Thank you Russ, always enjoy all your videos . Merry Christmas.

Excellent video, thank you for sharing.

Russ, excellent work. Knobster with KnobXP works great in XP11. However I can’t make it work without crashing in 11.5 beta 3 or 4. Loads the plug in, but crashes XP when trying to show the modeselect pop ups VR and 2D. Probably a Vulkan issue?

Hey Russ, I just converted over to touch screens from VR for those very same reasons. I ordered Knobster. I feel like a kid at Christmas. Thanks for the update.

I would love to see pressing a button to enter a "select/change state mode" and a button/switch/knob in the cockpit turns green like selecting it with a vr controller (Maybe the last one you used). No fidly/nervous aiming with the mouse or the vr controller. Use left or right arrow on the keyboard, or the hat switch on the Yoke/joystick to select the next button/switch/knob - each highlighting green one after another just jumping to the next one up or down in the list of possible buttons/switches/knobs in the cockpit. Somewhat like you are doing in your list window only it's happening directly on the cockpit. Once the one you want to change is highlighted in green you use the knobster to change its state. Press left or right a few more times till the next knob/switch/button you want to change highlights green - change with the knobster and so on: if its a button or switch press the knobster, if its a knob turn the knobster. That would be way faster than using a table in a window. It's an idea I had a long time ago, but I'm no programmer so I'm not sure if possible. You might even maybe be able to use the up/down on the keyboard/hatswitch to jump up or down the layers of controls in the cockpit. No idea how the control list is set up in an aircraft cockpit file. Press the entry button again and you leave the "select/change State mode" and all Green highlighting turns of. Only an idea...

Great work Russ! I’m trying to get the .stl for this, but I’m kind of confused by”KnobXP KnobXP lets you use the Knobster within X-Plane 11, both in normal mode and VR mode. Info KnobXP is only compatible with the new Knobster (V2) and X-Plane 11. This means that it is not compatible with the old and the DIY Knobster.” What is the difference between the above mentioned versions? Does one version of the Knobster use the Nano, and another the Pro-micro? Thanks, Chas

Russ, speaking of the knobster in VR. Do I need to have the vr window showing the dials and controls while flying. Can I just point to the know to enable the knobster?

Hello Russ. This looks great. Any chance to share your version of knobXP with G1000 pfd FMS, Range etc? Same as one in this video? The newest version 1.2 has no G1000 direct shortcuts at all.

mr barlow in your last video you had a big monitor and of course the small one. are you using one computer and a GPU that will display 3 to 4 monitors or are you using 2 computers. one for each screen? thanks

Good video - thank you. Question: Can the display order be custom adjusted on the picker menu?

Russ, quick question trying to set up a single mode BARO/HDG to adjust both barometers for for my airfoilabs g1000 . Trying to run both barometers on the MINOR knob and hdg on MAJOR

Great vid as usual, is the knobster working with MSFS 2020 (not in VR of course), currently using my GOFLIGHT Knobs, switches and buttons, but looking for a dual knob push button solution for MSFS 2020, the Knobster would be a great solution. Desperately waiting for VR though. Thanks

Thanks for the tip! I've ordered the Knobster and just got it, it works perfect! Except the "Transponder" option in the KnobXP plugin doesn't seem to do anything.

My Knobster should be delivered today. am very excited. Can someone tell me which software is that in minute 3.05 - 3.13 where a selection is shown around the controller to show the menu with the plugins?

Great Video. Would it be possible to modify the plugin to highlight the knob on the instrument panel as you cycle through the menus using the knobster (I think you called it selection mode? the long press of the knobster)? This would allow you to keep your eyes on the instrument panel while cycling through the knobs rather than looking down at the list. Just a thought.

Hi, I’m looking at the knobster and I found it very interesting. I was wondering if I’m using it in vr mode in msfs, do I need to buy air manager or it’s include with the buying of the knobster. Thank you and have a nice day.

Hey Russ, my knobster has arrived. Question for you. I want to remove the bezel from the pop out g1000. Watched “look ma no bezel”. When I go into the program file for the radios what i get are the actual images of the radios and not the code. Do you know why this happens? I run x-plane 11 thru steam. Thanks for any help.

I already have a knobster. Is there any possibility (eg with lua script) to make the command selection window easy to turn on and off. The open window is a drop of 1-3 FPS. They can be removed, but is sometimes helpful. Recalling a window from the top menu is very tedious in VR. I would love to be able to assign a command to open / close a Knobster command window (like I can do with scroll commands: next / previous). Thanks for any help. ;-)

Now we just need this working inside of an FS2020 VR session and all will be right with the world. And I know a perfect candidate for doing some testing for y'all, too... #justsayin

I don't have a knobster but I already have an amazing scroll wheel on my logitech MX 3... Is there no way to do this kind of multipurposing on any scrolling hadware besides a knobster V2? :(

Does the knobster work without the settings window? Could I just put my mouse over the knob I want to interact with and use the knobster in place of my scroll wheel?

Hello again Russ! I recently decided to give MSFS a try and one of the frustrations I find with it is I have tremendous difficulty turning the knobs with the mouse. I am so spoiled with KnobXP that not having the knobster in FS is really killing the experience. Do you know of a way to get the knobster working with MSFS? I love the simple plugin and wish there was an equivalent. I see AirManager works on MSFS but all I need/want is the basic knob function. Any thoughts? Thanks so much!

