WINWING F/A-18C HOTAS 2019.7.3 RELEASE

Dear all,

Very sorry for the delay of Pre-order. The website problem almost solved.

Change notification : Pre-order event time change to July 5, 2019, 9pm GMT+8

Sorry for the delay, we still need fix the website UPS API issue.

Shipping schedule : We plan to ship the first batch of pre-order units before August 31. We will ship the products one by one according to the order number.

Public test review : We will ship out some HOTAS system to those most popular streamer on youtube, twitch and DCS community for test review. We are pretty sure that you can get everything you want to know in their test review. We are very care about our customers and we will consider their suggestions.

Launch Event : The launch event of the HOTAS system is scheduled to take place between August 15 and 30, in Shanghai. We very much welcome you to come and see the HOTAS in real. You can pick up your pre-order unit onsite. (only for limited quantity order from Chinese webstore). of course we have“Special” gift for our fans during the launch event.

Pre-order Close : The Pre-order window will close 12 hours before the launch event begin and the price will return to 899USD. if customer not done the payment the order will be canceled.

Plan for US/EU warehouse : We are try to reduce the freight/time cost for customer. We plan to open warehouse in the US and EU in October or November.

Production Climb : We will adjust the production line based on the number of scheduled changes. This is for our customers to get their favorite products on time. You can trust us, we won't let you down.

One more thing! Extension and Z Axis kit will be in stock before August,31th. More detail will release at the same time. If you pay before the HOTAS pre-order shipping, you can get them in the same time.

This time we have made a special introduce of the "Super Libra" joystick base. Because so many ppl ask for sell the throttle separately. Maybe they think the joystick is not much different between the joystick player already owned. We wanna show the difference,the improve. It is a joystick that ppl worth to own it.

The throttle video will coming soon.

Also from now ,we will release every news in our facebook page first, you can follow us and share to more pilot here:

https://www.facebook.com/winwing.cn/

And clear info about the Grips function:

Thank you very much for your support, we will update product info step by step, if you have any more questions , please send mail to us : info@winwing.cn

Best regards,

WINWING

PS: Previous Thread:

2019.3.15,include F16 JOYSTICK info

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.p...ight=F18+HOTAS

2019.3.21,include some performance.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.p...ight=F18+HOTAS

2019.5.29 full function introduce

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=241976

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The video about the base looks very promising! Altought the f18 grip in the picture looks "dull". No red coloured Weapons release button and no labeled trim button. Is this the final product? Or will it be with additional red colour at the end?

Very cool!

Thank you.

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Very sorry ,we have correct it, and thanks.

The video about the base looks very promising! Altought the f18 grip in the picture looks "dull". No red coloured Weapons release button and no labeled trim button. Is this the final product? Or will it be with additional red colour at the end?

 

 

Very cool!

 

 

Thank you.

The Grip is not final one. The final one would be more awesome both in look and inside,of course red button.

The embedded video above didn't work for me, but this should (after doing some snooping to find the source)

Nice! Now to show off the throttle some more! :)

Thank you for the update. This is looking very promising.

Excellent video on your joystick base: very interesting to see the design iterations you have gone through. It is almost as if you have made some of the same design choices made by Virpil and VKB in V.2 and then said... "Nah. Just not good enough!" V.3 looks state of the art for high end consumer level products. Very well done.

Please would you give some additional information about your grip? Specifically: what design choices have you made with the functional buttons on the grip? Have you chosen Mil-Spec switches, high-end commercial switches or what? Also what are the internals like to the grip... how are switches mounted, glue, screws or what? How is the grip secured to the base: is it sufficiently robust... what were your design choices for this? Also the electronic interface between grip and base looks very interesting.

(Sorry... I am an engineer... these details interest me!)

Great to see your website sorted out now with https encryption.

Hyped to be on the pre-order.

The embedded video above didn't work for me, but this should (after doing some snooping to find the source)

 

Thank you Andrew.

The Virpil set costs 770 Euro or $870 (Throttle, CM2 grip, T50 base), so at $799 this is pretty competitive and seems like a much better deal considering the materials used. We might see price reduction from competitions soon.

