I just noticed fine metal shavings under my stick - when I tapped it on the desk, I had shavings all the way around the bottom seam. Am I already wearing this out
How many hours(guessing) before you have to replace the pots?

LD-
Nice tip - I've thought about that before, but not sure how to mount them. Unfortunately, I'm tied to using my desk cause I work at home & use the same monitor for my office system using a KVM switch. I think I read in one of your posts that you have a cockpit - was that literal or figurative?

I have a buddy that has been giving me a little sh*t about the time I'm putting in practicing, and the obsession the VTB thing is becoming for me. Yesterday, my girlfriend told him I'm ordering Nomex gloves for my Cougar, & he sent me this little cartoon he drew at the office this morning. :lol: :lo...

Found an interesting Doc:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/11-F16V3.pdf

Not at all specific to the Thunderbirds, but interesting nonetheless.

Sorry guys-
I had no idea this would turn into a political firestorm. I stand by my opinion - that guy was not a human being...but I suggest this thread be closed, and maybe deleted if you do that.

...But I could add another 2 - 3 hours of practice daily

I had conversation with Striker on Ventrilo about this - he was a little vague, but it's obvious you guys have the kind of access us mere mortals only dream of...

btw, this thread has changed subject so many times already... did you get your Ventrilo issue sorted out? I know, this one kinda turned into a conversation :wink: Yes, I'm all squared away on Ventrilo thanks to everyones help. About the reference materials...I guess I have to make the team b4 getti...

An Update: I did go & buy another hard drive & set up a fresh 32 bit system(I didn't want to trash the 64 bit 'cause I'd had it running for 9 months & didn't want to lose everything I'd tweaked). Installed LOMAC, the VTB mod, Cougar, and everything is perfect. The first time I switched back to the 6...

Yep, I understand! Things evolve too, so any "older post" could possibly be out dated, but in most cases very useful information regardless. Typically, it's mainly details in procedure and those of our real world counterparts that have become much more accurate for us over the past year and continu...

LD - I know who I'm quoting...Sorry for the cut & paste, but: PostPosted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:44 pm LOL Striker... Rudders are for finesse! Your other flight controls are what get you to where you need to be! Having said that, you couldn't make as precise of a roll without using all controls includin...

I'll stick with TM - I can wait till I find the right deal...It's not like I'm flying with much finesse at this point.

From Feb 8th:
Rudders are for finesse! Your other flight controls are what get you to where you need to be!
a quote from you I believe.

I'll keep looking - I'm assuming they don't make them anymore?

Those are the ones I was thinking...

Do these look like the right ones?
http://cgi.ebay.com/THRUSTMASTER-rudder ... dZViewItem

Thanks LD-
I will just take it out of play for now(tonight)
And take your recommendation of getting pedals(tommorow)

See what a good pupil I am?