Cool Russ!

This has a high "I must have this kit" please :-)

Thanks. This useful stufff.

Just wondering, can the Knobster work without buying Air Manager? Like is there any way it will work natively with FS2020 or X-Plane 11?

It appears that manyu of the files and information for DIY knobster has been taken off of the internet. Can you help?

Does anyone know how to tell if you have Knobster v1 or v2? Doesn't seem to be anything on their website to indicate this.

Hi Russ ? Does your knobster work when your not in vr? Mine works in vr but not with air manager. Thanks

Hi Russ, Thanks so much for all of the videos you have produced. They have been very helpful using Air Manager. I have just entered into the world of VR with my recent purchase of Quest 3. I too, am finding it difficult to fly in VR and adjust controls. My question is, can Knobster be purchased in the US. The Knobster is quite expensive, but I think it is worth the investment. However, the shipping costs from the Netherlands increases the cost by about 50% which seems exorbitant, for such a small, lightweight item. I live in Canada and was wondering if there is a North American distributor for it. Thanks Kevin

Russ, is the knobster plug and play or need an Arduino

Is the knobster working in MSFS VR yet? thanks

Hi Russ. I have the knobster V2. Everything works great in normal mode, but I can not get the popup window in VR. If I take my headset off, I can see the Knobster popup window, but it will not show in VR with headset on. I notice that when in VR you have the option to select show in VR, I am not getting that optoin. Please help, as I feel I am missing out on so much. I am running Xplane 11, through Steam on windows 11.

Can you use this outside of VR on a flat panel monitor or do you then have to use air manager?

Thanks for the video! I just started using voice command in VR, that is really nice! I was still struggling to put the airport IDs in the GPS without some issues. I just ordered the knobster hoping this will help with that. Although I paid it, the price for the knobster is way too expensive! $115, really? I could see $60, and that would be a moderate price. Anyway, because of your videos I bought voice command, and now the knobster Thanks, again!

I’m curious, does VR extend out the window or is it just within the cockpit? Anyone using VR have an answer for me?

Thank's Q1 DOES THE NOBSTER ONLY WORK IN x-p?

I've downloaded the KnobXP folder and put it in the resources\plugins folder. Nothing appears in the flight. I can see KnobXP in the VR plugins menu but nothing works. Any Ideas?

Awesome. Just what I need, but... Will this work in DCS?

Hi Russ! I LOVE the innovative work you have done for the benefit of the entire flight sim community. It has enhanced, significantly, the level of immersion and enjoyment of flight simulation for many of us. With that being said, I have yet to see, as of this posting (8-29-21), a "real" way to take full advantage of VR combined with real world hardware. Your Knobster is the closest thing to date. What would be ideal? Is the ideal even possible? Personally, I believe what would be ideal is to be in VR, have a real world yoke, switches, and buttons, actually SEE your real hands represented virtually AND have your view with virtual hands "sync" with your real world hardware. I have seen this attempted to a certain degree in a few videos in DCS, but the "sync" isn't there. I.e., when you attempt to grab your hotas your virtual hands aren't actually on the hotas in your VR view. The person who finds a solution to this would be a millionaire within a year,....

What good is the knobster if its allways sold out

Hi Russ great video. So I am a private pilot I got my license in 1987 at Phoenix sky Harbor. Years ago I had Microsoft flight Sim I think it was 1994. I can’t fly currently due to a medical issue and seeing the simulator stuff is blowing my mind. I could literally fly from home and keep myself current. I mean not really legally but in my own way. My question for you is where do I start. I have a 42 inch flatscreen TV a Vizio I’m not using I could use that for a screen. What would you suggest I buy as far as hardware? Any help is appreciated thank you

I don’t get it...u say you’re selling knobster but...no joy at any website. How do u buy one?

While I appreciate how people try to find solutions to make the VR flying more practical, I fail to see how this would make things any easier. Yes you have fine and precise controll over individual knobs, but you still need to go through a long list of options to adjust what you want. Maybe Knobster could make an addon that could fit on top of your actual controllers?

You need to be able to use the Knobster to do everything. The Knobster needs to be able to select the panel you want on screen in flight without needing to access a menu.

Will knobster work with dcs?

Can u do this with msfs2020?

Thanks for the video, the HTC Vive Pro Eye VR headset has Tobii eye-tracking integrated, so theoretically you could get rid of the VR controller, so if you could link the Knobster with the knob selected by the VR controller, in this case the user's eyes, it would be a mind-blowing experience as you could get one hand on the yoke and the other on the Knobster so you could be in control of the plane 100% of the time. In a helicopter, it could be even more dramatic if you can incorporate the Knobster to the collective.

Russ, do you know if the source code is available for the KnobXP plug-in for X-Plane? Running the current KnobXP plug-in in X-Plane 11.50 beta shows that it has a 2 to 5 fps (sometimes 10 fps) hit to X-Plane. I suspect the plugin is little more than a tight loop monitoring the Knobster and updating the currently selected control. If so, there is plenty of optimization that can be done to reduce the cost of running the plugin.

Russ, another too long video that fails to completely address the set up. KnobXP does not automatically start up the first time in VR. You must start a flight in 2D, open the KnobXP settings menu and then select "Enable VR". It will then appear as you describe in this video.

Another plugin? Another window? Yeah... nah.