Hotas setup for the upcoming Cliffs of Dover

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by Katana1000S

I'm not sure why folk desire realistic looking WW2 controllers? In flight sim we make so may concessions to reality we might as well just go and buy one of the commercially available HOTAS controllers and be done with it.

I mean, even if you were to buy a realistic looking Spitfire controller, that realism is diminished as soon as you start using the keyboard for extra control functions a possible realistic Spitfire controller might have, then what if you decide to fly a ME 109 ... that's your realism out of the window

Unless you are going to build a fully functional Spitfire (or whatever) cockpit and just fly that one aircraft in the sim, then I honestly feel you would be better off with a generic HOTAS.

IMHO of course and fair play to those that feel they really want to go this route.

Its just a matter of taste,as much as I would like a good looking 109 joystick I know thats not going to happen,let alone a simpit or whatever its called.Thats too extreme for me.Nevertheless I would really LIKE to have ww2 themed gear for flying Il-2.Gear that resembled better those types or airplanes instead of jetfighters.