A-10 Warthog Pilots Are Using The Digital Combat Simulator Video Game To Train In VR

[Klaiber]

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40620/a-10-warthog-pilots-are-using-the-digital-combat-simulator-video-game-to-train-in-vr

Thought this was interesting.  Especially for those of us who fly DCS.

Here is an attached video, so we can check out the Air Force's sweet rigs.

 

[Klaiber]

 

 

[Yogi]

2 hours ago, Klaiber said:

Here is an attached video, so we can check out the Air Force's sweet rigs

Quest VR, Warthog stick & throttle & Point Control hand controllers. Meh, I bet most of us got them beat 

[Klaiber]

I was being a bit sarcastic, as their systems look really rudimentary.  Being the Air Force, you think they'd have sweet systems, rumble seats, etc.

But I guess everyone has a budget.

 

[Erhardt]

I wonder if someone has checked that everyone are using the same joystick curves in DCS......?

[Vonrd]

Interesting use of VR for the real heros... Aircraft Mechanics, because pilots need heroes too  

 

 

[Snaggle]

3 hours ago, Yogi said:

Quest VR, Warthog stick & throttle & Point Control hand controllers. Meh, I bet most of us got them beat 

The Point Control Hand controllers, anyone use them??

 

[Vonrd]

9 minutes ago, Snaggle said:

The Point Control Hand controllers, anyone use them??

 

I've been on the waiting list for a couple months. No word on when they might ship. I think normal wait is about 6 months.

EDIT: Preordered 2/22/21. 

Here's the website:

https://pointctrl.com/

[Yogi]

46 minutes ago, Snaggle said:

The Point Control Hand controllers, anyone use them??

USED to have them, it was a 9mo wait for mine & didnt really care for it. There is allot of tinkering involved in getting them working well but I have gotten to the age where I hate tinkering with settings so I sold them a cpl months ago. I have some buddies that swear by them & say if it were to break they wouldnt be able to fly without them. 

As in all things, to each his own & YMMV. 

[Heinrich]

The last of the waiting list are send. Now starts the sending of the 1st December 2020 applications.

My request is from the 17th Dec: I can hear the distant sound of drums

[Heinrich]

Drumms are getting awfully loud!

Tomorrow the Point Ctrls arrive, very exited to start using them. Maybe they could be of use in SC?

[Heinrich]

I finally found (=made) the time to calibrate the finger taps. Awesome. Very happy with the result, reach out your hand L or R press one of the buttons on the FCU to activate a switch, dial, button etc. More immersive and a lot faster than a mouse.

As an extra I have on the mask 2 rows of 3 buttons which are connected as QWE-RTY and can be bound as a key.

I haven’t tested it yet in SC.