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Offline thrila

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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2018, 11:54:01 AM »
I'm always on the look out for a new stick. I've haven't bought one I've liked in years. I'm going to look into more reviews of the MCG before I consider buying one.

I can't seem to find a version of it with a small base plate without the extension. I'm looking to buy one and attach it to a table mount- this stick appears to be fairly tall and I imagine will  be uncomfortably high without a table mount to lower it.
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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2018, 12:46:50 PM »
I made a custom floor mount years ago. It's a 12" steel flange (heavy) tapped for 2" pipe. Have about 2 feet of pipe with a 2x1 reducer and a short 1" nipple ( that's my height adjustment--just change nipples as needed). Screwed on to that is an aluminum box I got someone to make that my CH fighterstick fit into. I made up my own metal plate for the gunfighter that fits it perfect. The MCG-Pro is a little bit taller than the fighterstick.

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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2018, 04:23:21 PM »
got mine last night  :banana:

luv it!  had to go to the centering cam as the 10 was to weak in the center.  like was said above all axes were centered.  I put about 4 hrs on it last night and it was great.  having to get use to a new stick and all the buttons but that will come with time.  I love the 2 stage trigger its great.
don't really see a difference in the friction cams unless they are tightened up pretty good then it feels kinda stick around the center so I loosened them up. 
I would like a smaller base though, this is a very nice base but would prefer the small one that I have seen in other videos
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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2018, 08:29:53 AM »
FYI the updated firmware to support the MCG-Pro is available. Link is in the vkb forum discussion I linked yesterday.


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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2018, 02:53:10 PM »
Quote from: Drano on January 03, 2018, 12:46:50 PM
I made a custom floor mount years ago. It's a 12" steel flange (heavy) tapped for 2" pipe. Have about 2 feet of pipe with a 2x1 reducer and a short 1" nipple ( that's my height adjustment--just change nipples as needed). Screwed on to that is an aluminum box I got someone to make that my CH fighterstick fit into. I made up my own metal plate for the gunfighter that fits it perfect. The MCG-Pro is a little bit taller than the fighterstick.

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Are you talking about an iron floor flange, never seen one in 12" at the big box store.   :) 
Where did you get it?  I'm looking to make some a somewhat movable floor stand and this is a good starting point.

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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2018, 02:54:18 PM »
Steam fitting. It's heavy! Goes nowhere without some effort!


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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #21 on: January 05, 2018, 09:04:02 AM »
drano where did you find the manual for this I cant find one trying different searches
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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #22 on: January 05, 2018, 11:57:38 AM »
The manual I have is an English translation pdf for VKBDevconfig from like last March which is the most recent that's been translated as far as I know. It's pretty much pre-gunfighter and certainly PRE-MCG  series grips. So no specific info regarding those in the manual. I'll look for the link and post it here. I'll say that once I flashed the new black box firmware (1.917) things showed up as they should in the software lessening the confusion somewhat!

A lot of things aren't obvious but the software is hyper configurable. A lot of it is beyond me. I'm trying to figure out how to make a few simple macros and I have the manual with a whole section on that right in front of me lol! It's just not clicking with me.

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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #23 on: January 05, 2018, 12:05:50 PM »
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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #24 on: January 05, 2018, 01:53:34 PM »
The convaluted link won't paste right from my phone. Will find a way when I get home from work.

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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #25 on: January 05, 2018, 03:05:57 PM »
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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #26 on: January 05, 2018, 09:27:49 PM »
Quote from: flippz on January 05, 2018, 09:04:02 AM
drano where did you find the manual for this I cant find one trying different searches

Here we go! jeez dang technology!

https://docviewer.yandex.com/view/0/?*=sZ1ThwFslfjtema9tjgNDsmQryd7InVybCI6InlhLWRpc2stcHVibGljOi8vK3JyY0RPbG4xbTA5d2tFMHREU1Z2OWZJdmh

Had a hard time pasting the url into this thread. I emailed it to myself--that worked! Pasting it here messed it up. Try cut and paste into your browser.
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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #27 on: January 05, 2018, 09:35:31 PM »
I'll figure something out. FSO time!
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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #28 on: January 06, 2018, 06:36:08 PM »
One more try!

https://yadi.sk/d/5bAh54U83NEbZk

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Re: VKB MCG good/bad news
« Reply #29 on: January 06, 2018, 06:38:15 PM »
Sheezus how hard was that?

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