I'm not digging the logos and wish that they could be a lot smaller or more subtle, but the overall construction seems pretty solid.

I'm not digging the logos and wish that they could be a lot smaller or more subtle...

That is good feedback. I can't stand the childish logos. I really don't want that shit: please can I have my HOTAS without the childish logos?

Good video. Looking forward to it's release

Nice! Now to show off the throttle some more! :)

Thank you for the update. This is looking very promising.

Excellent video on your joystick base: very interesting to see the design iterations you have gone through. It is almost as if you have made some of the same design choices made by Virpil and VKB in V.2 and then said... "Nah. Just not good enough!" V.3 looks state of the art for high end consumer level products. Very well done.

 

Please would you give some additional information about your grip? Specifically: what design choices have you made with the functional buttons on the grip? Have you chosen Mil-Spec switches, high-end commercial switches or what? Also what are the internals like to the grip... how are switches mounted, glue, screws or what? How is the grip secured to the base: is it sufficiently robust... what were your design choices for this? Also the electronic interface between grip and base looks very interesting.

 

(Sorry... I am an engineer... these details interest me!)

 

Great to see your website sorted out now with https encryption.

 

Hyped to be on the pre-order.

Dear Milou and all,

Thank you for your support ,we will release info for your questions one by one, please give us more time.:thumbup:

Is there going to be a video like this in the throttle too? Is be interested to see it internally

Well. That's a very interesting video. Impressive the amount of effort you put into troubleshooting the design and creating a mechanically perfect unit. I'm very picky about such things and am willing to pay top price for 'the best'. I'll be watching developments here closely.

For reference, I have a VKB Gunfighter II Pro with full extension, and Virpil T50 throttle imo the current ''best'' units in their respective categories.

I'm not digging the logos and wish that they could be a lot smaller or more subtle, but the overall construction seems pretty solid.

I agree, tone the logo way down. When we show off our Sim pits we want to look serious, not like teenage gamers :)

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I agree, tone the logo way down. When we show off our Sim pits we want to look serious, not like teenage gamers :)

 

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the logo is made by HOOk&LOOP, so you can take it down and attach to your Tactical package .

I think it's a super great looking Gimbal, but some of the people asking for just the Super Taurus are doing so because we run FFB, once you do that you really can't go back to a spring centered stick.

With the Cessna and Diamond FTD's you also make you have FFB (Dynamic Control Loading) in the Yoke/Stick. THAT would be a definite sale if the price could be right. None of the other "big names" are ready to step up with a FFB stick yet.

the logo is made by HOOk&LOOP, so you can take it down and attach to your Tactical package .

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$799 including shipping?

Are the ministicks on the throttle and joystick analogue?

Hello Winwing

I am really excited and looking forward to your F/A-18 Hotas system. But I have some questions:

Preorder starts tomorrow (July 5th) and ends before the launch event (between Aug 15-30). Does that mean the pre order window ends before we get the firsts reviews and videos from the testers?

What about the shipping fees to Switzerland? Switzerland is not part of the EU. Normally we will have to pay less fees.

Your Hornet Hotas comes with a prestart panel. When comes the takeoff panel? Are there any other panels (UFC, DDIs, Master Arm Switch, HUD switches etc) planned?

Well. That's a very interesting video. Impressive the amount of effort you put into troubleshooting the design and creating a mechanically perfect unit. I'm very picky about such things and am willing to pay top price for 'the best'. I'll be watching developments here closely.

 

For reference, I have a VKB Gunfighter II Pro with full extension, and Virpil T50 throttle imo the current ''best'' units in their respective categories.

Thank you, it's all about attitude!

I think it's a super great looking Gimbal, but some of the people asking for just the Super Taurus are doing so because we run FFB, once you do that you really can't go back to a spring centered stick.

 

With the Cessna and Diamond FTD's you also make you have FFB (Dynamic Control Loading) in the Yoke/Stick. THAT would be a definite sale if the price could be right. None of the other "big names" are ready to step up with a FFB stick yet.

If we can earn enough money from joystick marketing ,we will do it.:smilewink: