TrackIR4 Pro

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 13 May 2006, 04:44

I think what my learned Colleague in the Hinterland of Florida is
trying to say is that he has TrackIR and likes it.

Coming to get you Gator...............

Leif

Post by **Garry Russell** » 13 May 2006, 05:08

DispatchDragon wrote:I think what my learned Colleague in the Hinterland of Florida is
trying to say is that he has TrackIR and likes it.

Coming to get you Gator...............

Leif

Garry

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 13 May 2006, 05:16

DispatchDragon wrote:I think what my learned Colleague in the Hinterland of Florida is
trying to say is that he has TrackIR and likes it.

Coming to get you Gator...............

Leif

nope sory, I went thru that little story line with my
3D Glasses, I just used the tracker price to stay on his (Sean) thoughts...
jeez, i made it sound so real you were there huh?
:think: maybe I got it in me to write a good mystery novel :think:
:-$ or horror, if writing a computer help manual

But be forwarned. you may soon catch me walking around
in Pulik (public) with my sensor still clipped to the visor of my basball cap. forgetting to have removed it......

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 13 May 2006, 05:25

Garry Russell wrote:

whaaat??
go ahead I'm 6'1" 210 us pounds
I got big shoulders

Coming to get you Gator...............

Leif

:bigrin: WE BITE
:gigle:

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 13 May 2006, 05:27

Hey Boatr do you know how to pickup PMs???

Theres one waiting for ya

<--an afficando of all those Burt Reynolds Fla Movies

Leif

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 13 May 2006, 05:37

PM's?
and I don't pick up much
Bad Back :sad:
and you can call me Joe
just
don;t call me late for fish and chips

Late edit :afficando?
or you mean aficionado

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 13 May 2006, 05:40

Private messgae Boatr look at the top center of the page where it says FAQ, Search etc etc click on new messages trheres one wiating for you

Leif

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 13 May 2006, 05:44

gotcha mate
tyvm

OneMacGuru · Post by **OneMacGuru** » 13 May 2006, 10:34

Avant-Garde-Aclue wrote:How much does TrackIR 4 cost and in your opinion is it value for money or just a gimmick?

The new TrackIR4 Pro costs around Â£130GBP which seems a lot of money compared to the actual cost of the game which you can now pick up for Â£20 or so. I would suggest you have a look in some of the other forums and read the whole thread. One particularly memorable one starts with a sceptic being so converted once he had tried it that he is now a real pain in the ....

Honestly though, if you are into the big civvy heavies then it's probably not for you. If you fly any other small aircraft with VC then it will transcend between a game and a better all round experience. Flying the Mach loop last night in a DSB Hawk with my newly acquired Saitek X-52 Flight Control System, TrackIR4 Pro, VFR Photographic Scenery and VFR Terrain was simply wonderful - although a decent slug of Glenmoray 16 Year Old Single Malt certainly helped things along

Al

Post by **DaveB** » 13 May 2006, 12:50

Hi Al/Sean,

Sri.. there's been a sudden rush of activity on this thread I've had to catch up on.

Cost.. Â£109.95inc from RC Simulations ( http://www.rc-simulations.co.uk ). If you fancy a slightly cheaper alternative, you can buy TrackIR3 and the Vector Expansion software for slightly less though you don't get quite the same degree of movement (Tir3 gives 30deg and Tir4 40deg).

It is, in my humble opinion an expensive toy and I will not get the use out of it as many will or do. It works very well with certain aircraft and for certain types of flying. If you want to pretend you're a display pilot in an old Warbird or if you are strictly a VFR man doing short hops.. it really is a worthwhile bit of kit. If on the other hand you regularly do Hurn to Turin in the One-Eleven or cross the pond in the VC10, then you'll only find it of use.. real use at the begining and end of your flight. I suppose that a useful aspect is that you can disable it at any point in your flight and re-enable it at will.

I've still not ventured into the various setup parameters that can be changed so it's till very much straight out of the box for me but I'm reasonably happy with how it performs 'as is' so will leave well alone.

If you think VC's are great, then you probably already have a Tir as without one, VC's are still bloody horrible places to be in. To put it another way, if don't have a Tir and you STILL think VC's are great.. then your experience will be greatly increased by getting one. I remain very much a 2D man, despite all the fun and games you can have with one of these things and I can't see that changing

ATB

DaveB :tab: