Vector Expansion

Has anyone actually purchased the Vector for TIR?

If does it help to make the view easier to control?

I have seen people raving about how it makes using TIR far easier than normal because you can now ‘tilt’ your head without the screen going haywire.

Im just thinking because learning to sit still in my chair whilst flying I am finding very hard.

Sterling.

I have ordered one and will experiment myself and will post whether there is any improvement over the normal way to use TIR.

Tonight using TIR I was finding it easier, as Led said it would be, but I still loose much of my ability to keep tally on contacts in close to me.

Sterling.

Hi ster, i have vector expansion, but i always used it, so can’t say the difference.
This weekend i can try to not use it and report the difference…

Thanks Jimmi.

At the moment really the only way I can get used to using TIR is to learn to sit still and only move my head left and right.

If I start fidgiting like I do alot when I have someone on my six or am closing in on a target I fail to hold my head steady.

So hopefully this Vector thing will allow the program to know that I am tilting my head rather than just left or right or up and down.

Sterling.

Well I got it this morning in the post, will have a test with it and post back results.

Sterling.

Sterling,

The vector expansion I thought it works not with FB :confused: In other sims it can work already (FS2004), but I don’t know it for sure.

It’s np to buy it now I think, but I wait with buying the TIR3pro with vector expansion until it will work good in BOB.

I upgraded from my TIR 1 a month or so ago. I found TIR3 Pro, using the vector clip, a big improvement on the single pickup of TIR1.

I just used the stock config file, the latest drivers, stuck the clip on the track hat and away I went. No more “TIR moments” in DF’s.

@ Henkie, you’re right, there’s no lateral movement at the moment in game (if only they’d do it), but an immediate advantage for fidgety pilots is that you don’t need to sit as still as you used to with TIR1.

But what whill happen when you can move laterly, how does that afect youre aming.:rolleyes:

Ore do whe get a second cross hair whit it.

The Vector is a great help for me to make learning to use the TIR easier. Due to theirs being three sensors instead of just one, the movements seem more smooth and precise. For FB the TIR:Vector works exactly as a normal TIR would but as mentioned above its more sensitive and smooth. For other games such as Lockon the Vector comes in to its’ own and is really nice to use. Zooming in on the dashboard to help read better or taking a closer look at a potential target, it’s great.

Worth an extra £38?
For me yes it was definately. I found TIR very difficult to get used to with it spinning all over the place, I was about ready to give up on it because it made my flying even worse than normal. So I thought if the vector helps it will be nice. And it certainly has, now I can move my head around in a controlled manner and I know it will still take another week or so to perfect the use of it, but already I can shoot at targets and keep them in the gunsight.

Sterling.