Switch Panel, Multi Panel, Radio Panel, and Backlit Information Panel (BIP) by Ken “531 Ghost” King Introduction One key to a quality flight sim experience is immersion: high quality graphics, believable physics, and smooth controls usually come with a decent flight sim product, but additional monitors for greater field of view and realistic input devices […]
Back To Page 3 The Obutto R3Volution skeleton. Home sweet home. Conclusion As an user of the original, the Obutto oZone Gaming Cockpit and now the Obutto R3Volution Gaming Cockpit, there are so many advancements over the oZone that it makes the R3Volution a must have. Good Articulating arms for the keyboard, table tops, […]
Back To Page 2 R3Volution as a Flight Cockpit Not a whole lot is required to switch from one configuration to another. To go into “flight mode”, I leave the wheel in place, as there is no interference with the center stick. Then I move the racing pedals and replace them with the CH […]
Back To Page 1 Packaging On delivery day, two very large, heavy boxes arrived at my doorstep. The lighter of the two boxes included only the seat, while the other had the frames and hardware. Both boxes had their contents wrapped in bubble wrapped plastic or smaller boxes. As a kid, I always loved […]
by Panther Introduction Is your desk cluttered with papers, pictures, camera accessories, a racing wheel, racing pedals, flight stick/yoke, HOTAS, rudder pedals, keyboard, and mouse? I know mine sure was, never had enough room to do anything. Something was always in the way. In 2008, I started on a project to build a replica F-16 cockpit as […]
by Guest Writer James “Ajay” Russell I was just reminiscing about the various upgrades, both minor and major, I have shelled out so I can pretend I am a WWII combat pilot. I am never going to get to fly a Spitfire, be a belly gunner in a B-17, or land a Komet on a […]
by Joe Keefe As soon as HOTAS controllers for PC became available, simmers began to seek out ways to mount these controllers realistically and ergonomically. Placing a stick and throttle on a typical desk locates these devices too high relative to the user, introducing awkward movements and wrist strain. From products like the SimSit (which, although previewed […]
by Chuck “Magnum” Ankenbauer Introduction Okay all you console gamers out there. Do you miss the PC days where you could capture and share screenshots and videos of your game play? Doing so on the PC has always been real easy with video and screen capture programs like FRAPS. Well, console gamers can start capturing and sharing […]
Review: Thrustmaster T500 RS Back To Page 4 Conclusion Thrustmaster has provided the sim racing community with a truly top-tier controller for carving up the virtual track. Although large and heavy — and with a heavy price tag — the wheel sets a new standard for force feedback and rotation in both quality and quantity. […]
Review: Thrustmaster T500 RS Back To Page 3 PC Drivers Initially the T500 RS was released as a PS3-only product, but Thrustmaster assured consumers that software drivers for the PC were on the way. And indeed, those drivers are available now from the Thrustmaster web site. The drivers come in an easy to install executable file. […]
Review: Thrustmaster T500 RS Back To Page 2 Paddle Shifters Thrustmaster really set themselves apart from their competitors with their paddle shifter design by fixing to wheel housing instead of the wheel, so they don’t rotate with the wheel (somewhat like a rally car’s shifter). The solid-feeling, brushed metal paddles are big (nearly 7 inches (30cm) […]
Review: Thrustmaster T500 RS Back To Page 1 Wheel Size Like the wheel housing, the T500 RS’s wheel is also as big as Texas. While Thrustmaster claims the wheel rim to be 12 inches (30cm) in diameter, my tape measure shows it to be 11.5 inches, which is exactly the same as Fanatec’s Porsche Turbo S […]
