That's not correct. Phoenix Sparrow depress works. The depress missing is for SW station changing. I

That's not correct. Phoenix Sparrow depress works. The depress missing is for SW station changing. It is kind of easy DIY fixable. Done it, but have yet to use it

Scotia•5/18/23, 4:10 PM

I'm most likely going to purchase the VKB F-14 grip thanks to your inputs!

Scotia•5/18/23, 4:12 PM

Appreciate the feedback!

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/18/23, 4:33 PM

https://stormbirds.blog/2023/05/18/combat-pilot-a-new-pacific-wwii-sim-coming-from-jason-williams-and-barbedwire-studios/

StormbirdsShamrockOneFive

COMBAT PILOT: A new Pacific WWII sim coming from Jason Williams and...

It has become something of a holy grail for PC combat flight sim enthusiasts. An authentic and highly detailed recreation of the air battles fought in the Pacific during World War II. Not since Pac…

amadeus•5/18/23, 5:08 PM

Innnteresting!

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/18/23, 5:10 PM

I've already requested FFB support. VR is confirmed.

amadeus•5/18/23, 5:29 PM

just need to crowd fund a rhino for jason and we'll be set

JJon (Bounty_V)If you do go VKB route VKB has something Virpil doesn't https://www.vkbcontrol...

Will3D•5/18/23, 6:46 PM

Can vouch for this. It's what I use and love it. But it is quite tall.

Aamadeus just need to crowd fund a rhino for jason and we'll be set

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/18/23, 7:39 PM

wait til walmis potentially works his magic with the MFG Crosswinds so we can have proper rudder feedback too

TTroll 🇸🇪 🇳🇴Is anybody using their Rhino with the Next Level Boeing flightsim cockpit? Inter...

mork•5/18/23, 8:17 PM

In the market for a better home cockpit setup myself and was wondering the same. A review I saw mentioned the center mount didn't go low enough to use an extension with their non-ffb stick.

JJaeger That's not correct. Phoenix Sparrow depress works. The depress missing is for SW...

ddrake1984•5/18/23, 10:07 PM

Yeah, I got the wrong switch in my mind, what diy did you end up doing?

JJon (Bounty_V)https://stormbirds.blog/2023/05/18/combat-pilot-a-new-pacific-wwii-sim-coming-fr...

ddrake1984•5/18/23, 10:10 PM

My only issue with this is that it waters down the player base

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/18/23, 10:11 PM

wdym?

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/18/23, 10:13 PM

Do you mean splits the playerbase of existing games?

ddrake1984•5/18/23, 10:14 PM

Yeah

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/18/23, 10:23 PM

As a predominantly offline/single player flight simmer so far, I'm really looking forward to it, especially if they can offer a dynamic campaign of some sort.

In regards to player bases, I think its up to existing games/communities to retain player count. If DCS WW2 for example wants to keep people interested, ED should finally release the tools necessary to do a better job of running servers.

Any new game will always have a lot of people at launch very interested in checking it out. It takes a long time to build up communities for retaining player count. DCS WW2/IL2 Great Battles MP communities weren't built overnight, and I doubt they'll disappear overnight either.

Really just depends on how good of a job the devs do with Combat Pilot and how multiplayer works. So far it sounds like they're definitely open to discussion with the community, so in a perfect world ideal scenario is community gets access to all tools they'd ever need to properly run servers.

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/18/23, 10:25 PM

another potential big factor, is groups that used to run servers in either game, and them potentially expressing interest in running servers in Combat Pilot.

So even without a 'loss' to existing communities or player bases, we could potentially see a solid community server established in Combat Pilot, if it gives players who are burned out on what is currently available something fresh and exciting to dip their toes into.

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/18/23, 10:26 PM

Regardless, they are absolutely spot on about the current state of flight sim, and the absence of PTO, and providing something else for players to enjoy is a very welcome notion.

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/18/23, 10:28 PM

I do think there is so much we as the flight sim community could do for the state of Combat Pilot now by providing suggestions and our opinions and what we actually want out of the game, particularly for multiplayer.

It sounds like it is such early days in development, that it is the PERFECT time to talk about what to add that would require a lot of stuff to put it into the game (as in, easier to just hard code into it now, vs try to do decades later like ED does with DCS)

ddrake1984•5/18/23, 10:33 PM

Community suggestions and feedback should only go so far, otherwise you get a game like Star Citizen

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/18/23, 10:35 PM

Of course. It is ultimately their game and their vision. But if there are fundamental things from a technical aspect that would make maintaining a community much easier, definitely worth letting them know

amadeus•5/19/23, 12:33 AM

i think in the long run competition is good though

Dddrake1984 Community suggestions and feedback should only go so far, otherwise you get a ga...

Scotia•5/19/23, 12:35 AM

I feel like Chris Roberts is more at fault than the community on that one.

