TrackIR

[Theak 113]

Anybody us the TrackIR?
Whats your opinion of it?
I fly alot so im considering getting one.

[silton 4174]

@Hippo used it, he says its worth if you're always flying but in first person

[Ozzy Jones 362]

Been playing with it pretty much my whole 2.5 years on Olympus and I fucking love it.  Makes landing in tight spots soooo much easier when you can just tilt your head to see what's underneath you, also helps very much with situational awareness.  Also makes a few other games I have much better; X-Plane 11 and Elite:Dangerous both work with it.

A few caveats:

• Good posture while playing is a must. If you're a big slouch or like to shift around a bunch, you'll need to change (i.e., improve) your habits.
• Takes a bunch of tweaking to get things just right for Arma. Disabling the the XYZ axes (keeping only pitch, yaw, and roll), was a must for me although individual preferences may vary.
• You'll need to set up a key to re-center the axis when you do shift position a bit -- for convenience I use middle mouse click. If you're not re-centered properly then you won't get certain scroll wheel options in Arma (e.g., interacting with shops) when you think you should.
• Track Clip Pro is a must-have but that's another ~$60 you'll be spending.  I tried the baseball cap thing for a week and hated it. The headband on my headset (Corsair, forget which model) is too thick for the track clip so I clip it to the mic bar
• It's going to take a week or so until you feel comfortable with it and your muscle memory does its trick -- don't give up if you're not thrilled straight out of the box.

[codeYeTi 962]

We don't even have advanced flight model anymore though

[Theak 113]

I can actually use my phone i guess to try it out so i might do that just to see.
I fly in most every type of arma mode i play. Not anything special but i am usually better at it than most.
I fly mixed 1st and 3rd, just depends on the situation i guess.  I like doing tac landings like the j hook and it requires your to basically go noise down and still be aware of your sorroundings. Easy to do if you know what your doing but it would be nice to be able to look around my heli as i come into a landing state.  O and the planes, im sure its a blast with them too

Looked up a few videos im sure the quality is not as good but it looks like its something i can wire together myself. the 150$ tag is a bit much.