:FI:Murph wrote:Welcome back Kitty! I hope you can get things together so that you can join us soon for some online flying.
Thanks, and of course thanks to everyone else who greeted me so warmly.
To be honest, I was going to try and fly with the only thing left with sticks in my house. The Logitech Rumblepad 2. I have tried before with FS9 with mediocre success (it wasn't a solution merely bandaging until I got something better). It did work however, eventhough rudder control was up/down rather than left right. But it lacks throttle, and not too many buttons to assign.
So today I did what I normaly don't and went out again for shopping for a joystick. The suggestion was a Logitech Freedom, so that's what I picked up. I feel so so happy now. The feel and touch is so simular to the MS FFB2 (at least the way I had it setup with a soft spring and no force feedback), and when flying again today it just connected so well. Heck I even managed to take off from a carrier! Though it didn't have folded wings and the landing gear didn't seem to want to go up (it's the first take off carrier mission allied side). That was soooo satisfying, to FINALY being able to take off from a carrier! I had a smile from ear to ear, not unlike my first take off from a regular runway.
So I'm all good to go!