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my main problem is coming into a hover after forward flight. i always keep the throttle moving, i just seems to no do it fast enough even though im not going super fast. but im learning. only been flying the apache about 2 weeks, and i dove right into it. so im learning on the fly, figuratively and literally.

One thing people fail to realize is how heavy these headsets that we put on our faces actually are! I think the real weight of the Crystal Light (as weighed by VooDooDE who actually weighs the units with his own scale) is about 925 grams. Now that sounds heavy... unless you are using a Meta Quest 3 with a head strap that holds a battery pack (Bobo VR being the most popular and the one I own) which I weighed and it came in at basically the same weight (I couldn't get it to sit completely on my tiny scale so I had to balance it lightly or let go and try to get a reading before it fell over!). I have also heard that the balance on the Crystal Light actually makes it MORE comfortable than the Quest 3 - I'll see in a month or so when I receive mine! PS - I couldn't find how much the G2 ACTUALLY weighs since I am sure that 550 is an underestimate - I would be curious if someone could actually weigh one though!

Thank for your support! Glad you enjoy the event 😁

Gaz lives!

Fantastic, thanks for sharing your experience. Really curious about this new Crystal Light!

I'll pass pimax is a scam corporation with barely functioning hardware and software.

We had a blast, thanks for coming and thank you for sharing your experience at our shop. Stop by anytime lets you get hooked on to some racing :)

Crystal light does not have eye tracking which is required for foved rendering. No GPU is able to handle native res of this HS so you will get ghosting or weird artifacts from reprojection below native FPS.

Great Job. Of everybody sharing knowledge and taking time to create such videos. As a pilot I would suggest you make a part 2 showing how to deal with heavy loads, like running takeoffs, decent slowdowns reaching hovering spots, maybe dropping external fuel tanks on long distance flights, hovering into the wind if possible. Great job 💪🏼

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Don't ask questions, defend. lol

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I guess we're switching to wild weasel Wednesday!!!

How do you click? I am confused. The buttons are on the back of the module

Hey man, i have a beginner level question When flying irl how do you operate the instruments? Ive thought about this in DCS, I dont have trim settings and hover and things like it down yet so taking my had off the stick at any point will just send the bird spiraling. The only natural thing feels like doing everything with the left hand but since id have to use my non-dominant hand for the mouse it becomes pretty awkward. Id imagine that in a stable hover you can do it but is it more of an "never take your hand of the controls" kinda thing? cheers

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it's time for ED to give ATAS for this chopper.. @least under japanese livery 🔴

Sounds good if you don't have hand/fingure tracking on your headset already though it seems clunky and un elgant.

I had no idea what the sas saturated warning/tone even meant? In the UK (where I’m from) sas are the British Army’s special forces 😂 I hear this annoying tone fairly regularly. Thanks for the explanation.

Hey, great video. I ordered mine in November last year so I guess I have to wait a while. How difficult is the setup and can you use PointCTRL in Microsoft Flight Sim as well? Again great video.

Just watched your video “why you keep crashing your Apache!” It gave me a real perspective on how challenging their flying conditions were in Afghanistan. We had two that supported us on the majority of our jobs, they just slowly hovered around our battle ground. They were so switched on that we didn’t even need to communicate with them, whatever we fired upon with our small arms or javelins, they immediately honed in on the area and just obliterated the target with their ordnance. Such legends, but I didn’t even know or appreciate it at the time.

If I got a grid of a Shilka (or anything not moving lets say) in a middle of nowhere with no JTAC or any support. Can I hide behind something using that Grid to make waypoint T01 and set ACQ to T01 using Hellfire L. Can I shot it without targeting it using the TADS or even seeing it? I think I get close to doing it but there is a step I'm missing somewhere. Is it a "LINK" function that is missing still on early release?

