If you go on EBAY, I saw some CH Products Flight Yoke with Pedals. But they were the old gameport type. I'm not sure whether or not they are compatible with FG or your computer. The gameport socket (If you don't already know this) was built into the soundcard. But most computers have built-in Audio and microphone jacks, so they usually don't ship with sound cards. But you can buy soundcards with gameport sockets and still be able to use the built-in audio and microphone jacks in your computer. But any gaming hardware that still uses a gameport socket is usually old. I bought an old Logitech Wingman that used a gameport socket and it didn't work too well. It had horrible calibration (It used those little calibration "wheels"), but then again, I bought it from Goodwill. But if you buy the new USB flight Yoke and rudder pedals, you're probably going to spend between $150 and $300. (CH Products has what looks like to me a superb fight yoke for $149 and, I THINK, rudder pedals.) I don't have that kind of money to spend on something like that as much as I would like to. I dunno about you, But I'd look around online for a while and see what you can find. Although you shouldn't really look on EBAY because I once bought a collection of books from someone and they said the condition was "Great", but when they arrived, some of the pages were bent, they had coffee stains on them. Other EBAY items were not in the best condition, either. Be careful what you buy on EBAY, especially electronics. You may be getting a pile of wires or a what appears to be an item that looks great, but doesn't even function.
R Groszewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Søren Christensen Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:15 AM To: FlightGear user discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] Flying Eurocopter bo105 -- how to controlcollective? On Saturday 30 December 2006 04:57, Greg Olah wrote: > Søren Christensen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm pretty new to flightgear. > > > > I would like to fly the Eurocopter bo105, but I don't know how to control > > the collective / the elevation of the main rotor. > > > > I haven't found instructions on flying helicopter, does anyone have a > > link? > > > > Thanks > > > > /severino > > I can tell you from experience in real helicopters and FlightGear...the > best way to fly simulator helicopters is with a joystick, and rudder > pedals. Anti-torque (rudder) pedals are pretty much a _MUST_ in a hover > or low-velocity forward flight in FlightGear (as in real helicopters). > When you lift the collective, you NEED some way to counteract the main > rotor system's torque. Usually, once you get the bird through what's > called translational lift, you'll require less anti-torque pedal. I > should mention, this is true for the common single rotor system - > anti-torque isn't an issue in multi-main rotor systems like tandem or > coaxial. > > I've tried to hover in Flightgear and MSFS without the anti-torque > pedals and it is way too unstable (like a heli). BTW, setting > auto-coordination ON won't help. You require A LOT of pedal to > compensate for the high torque output in a hover - so much more than in > forward flight, that you'll still see torque effect with the > auto-coordination ON. > > Hope this helps a little :-) Not a litte -- a great deal actually. Yes, hovering is difficult. I have a Logitech gamepad and then numeric keypad, but pressing "0" and "Enter" isn't very accurate. Do you (or any one else) have a link or name for a good joystick with rudder-pedals. I've seen lots of joysticks, but haven't yet found joystick with rudder-pedals. Best regards and happy new year /severino -- Søren Christensen, sognepræst Hvam-Hvilsom pastorat Hvamvej 95, Gl. Hvam, 9620 Aalestrup. --- Telefon 98 64 80 11 E-post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Web: www.hvam-hvilsom.dk www.diakoniensdag.dk --- www.wycliffe.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