VPforceBot•5/19/23, 8:50 AM

:package:

RHINO #0094 Has Shipped!

VPforceBot•5/19/23, 9:56 AM

:package:

RHINO #0101 Has Shipped!

Justin•5/19/23, 3:47 PM

https://discord.gg/dcs-spqr?event=1108827609158123620

Justin•5/19/23, 3:49 PM

Hello everyone! We are SPQR, and are hosting our new DCS server running the Engima's Cold War code but for modern jets and helicopters.
We are moving out of our beta testing period and launching the production version of the mission tonight and we would like to welcome everyone to come fly and try out the server!

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/19/23, 6:26 PM

That's pretty cool

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/19/23, 6:26 PM

I'll definitely check it out in the future once I've got my setup up and running (~August-September)

CaptFlushGarden (John Liberto)•5/19/23, 8:49 PM

#status

CaptFlushGarden (John Liberto)•5/19/23, 8:49 PM

Lol what’s the thing again

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VPforceBot•5/19/23, 9:16 PM

Please provide me your email address you used for preordering, for example: !info email@domain.xyz

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/19/23, 9:17 PM

that works too kekw

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/19/23, 9:17 PM

DM the bot that command lol

Mobilistic•5/19/23, 11:31 PM

389 to go......

Mobilistic•5/19/23, 11:32 PM

Probably got time to knock the wife up and her give birth before mines ready? Asking for a friend,lol

Mobilistic•5/20/23, 12:06 AM

I'll name my next baby Walmis if my rhino comes before the baby.

NNaudiz I’ll give an absolute S++ rating for the MCGU, best grip I’ve owned by so much t...

gigachad_numba1•5/20/23, 12:51 AM

still in doubt between MCGU and Winwing Orion 2, which one do you guys think it's better?

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/20/23, 1:16 AM

I can't speak for Winwing at all, but I can say the MCGU has been tried and tested and proven to be solid, as it has been around for some years now. Orion 2 came out fairly recently iirc.

Ggigachad_numba1 still in doubt between MCGU and Winwing Orion 2, which one do you guys think it'...

PiNKSH!T•5/20/23, 4:05 AM

I think technically the WW F-16EX has more HATs or button inputs if you have the extension pack thing on it, like Jon I don't own the WW I have the MCGU on a 200mm curved extension, tbh that's probably the heaviest I'd go with a 200mm extension on the Rhino as the weight of the mcgu does give a fair bit of leverage, I use the vkb Kg12v2 grip for warbirds & ga flying & it feels better for those, the mcgu I use for heli's & anything more modern than warbirds, don't get me wrong it feels awesome on the Rhino I usually only have the spring force low when flying modern aircraft & it's still enough, I just personally wouldn't want heavier than the mcgu.

Ggigachad_numba1 still in doubt between MCGU and Winwing Orion 2, which one do you guys think it'...

Naudiz•5/20/23, 4:33 AM

Can’t speak on the WinWing at all either, I haven’t tried it. If the Orion is of equal super high quality, it would only come down to the ergonomics

PPiNKSH!T I think technically the WW F-16EX has more HATs or button inputs if you have the...

gigachad_numba1•5/20/23, 6:54 AM

That's great, you pretty much nailed the way I want to use . I'm also planning to use Rhino with a 200mm extension, I was inclined first to go for Virpil as I could later on 3d print some grips, such as the P-51 and KG12/13C, but personally I prefer a metal grip

youngfart•5/20/23, 7:05 AM

are the VPforce feedback available now ?

Yyoungfart are the VPforce feedback available now ?

PiNKSH!T•5/20/23, 7:33 AM

check out the #

faq chanel m8. But yes the Rhino is available now to order, you'll get a Serial Number &go in the wait list, it's basically just Walmis powering through all of this alone, software, production etc. Your other option is to order a motor a electronics kit & DIY, there are heaps of resources getting around to help, all the ppl with green names are kit owners & red names are Rhino base owners fyi. The kits give you motor options to go upto ~24Nm torque, the Rhino base is 9Nm & that's already enough for most.

PiNKSH!T•5/20/23, 7:39 AM

You might find other options out there for diy kits, though I haven't seen any that offer the sort of software that Walmis/VPforce does. The vpforce telemetry app is awesome, it's only supporting DCS right now, but MSFS2020 is being worked on too, as msfs has no native ffb support & the current 3rd party options aren't great. Also walmis offers adapters for VKB (passthrough to VKB BlackBox) & Winwing, the Rhino supports Virpil & Thrustmaster too without adapters.

youngfart•5/20/23, 7:57 AM

ok thanks for the info ( i will wait for msfs support)

Yyoungfart ok thanks for the info ( i will wait for msfs support)

Naudiz•5/20/23, 8:37 AM

You may wanna put yourself on the list anyways, it’s a long wait