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Maggott
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Long time folks.

Post by Maggott » Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:10 pm

Hi folks!

Long time for sure. It's been quite a while - again - and glad I got back on. I just missed this evenings flight by an hour or so. But that may have been a good thing anyway. I still need to tweak my pit somewhat.

So I dropped off some years ago because I went deaf. Playing run-n-gun games on the XboxX really doesn't require much strategy or communications, so I ended up gravitating towards that type of playing. I did play Flacon BMS for awhile on my own, but not flying online at times seems to make it feel like it's missing something.

By October 2019 I finally got both ears implanted with hearing devices. Cochlear Implants are what they are. I was fortunate that I took to them like fish to water. My last hearing test a few weeks ago shows that I managed to recover 94% of my speech recognition ability. So it's beyond words to try and describe getting back my hearing. I'll never have normal hearing again, but what I do have is nothing less than miraculous. So I decided to get my pit back together and see if I can get back in the saddle with the 16th ACCW again.

During my "quite time" I decided to create a GA pit. I've attached a few pics to show what I did. I also attached my Viper pit. My original Cougar HOTAS has begun showing it's age. Almost 20 years. When I put it in "Emulated Button and Access" is disconnects and sometimes crashes the computer. But with the way BMS has evolved it's really no longer needed. But just in case I purchased a Warthog HOTAS and got that up and running. I'm not giving up in the Cougar though and ordered a TUSBA for the TQS. The Cougar has the NXT Gimbal mod and Cubby's HAL sensor upgrade for both the stick and TQS. So you can imagine why I don't want to give it up.

So Falcon BMS isn't your daddy's Falcon SP3. It's come a long way for sure, right? I know some of you remember the excitement around SP3 when that came out. It's great being a part of this history.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to getting back into the game. I hope to see you guys online soon.

-Maggott
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Lurch
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Re: Long time folks.

Post by Lurch » Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:26 pm

Great talking to you last night Maggott. Wow, that is some impressive equipment you have there. You have been busy.
See ya on TS

Lurch out
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Re: Long time folks.

Post by Laser » Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:17 pm

WOW! that's very nice Maggott..

I'm glad to have you back, hope to see you in the air soon.. :-)
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