Realistic Yokes and Throttle

[VBonanza]

I've just discovered that Saitek has Cessna branded yokes and other controls to use for flight simulators. Are there any other licensed controls? Beechcraft, Cirrus, etc?

[Jetranger]

Dunno' but I have these for my FSX Gold acceleration edition and am quite pleased with them.

[VBonanza]

That first one looks nice. I have a cheap $20 stick..but I'm looking into getting rudder pedals, throttle, and a realistic yoke for GA aircraft. Lot's of options, do you get what you pay for basically with these? Is cheaper better? Or not?

[Jetranger]

I've seen others, tho I know nothing about them, ALL my stuff is Saitek, rudder peddles, flight yoke, throttle quadrant & joy stick,, the Aluminum & steel combat rudder pedals ran me bout 170.00 and the flight yoke & throttle quad bout 150.00 , the joy stick I picked off EBay new for 18.00 a year ago. Coupled with my Track IR5, which bout' 100.00 and I don't remember what Fraps cost me?  I have FSX Gold/ Acceleration edition, My puter has a XFX 6850 Graphics card with a Quad core processor and 12 GB of Ram.  I have 2 / 27" flat screens , and 1- 20" in. screen. that just on my Flight Sim Computer only,,,, my other computer across the Desk,, i'm on now has bout the same specs , minus the graphics card tho.   I am totally very pleased with all the Saitek componets I have, and have had no problems , its been over a year now. I mainly Fly Vintage propliners and Vintage older Jetliners from the 1950's 1960's 70's era , NOT really into all these over hyped Corporate logo Tubes thats out there now !!!
   

[VBonanza]

The Saitek is probably what I will go for. I mostly do GA aircraft anyhow, but occasionally I will get into something different, I like the Cessna stuff.

[MASABI TROOPER]

Take a look on Hotas Warthog Flight stick....................is a very good option.

Regards

Trooper

[JBaymore]

There are some very realistic units... but they are quite expensive. I'll see if I can find the links to some of them.

best,

..................john

[JBaymore]

Examples......

http://www.routech.ro/

http://secure.simmarket.com/vr-insight- ... yoke.phtml

http://www.flightsimulatorcenter.com/Pr ... ODE=826436

best,

...................john

[MASABI TROOPER]

Thank you John, very nice links..................

Regards
Bruno (trooper)

[Sojourner]

I got all the Saitek Cessna gear: the yoke, rudder pedals and trim wheel. I'm highly impressed, their feel is better than their old offerings, much less awkward, far more comfortable. Makes for a far better experience and was worth eating mac-n-cheese for two weeks to get.

[OldAirmail]

Something else to consider.

The Saitek equipment is fairly good. But the price difference between their stuff and the really good stuff is extreme.

The main complaint that I have is with their customer support and the drivers that they provide for their flight panels.

You don't need to install any drivers for the yokes, throttles, or pedals. Just plug them in, and make sure that they're set up correctly.

On the other hand, my advice for the flight panels (other than the Pro Flight Instrument Panel) is DON'T!

DON'T INSTALL THEIR DRIVERS. Their drivers are just good enough to make them work. But not very well. Get SPAD and FSUIPC if you want the most from FSX.


But in your search for a more realistic flight experience (in a V35, Cessna 172/182, and some other light GA aircraft) you might want to get the Saitek PRO Flight TPM System (in addition to the Saitek throttle quadrant that comes with their yoke).



The Push/Pull knobs make this a truly great addition. Exactly like the real thing? No. But a hell of a lot better than using the noisy Saitek throttle quadrant for the planes mentioned above.


Here's what the real cockpits look like.
C-172


V35



More to the question about realistic controls: This is the GoFlight TPM version.


This would be a combination of the Saitek TPM and the Saitek Switch Panel - $130 + $82 = $212.

The GoFlight TPM is $463. From all that I hear the GoFlight panels are a good choice, and are well made. But with the extra $251 that I saved, I can buy more flight gear.


Each of us has to decide what is more important to us. For me, I'm quite happy with the Saitek equipment.

[JBaymore]

Ther is no comparison between the construction of the GoFlight modules and the Saitek stuff. It costs more..... but it's worth it in my opinion.

That being said....... everyone has to deal with budgetary constraints.

best,

...............john

[Sojourner]

I agree with OldAirmail: do not install any software that comes with the Saitek yoke or rudder pedals, you will experience the infamous "phantom button-presses" which subject you to everything from unwarranted flaps actuation, inadvertent gear extension, or worse...engine shutoff. Flying a Cessna Caravan once, the turbine conked out at 1,200 AGL and I was lucky enough to restart it by 350 AGL. Hairy.

There are drivers that come with the Switch/Radio/Multi Panels; install them and FSUIPC, they are designed to work together.