck-plugin

My experience (for what it's worth) with the SD's. First I had 2 x 15 buttons. That was a bit too much switching. They were handy in themselves. After that, I could buy 2 x 32 buttons on the 2nd hand market for the price of one. Combined with a Hotas X T-flight (14 buttons) I have about 80 buttons immediately available. The experience is something of a 'real dashboard'. I use A&O. I hardly use the mouse or keyboard. There's one to the left of the Hotas and one to the right. You can switch quickly with the views and have the most important buttons on 1 display (with the names and/or images of the gauges). Usually these are AP / PFD / MFD / Baro-Com on display 1 (one tick !) and Views, Lights etc. on display 2 . I fly only with GA. Find enough profiles on internet or set them up yourself after a solid learning process. I don't want to miss them anymore (and use them for other applications too). Just my 2 cents.;-)

Edited May 31, 20224 yr by Simcees

https://flightsim.to/file/34152/axis-and-ohs-vrinsight-mcp-combo-templates-and-scripts-for-pmdg-b737-700
 

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