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Offline lollerskates911

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Help flying w.o a joystick.
« on: March 08, 2008, 10:23:22 AM »
Hi i'm new and I don't have a joystick, so I need help learning how to fly w/o a joystick.

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Offline The Fugitive

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Re: Help flying w.o a joystick.
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2008, 10:27:06 AM »
do yourself a favor, get yourself a joystick. While flying with a mouse is possible, and there are a few that are pretty good at it, you'll never get the full fun you can with a joystick.

Saitek makes a number of cheap units ($40) that work very well

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Re: Help flying w.o a joystick.
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2008, 11:03:28 AM »
Try Walmart, Saitek st290 about 20 bucks

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Re: Help flying w.o a joystick.
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2008, 01:39:10 PM »
Be a man and use keyboard only like I do.
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Re: Help flying w.o a joystick.
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Offline wreckedem

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Re: Help flying w.o a joystick.
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2008, 06:57:00 PM »
When I use my mouse, I pretty much limit myself to flying bombers.  It is definitely something that you can do, although a joystick is much, much better.  Murdr gives you a good link, it is the info I followed in setting up my mouse for flying.

Really, though, come off 40 bucks or so for the Saitek AV8R or something like it.  Your enjoyment level will drastically increase

Offline EskimoJoe

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Re: Help flying w.o a joystick.
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2008, 12:00:58 AM »
I use my Saitek Cyborg Graphite(google it)in my right, and use the keyboard in my left.
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