Hey Schoolio, Great informative video and demo. The 6 Aux buttons can be mapped just like any other controller in the DCS controls page. You will see a column for PointCTRL. Most guys use them for things like NVGs, Salute, visor, escape, label, etc. Reference using F10 menu when the right FCU is active (not timed out) and you are using the the mouse. You can just look up slightly so the FCU is not in the FOV of the sensor, or cover the sensor with your other hand for a few seconds until the FCU times out. I use the FCUs to point and select items on the F10 menu. Just look straight ahead when interacting with it. If you look up and to right at it, you will end like a cat chasing it's tail and will have to raise your FCU way up and to the right to select items. I also set my message font size to 1.5. You can also use the FCU closer to your headset when interacting with the F10 menu so you don't have to raise it so high. Again, great video, and thanks for explaining things much better then I can. Miles

or better yet, how about ED just add in decent hand tracking? SHouldnt have to wear 20KG of equipment to fly jets in a video game

11:33 DCS added the possibility to map communication controls to your hotas without taking up extra buttons. So that would solve your issue I guess?

Only a DCS fan would characterize two solid years as "a little bit of a wait" LOL

how is different from leap motion?¿

Hey @school64D, really enjoyed your vid (as I do all of your content). Just thought I'd point out that the top buttons (the ones that sit on the headset) are actually auxiliary buttons as opposed to the controllers. Those are the little suckers known as FCU's (Finger Control Units) that you put on each index finger. The FCU's give you the mouse functions, whereas the aux buttons on the headset aren't required as such but if you order them, they give you 6 extra mappable buttons you can assign to things like 'salute', 'NVG's on/off/adjust and, well anything you like really, as they are just seen as other mappable devices.

I've watched the developer's videos on this. It seems great. How was the setup and price?..

Mine is on the mail truck for delivery, can't wait! I ordered May 2022 as well.

Personally I just use the vr hand xontrollers and put them in my lap.

"Hey, Wags here to get you started on the (insert airframe here) tutorial...." Anyone else? Good video man, smooth voice too.

Using VR (vive pro 2 & aero) with the headtracked mouse pointer - then you only need to assign buttons for left / rightclick on stick / throttle in the dcs keybindings general layer (even scrollwheel can be mapped) and you never need to touch the mouse again.

"Brand new...?"

Neat stuff. I wonder if it would work in flat screen even. How do you scroll knobs? Click hold and drag ? Also I have great luck with the free voice attack, since I only use it for the F keys. But I highly suggest adding a second word to the command , I use “ radio f #”. To avoid accidentally changing view mid flight. So I still have to button key the comms menu then voice select the menu. Makes “ return pre contacts “ soo much easier 😂

TrackBall takes care of what this does and more

Pretty cool.

How do you click, though?

So is this a TrackIR for your fingers, that mounts on your VR headset?

Just in case it was not mentioned, order takes more than a year to be fulfilled. Native hand tracking was the way to go

New device?!?! Man you’re waaay late to the party 😄

Great video. Looks complex, works great. I get by with a Razer Tartarus and a mouse. The Tartarus makes it really easy to know which key you are pressing and can be assigned to anything and has macros. With alt keys you have 32 keys and a HAT switch. These are all within your hand due to the ergonomic shape. Initially designed to make ASWD gaming easier, it's awesome for VR flight sims.

I tried pointctrl for about a month and couldnt figure out what the big fuss was about. didnt really help I have arthritis in my thumbs, makes it really hard to use it half the time.

Nice to see my 101 CAB skin!

This will be 'pointless' once metaquest 3 and hand tracking w/ mixed reality in DCS gets refined.

I ordered my unit and I receive the invitation to buy it a year later....

Actually VR works on videos also. I streamed a few times and people that I was using TrackIR at first. I've been looking at these for about three years now. Looks a lot more advanced now.

Love this Little Egg! So Fun to Fly in VR 😎 👍

Such an excellent helicopter simulator, it even simulates vortex ring state and ground effect - and getting out of it. Or not, if the payload and fuel is too high! The Hind also absolutely hates the weather in Nevada unless having no payload.

Was good fun joining you for a bit