I decided to put a description & a guide to Condor online, to help all you newcomers into the beautiful world of soaring! Dont hesitate to comment on this if you have questions or comments!
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My Condor setup consists of the following hardware:
Dell Axim X50v PDA running Windows Mobile 6.1 (with Bluetooth)
Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback (USB)
And I run this on a Thinkpad T61p with Vista, on a 24” screen, very fluently in 1920×1200 – luckily Condor isnt very demanding when it comes to the hardware requirements 
Software to get:
Condor Soaring Simulator (http://www.condorsoaring.com/)
Condor Plane Pack (contains nice 18m gliders! http://www.condorsoaring.com/order.htm)
SeeYou Mobile (for the PDA – http://www.naviter.si/products/seeyou-mobile.php?Itemid=61)
TrackIR:4 Software (duh – http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/06-support/support-download-software-and-manuals.html)
TeamSpeak 2 (optional but NICE – http://www.teamspeak.com/)
JoyToKey (for mapping keyboard keys to joystick buttons – http://www.electracode.com/4/joy2key/JoyToKey%20English%20Version.htm)
Zoomtracker (addon for trackir to add Z axis view in condor! – http://forum.condorsoaring.com/viewtopic.php?t=7560)
BlueSoleil Bluetooth stack (if youre on Vista – Vista doesn’t support Serial Port Profile used by Condor/SeeYou Mobile! – http://www.ivtcorporation.com/products/bluesuit/index.php)
Condor Goodies Installer (used with extras for Condor like glider skins, instrument designs, etc – http://www.condor-club.eu/generic/169/)
Setting all this up
Well, first install all of the software except for the Bluetooth stack. Its just a bunch of Next-OK-Install buttons anyway. Get some nice sceneries for Condor if you like. West Swiss, New Zealand are just two of the good ones. They’re usually a few hundred megabytes each.
Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback
Note that Im only using X & Y axis – no twisting action..thats what the pedals are there for!
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CH Products Pro Pedals
It pretty much speaks for itself. You can choose either axis, depending on what youre used to IRL. They look pretty silly, but they’re great!
CH Products Yoke
Im using this for different functions in condor – water, gear, MC + / – , Vario sound + /-…etc. I’ve color coded the buttons/axis with the appropriate color on a piece of paper – green for trim, yellow for release handle, blue for airbrakes – etc. Please note that im not flying with the yoke – just using its additional buttons.
JoyToKey
In JoyToKey, I’ve assigned the left CTRL-key to button 1 on my joystick – for use with TeamSpeak:
TrackIR
Nothing in particular to set up here. Be sure to check View -> Tracking to make sure no infrared sources are confusing the TrackIR unit. Select the Condor flight profile. Center view with F12 if you like, to check that movement is OK. You can reset TrackIR inflight if needed.
Condor
Now for the exciting part. First part of the setup would include the screen setup, a very important step!
I can really, really, really recommend that you enable “Fullscreen emulation” as it makes sure that any popups (Windows Update, Sticky keys etc) will not make Condor exit! Other than that, just tune it to your liking & your hardware. Initially set Condor up to run in a windowed mode (small resolution) as we need to test the connection with the virtual GPS & SeeYou Mobile. Afterwards, set it back to match your hardware specs.
On the Options menu, set altimeter setting to QNH (altitude above MSL), enable NMEA Output and…lets get back to the COM port setting later.
TeamSpeak 2
I’ve connected my speakers to my laptop, so that I can have the Condor sounds from them, and TeamSpeak chat in my USB headset (which is in fact a USB soundcard 
. Also I have switched to a better codec – the Speex 25.9 Kbit for better sound quality. Remember to match the “speak”-button here with the same button in JoyToKey. DO NOT use the voice activated speak mode unless youre certain that you wont be talking to other people in the same room…its pretty annoying to listen to.
SeeYou Mobile
After the install, be sure to get waypoints, maps & airspace files from the SeeYou website under Download. Get the vector maps (image to the left below – will show ridges, valleys, peaks etc), airspace files (TMA/CTR areas and such), and the waypoint files. The waypoints almost match the ones in condor. The “circle” image shows the thermal assistant. Red is goood – shows the direction of a better area in the thermal in relation to your position.
The PDA Setup
This is the PDA im using. I have a cradle so I can have it on my table. Left side, of course.
Now for the tricky part. Install the new Bluetooth stack if youre on Windows Vista.
Enable Bluetooth on your laptop, enable Bluetooth on your PDA and have your PDA search for the computer, in Settings -> Connections -> Bluetooth.
So – after the laptop is found, pair and confirm the connection. Now – on your laptop, rightclick the BlueSoleil software and select “My Device properties…”. Under Services, add a serial port and OK it.
On your PDA, click the computer, and enable “Serial Port”. Now go to COM Ports. Select “New Outgoing Port”. Select the Computer -> Next. Choose a port. I’ve enabled “Secure Connection” – don’t know if it matters J Finish – and youre done here! Remember the port chosen here.
. Now you have an incoming serial port…get the picture? On your PDA you have a outgoing port – on your computer, an Incoming port.
Now go to condor settings under Network, and select the same COM port as you chose on your computer – its COM7 on my laptop. Could be COM42 on yours.
Now its time to set up SeeYou Mobile on your PDA. Start it up and go to Menu -> Settings -> Hardware (waaaay over to the right) -> “Port Settings…”. Now choose the same COM-port as you created on your PDA – in my case COM1. If the COM-port in question is NOT on the drop down list – just type it in! Speed is OK at 4800 baud (those were the days…). OK to all of this – and lets test Condor! If done correctly, the Bluetooth software will pop up and tell you that your laptop is now connected to the incoming COM port. Yay!
Zoomtracker
The last thing to check is ZoomTracker. Start it up and press the check button. Make sure TrackIR is running and that you have your cap on. The dot should be moving – otherwise check the documentation for ZoomTracker.
Now fire up Condor, set the resolution as desired (and select “Fullscreen emulation”), and try a test flight. You should be able to use TrackIR on three axes now!
A video of this wonderful project is coming soon
