I was about to properly learn cold start but then I had an idea. I moved all my sim rig around trying to sort out all the cables and generally tidy it up. I lent over the cyclic and snapped the grip off. It will not reattach. The extension 3D printed fitting is partly broken off. I have tried various fixes. 1. If I could drill out the piece stuck in the grip I could try flying without the extension. 2. I have quickly tried to fly using no grip, just the base and the extension. Doing this I am now getting window out of focus but no mouse in view. 3. DCS does seem to run out of VR but I would have to set up my track IR again. As I shall soon be going out to I am running out of time. I feel a big bill coming and a delay in flying while it is made.
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Such are the dangers of tidying up …things like this are why I dread taking my rig apart… 
Also the think the window out of focus thing is a known issue … I have had it happen a couple of times
Agread. It’s normally easy to sort. Not without a mouse cursor. I will try again when my blood pressure lowers!
VKB or Virpil…
Oh no! Show us a picture? Might have some ideas?
One quick workaround to try for that with DCS VR is to drag (just hold left mouse button down) your Windows ‘Task Bar’ to be in a vertical position, as in, put in on the right hand side of your desktop monitor. It seems like the ‘lock cursor’ in DCS is bugged if it goes below the VR mirror window.
(If you can’t move your Task Bar then right mouse button in it and check that ‘Lock all taskbars’ isn’t ticked).
Two part epoxy. …it would be permanently attached… but it would work
Will finally be finishing my internship year and getting ready to sit for my state board exam for mental health counseling.
It’s been a three year journey and I’m tired. Glad to finally be done.
@Scoop apologies just had an extremely long day and hadn’t seen this till now.
This is salvageable let me consider some remedies when I’ve had some sleep. But @tempusmurphy is the winning answer so far.
How firmly was that threaded in?
Since that plastic in the base of the stick (from the extension’s adapter) is already broken, you can use a sharp screwdriver or a small chisel to dig into it (use a corner of the tool) and angle it to push the direction to unscrew, then tap the top of the screwdriver/chisel with a small hammer.
You’ll need to brace the stick and it’s adapter in something solid however, so a vise or a large clamp you can then brace on something else, would be needed.
Hmm. Tricky to do in a way that doesn’t butcher anything. Yes, you could potentially dig out the broken apart thread and get a replacement part from the extension provider, that’s probably the tidiest way to do it (although digging the plastic out without ruining the crests of the internal thread will be probably painful and slow).
2-part epoxy will solve it in a simple way but that is permanent. This may not be an issue, as long as you test the connection before the adhesive dries…
A slightly less permanent but still a little bit invasive way to do it would be by attaching a disk on each piece with some brackets and maybe glue, then screw or bolt the disks together for a firm but non-permanent connection.
I’m thinking about things in woodworker’s ways rather than plastic, and whether or not it is doable depends on your tools available…but if you have a drill press, a suitable sized holesaw bit and some plywood, you could fashion something like the below sketch:
Attaching the bottom disk to the extension pipe would be quite simple with some small metal L-brackets and perhaps glue for extra rigidity. The top disk is a bit trickier to attach to the grip but using the palm rest for screwing through might work, just needs some washers to get it flush to the right level.
This makes sense in my head but might require a skilled plastics master engineer for a more elegant solution. * cough * @Troll * cough *
Tried that, as far as I was willing to use force which was not much. I have at least got the Huey flying using the extension like a WW1 control column as the cyclic.
Sadly a spin off from my chemical accident is I have to leave the area for a few days if solvents etc are used near me. My chest spasms even 24hrs after it was used.
Ah… know the feeling to a certain extent… prior to my working for the railway, I was a man in a whiite coat, working in a lab testing welding equipment and consumables. and that led to becoming sensitised to metal dust fume… added to the existing asthma … new career needed … 
I struggled w this for years. Then I got some feet on Amazon to replace my wheels. Its been love ever since. My chair is very pricey. Back when I got it it was 400 bucks. Now they sell for over a grand. So I’m not getting rid of it. Its a Herman Miller.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0716XS58X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_7E2HD99A36FH8MDK8G3F
These look even better! Wheels with brakes
I cut a tennis ball open and put it on one of the wheels. Works like a charm.
Italian ingenuity : I removed the wheels. 
Fixing lamb escape routes. If there’s a way, they’ll find it.
An old oak tree branch has been providing them a ramp to get over into the neighbours property.
Sorted and a fair bit of wood I need to retrieve as well.
I tried that first, but turns out that the cylinder of my chair extends below the plane where the feet would meet the ground, so it would constantly pivot on the cylinder.