VFRHawk

Hi, I recently had one of the switches on the base of my Warthog throttle go bad - switch 16, the top left one (FUEL) - does anyone know what the correct part number is for a like for like replacement to fit myself from a third party supplier? I've been in touch with TM and they don't stock this particular part. Many thanks Graham

Didn't realise that was free HF? Pretty sure I bought it... VFRHawk

Didn't he also say somewhere in the comments that the switches were more accessible than they looked? Sure I read that but there are hundreds of comments now so I'm not going through them all again! Graham

Hey, I bought a leap motion when the current version became available and quickly stopped using it. Whilst it was excellent for experiences that were designed for it, I found it too fiddly for use in a cockpit - especially once I graduated away from the really simple default aircraft to more realistic models. I should probably give it another go some time as that was a while back now, but please be aware that it may not be quite as great as it appears. Personally I just keep my mouse next to my flight stick and move my hand from the stick to the mouse to click buttons in P3D, DCS or FlyInside Flight Sim.. I'm also keeping my eye on development of these: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=218861 They're designed for DCS but should work in any sim where a mouse cursor is used. To save everyone ploughing through that thread, they're a method of tracking your index fingers in 3D space. Whichever finger is higher takes precedent. There's a set of buttons on the side so basically what you do is point at the switch you want to change as you would in real life, then click the switch on the side like you would with a mouse. Even works with rotaries. Feed back from the small number of test users so far is very positive, so I'll likely order a set as soon as they're available. I'll report back to the hardware forum here once I've got them. Supposed to work outside of VR too. Graham

Has been released on early access - available on Steam and Oculus stores. I've bought it but not tried it yet? Anyone else given it a go in VR?

Sorry for the thread necromancy.. I've given up waiting for GF. They were preparing an invoice over a month ago and I've heard nothing since. Given the convo in the other thread on here I'm looking at alternatives, and saw someone mention this: http://www.vrinsightshop.com/shop/step1.php?number=14 That appears to cover all the functions of two of GF's radio modules, plus another 2 for nav plus add ADF and transponder, plus display DME and have some A/P controls for €310 plus shipping and import duties, which is a lot less than I'd of been paying GF (though admittedly I was looking at a couple more switch panels from them so not quite comparing apples with apples!). Does anyone have any experience of them? Do you need addon software like spad.next to get it to work? Compatability etc? Basically any feedback appreciated... Graham

Ed, You need to hold down Ctrl, Shift, L and then press either O or C, that works for me... On a related note, I can't program that via FSUIPC (it only allows 3 button combos). Could that either be made a 3 button combo or configurable (even if it means editing an .ini file)? Graham

In case anyone doesn't look at the Lorby-SI forum here on Avsim, the owner Oliver has put together a new addon for P3DV4 (only) that allows you to have a simconnect window in sim that you can either add/remove/edit text to through an external program (so you can add things during flight prep then display them in sim), or do the same in sim, so you can use it as a scratch pad. The same app also allows you to edit the kneeboard, for instance, to add images of things like approach plates or airport diagrams. App is called Lorby Scratchpad, and there are multiple threads with demo videos here: https://www.avsim.com/forums/forum/795-lorby-si-freeware/ Hope people find it useful! Graham PS It's free. Think I might have to buy something else to say thanks to Oliver!

I've been in touch with them via facebook - there's a separate thread on here about my interest in radio and switch panels. It's been a pretty painful experience given the state of their website, but my last comms were on 3rd Dec when they said they were preparing a paypal invoice for what I wanted, but that the radio panels were out of stock until this week. Not heard since, but I'm not really expecting to until they've got the items in stock. Takes a day or two to get a reply, but my advice would be to try contacting them through facebook assuming you have an account. Graham

I have an Acer Predator X34 that I sit a few feet away from (3440 x 1440) and I find no problems at all with guages or the curve of the screen in general. It fills my peripheral vision well which helps with immersion I find. I drive it from a Asus 980Ti Strix without any problems. Graham

Thanks Ray - had forgotten about Thanksgiving. I'll speak to RC Simulations. Graham

Actually I'm having a rethink Ray, I have had no reply to any of the messages I've sent them (they publish a customer support email in their downloadable manual, but it's invalid - has a space in it - so I tried tech support!) and there's a review on FB that's pretty damning. If it's true, a guy spent over $2k on their gear inc an expensive yoke. Yoke went faulty and 3 months later they've not replied to him. Doesn't sound like a company I want to touch with a barge pole at this point tbh. Shame, as the kit looked excellent. Will give them a few more days to see if they reply to any of my enquiries, but if not will go back to the Logitech kit. Graham

Thanks for the info Ray, I'm trying to get hold of them through Facebook currently. As luck would have it they have a really good sale on right now, so I'm going to treat myself to a pair of radios, a flat switch panel and one of their 3 wide containers for it all. Should sit on the corner of my desk quite nicely, and I have 3 spare ports in my existing powered USB hub that'll be right behind it. If I can just get an answer about shipping! Can't actually see any contact details for them on their website otherwise I'd email and/or ring them too. Graham

Those of you with GoFlight modules: Did you encounter any issues with shipping? When I go to their site and add the radio panel to my basket, open the basket then fill in all the details under calculate shipping it tells me there's no shipping methods available? I've raised a support ticket with them, but thought I'd see if anyone else has encountered the same problem. I've tried multiple browsers. Also, how do these units fare when sat on a desk? I'm only going to have the one to start so can't see a point in getting the bracket to hold them yet. I assume they're just a flat bottomed metal box? Graham

I tend to do a lot of night flying (I work nights so I'm usually awake at night) so I have to keep a torch handy to read the piece of paper! The kneeboard solves most of those issues for me, so definitely using that from now on. Though I must admit a free type area in the kneeboard would be nice for the bits that are missing - ADF freqs comes to mind. Graham