April 5, 20233 yr I have ordered one. From Amazon. $229 + tax. Compared to buttkicker, the HF8: has fewer and more flexible cords making the chair easier to configure to roll around without hassle, needs no large amplifier box, gives off no audio sound, requires no splitting of audio channels, gives feedback app for controlling different aspects of flight separately, has 8 vibrating discs on chair seat and back. Drawback: you need a driver for each sim. He says MSFS and XP 11 and XP12 have been done. DCS has not been done yet. 13:25 "chair is alive"... reminds of Frankenstein... 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 6, 20233 yr 18 minutes ago, Ricardo41 said: Just slap a fart cushion on your seat. Same effect. Cash saved. Thank you for your interesting and insightful opinion.
April 6, 20233 yr well I got my 'fart cushion' delivered this arfternoon & had a go at setting it up - after watching the above video - alas all the pads test correctly but nothing works in the sim - I followed the instructions in the vid above but no joy - now a disclaimer I had had a few beers & a 'bit' of wine over a long lunch so there may be a bit of mea culpa in the setup procedure - will have another bash at it tomorrow when I am a little more compus mentas - so as to speak - I certainly hope it is as imersive as claimed when I get it to work -BTW anybody got any helpful hints? Rattso Cooler Master Cosmos 700M - MSI Godlike X (Devillike!!) - AMDD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (water cooled) - 128gb Corsair Vengeance 5200 D5 - ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Liquid OC GDDR7 32GB - EVGA 2000W P/S - Creative AE-7 - intel Optane 500gb - 3x 2tb M2 SSDs - 2x 2tb Samsung EVO SSDs - 1x Hybrid 2tb HDD - Brunner CLS-63E Joystick - Honeycombe Bravo quadrant - Brunner CLS-B rudder pedals - Samsung Odessey Ark 55" - G9 49" monitor
April 6, 20233 yr well - just had a go this evening & it worked - now all I have to do is tweak the settting - but it was a very interesting little excercise - tried the 152 first just to prove it - then in the Corsair to see how that worked with a bigger engine & lastly with the Venom - all were destinctly different - I'll set up different profiles for each - but still sorta recovering from my 'haptic' experience Rattso Cooler Master Cosmos 700M - MSI Godlike X (Devillike!!) - AMDD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (water cooled) - 128gb Corsair Vengeance 5200 D5 - ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Liquid OC GDDR7 32GB - EVGA 2000W P/S - Creative AE-7 - intel Optane 500gb - 3x 2tb M2 SSDs - 2x 2tb Samsung EVO SSDs - 1x Hybrid 2tb HDD - Brunner CLS-63E Joystick - Honeycombe Bravo quadrant - Brunner CLS-B rudder pedals - Samsung Odessey Ark 55" - G9 49" monitor
April 6, 20233 yr I used the butt kicker for a while. I had two problems with it. It was too rhythmic feeling which caused me to feel it was unrealistic and almost distracting. Though it was cool on the takeoff roll. The other issue was that cable. It was always a nuisance for me and my chair. 5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW and 2 22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU, 360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next
April 6, 20233 yr Author Yeah I had a buttkicker in FSX and the stiff wires kept me from being able to roll my chair position, etc. Messing with audio splitting was also a hassle and it was noisy. I decided to give up on it when MSFS was released. The HF8 (sold direct by Amazon) will take another few days before delivery. I think I'll like it better. -- Somebody at a combat sim forum wrote they turned on a fan to blow air on themself for WWI open cockpit planes . I suppose it might be technically possible to alter fan speed according the throttle. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 6, 20233 yr 9 minutes ago, Fielder said: Somebody at a combat sim forum wrote they turned on a fan to blow air on themself for WWI open cockpit planes . I suppose it might be technically possible to alter fan speed according the throttle. For added realism in WWI planes, you might also consider making a DIY dispenser that randomly squirts engine oil in your face.
April 6, 20233 yr here another 3rd opinion, for car racing though. AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler. 60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking. very nice.
April 7, 20233 yr Author at 15:13 or so this video shows how to get HF8 working, if it isn't doing anything at all. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 7, 20233 yr Author i.e. ALT TAB to focus on HF8 (instead of MSFS) and then ALT SPACE to bring up the CLOSE option choice. This will positively close the HF8 app. And go to Windows Task Manager | Details and close "msfs plugin" if it is still running. Then relaunch HF8. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 7, 20233 yr Interesting. I was vaguely considering ordering the Jetseat one (that DCS flyers know well), but since it comes IIRC from Russia it might be "sensitive" an item to import (and I'll leave it at that). OTOH it does have working, mature drivers. If this HF8 thing works well and is easy to order from Amazon... I'd probably order it in the future... 5800X3D, 64GB 3200 RAM, 7900 XT 20GB
April 7, 20233 yr Does anyone knows if the HF8 Pad works with thirt party planes such as the Fenix A320 or the PMDG 737???
April 7, 20233 yr 21 hours ago, JacquesBrel said: For added realism in WWI planes, you might also consider making a DIY dispenser that randomly squirts engine oil in your face. For added realism be sure to user castor oil. This can be picked up at your local pharmacy in the "laxatives" section 😛 ASUS Prime Z490-A / i7-10700K / RTX 4080 / G.SKILL Ripjaws 32GB / Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic case
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