sure you can get some stability that way. but it still falls short of a dedicated stick. not only is the stick more stable in this regard, i can tell how far im pressing by the resistance of the spring.add into it the resolution of the vr sticks is nowhere near the high end sticks.you will notice this most when you think you have a full guns solution from straight 6 on the enemy and 200 out, a cant miss shot. and yet you cant kill anything. its just impossible to keep the nose as stable in the absolute correct position for long enough with a vr stick. you get just a little wobble and shotgun effect.are they good enough to fly with, sure. more so if you actually enjoy them. but they do handicap you a bit.i love my manual transmission cars, i won't buy a car with an automatic. but objectively a manual trans car is not as good as a modern automatic. still i wont buy an automatic and i hate driving them.so i get the love for a substandard interface. but your going to have a hard time convincing people (or maybe just me) that its better.just my opinion.
Toasted.. thats my point exactly.. the HOTAS IS a high performance precision piece of hardware.. designed for high speed, precision aircraft like an f22. I had and used a HOTAS for years and years.. did any aircraft in wwii have such precise control mechanisms? Nope. I choose realism and lifelike immersion. I dont knock you for using your new technology in a wwii airplane. It gives people the advantage needed to beat an ace like me. If I wasnt flying in VR i would still use my warthog. Its ok though, I'll get to the top using my touch controllers, it will just take a bit longer. I do appreciate your very detailed and well thought reply. It is very informative and well researched. It shows your passion for understanding every minute detail about this genre we all love so much.
They didn't have touch controllers in WWII, so a joystick/throttle is the closest we can get.
I find pilot wounds unrealistic too. I've taken to stabbing myself in the leg with a fork everytime now to make it more realistic
