Looking for a good joystick or HOTAS

Discussion in 'Warbirds International' started by spectrum, Feb 27, 2004.

Page 2 of 2
  1. spectrum

    spectrum Member

    Joined:
    Feb 27, 2004
    Messages:
    8
    In a Mac? I've read some wild rumours about Wine (soon) working in a Mac, dunno how realistic they are, tho...
     
    spectrum, Mar 2, 2004
    #21
  2. Glas

    Glas Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2002
    Messages:
    3,928
    Location:
    Scotland
    I prefer it with a couple of beers and a few spliffs myself :@drunk: :mafia:

    Whatever tickles your fancy I suppose :rolleyes: :p

    -glas-
     
    Glas, Mar 2, 2004
    #22
  3. sebbo

    sebbo Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 9, 2001
    Messages:
    2,415
    Location:
    Sector Plural-ZZ Alpha
    I KNEW Glas was going to say something like that :) Glas, WINE is an open source, public domain MS-DOS emulator for Solaris, Irix, HP-UX, BSD, OSF and (of course) Linux.

    To Spectrum: Who mentioned the Mac? :) No, I am stuck with this AMD Athlon XP 2000+.... Thank GOD I'm no longer forced to use M$-software, most of it sucks. I recently installed Linux 2.4.19 (SuSE 9) and BY GOD, isn't that the sweeeeeeeetest system I ever ran! Now I'm trying to get WINE and WB to run, so I can get rid of Windows for ever.
    As for the Mac: I wish I had enough money to buy one. Wicked machines!!!!! I am/used to be an ACSE (Apple Certified Systems Engineer), but that was 5 or 6 years ago. I love the hardware (even though it's expensive) but I hate the philosophy and design of the software they run. If I had a Mac, it'd be running linux, BSD or BeOS, not sMACk-OS....
     
    sebbo, Mar 2, 2004
    #23
  4. alexzi

    alexzi Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2003
    Messages:
    644
    Location:
    Obninsk, RUS
    X45. China's hotas. Can play any aviasim with it. Almost all kboard commands you can translate on it. But I still cant get used to it. The gunnery get down from 11% to 5%, got 2 new dimentions - the smoth rudder and the trottle - after kboard this is realy new feeling. my flight technic changed a lot with them (it became worth ;) imo). I used to fly fw successfuly with mouse/kboard and now bf109 (ok, sometimes low zero/ki) is my favorite. But now I hardly live without x45.

    PS. Re: mouse/kboard.- like plastic girl imho and you never feel it. Dont get me wrong I never try plastic :)
     
    Last edited: Mar 4, 2004
    alexzi, Mar 4, 2004
    #24
  5. BarT

    BarT Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 5, 2002
    Messages:
    634
    i would buy x45 provided none new hotas gonna show up soon
    but i'm counting on nice design showing up for ~150 euro max
     
    BarT, Mar 8, 2004
    #25
  6. Airway

    Airway Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 28, 2002
    Messages:
    1,139
    Location:
    Germany
    suxor!
     
    Airway, Mar 8, 2004
    #26
  7. alexzi

    alexzi Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2003
    Messages:
    644
    Location:
    Obninsk, RUS
    x45 is ~ 130 euro.
    Suggest you to try several brands first and choose. If it's possible.
     
    alexzi, Mar 8, 2004
    #27
  8. HJM---

    HJM--- Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 8, 2002
    Messages:
    881
    Location:
    behind you
    x45 is about 85 euro max...if it's that expensive in Russia i wouldn't go for it there...as for me, it's a total disaster as far as i've seen it...but im comparing to top of the notch ones, so it doesn't count :)
     
    HJM---, Mar 8, 2004
    #28
  9. alexzi

    alexzi Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2003
    Messages:
    644
    Location:
    Obninsk, RUS
    Opps, sorry, correct, 85 proxm.
     
    alexzi, Mar 8, 2004
    #29
  10. -JOZO-

    -JOZO- Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2001
    Messages:
    66
    Location:
    Vantaa / Finland
    Heya Spec !

    I'm not sure if those for Mac , but it is a great HOTAS ! Check it out .
    TM F16 FLCS and TM F16 TQS...
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
    :znaika:
     
    Last edited: Mar 9, 2004
    -JOZO-, Mar 9, 2004
    #30
  11. tigrou

    tigrou Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 4, 2004
    Messages:
    1,258
    Location:
    toulouse
    yes but for right hands :znaika:

    personnaly have twist saitek, 30euro, for left or right.

    the only bad thing of all joystick is that the stick too short.
    try yours with a long stick scotched on the originaly, nobuttons but pilot easyier :cheers:
     
    tigrou, Mar 9, 2004
    #31
  12. -JOZO-

    -JOZO- Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2001
    Messages:
    66
    Location:
    Vantaa / Finland
    Yes ..only for "right hands" :-(
    F16 FLCS is ab 25cm total hight..20cm for stick and 5 cm for plate.
    Very firm to turn! ..but these really needs "pedals"..so ..CH-Pro Pedals
    will be great :)
     
    Last edited: Mar 9, 2004
    -JOZO-, Mar 9, 2004
    #32
  13. foxy--

    foxy-- Active Member

    Joined:
    May 28, 2003
    Messages:
    33
    Is anyone useing CH-Pedals and CH-Fighter Stick (both USB). I have a problem with the configuration.

    Thanks
    foxy
     
    foxy--, Mar 11, 2004
    #33
  14. -JOZO-

    -JOZO- Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2001
    Messages:
    66
    Location:
    Vantaa / Finland
    -JOZO-, Mar 11, 2004
    #34
  15. sebbo

    sebbo Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 9, 2001
    Messages:
    2,415
    Location:
    Sector Plural-ZZ Alpha
    I don't know but I've been told that WB cannot use two controllers....
     
    sebbo, Mar 11, 2004
    #35
Page 2 of 2