My new joystick!
Posted:
Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:26 pmby Yvan Ung
Finally! My parents understood that I reached the limit of the keyboard!
My brand new Aviator joystick undegoing a pre-flight check
Re: My new joystick!
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:59 amby J.
oohhh the saitek aviator, i have been thinking about getting one of those, supposidly very good. whats your views on it? (apart from slightly blurred
)
Re: My new joystick!
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:13 amby beaky
Great news! You've certainly earned it, with all that keyboard-flying.
I assume you now understand what all the fuss was about? Even handling a big bus like the 747 is more like "real flying" with a proper controller.
Re: My new joystick!
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:16 amby Hagar
See, I told you. They understood all along.
Re: My new joystick!
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:35 amby C
oohhh the saitek aviator, i have been thinking about getting one of those, supposidly very good. whats your views on it? (apart from slightly blurred
)
I bought on earlier this year to go with the laptop whilst I was away from home for a few months. I quite like it, and its nice having the pair of throttles.
Re: My new joystick!
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:44 amby Fozzer
..not bad for twenty-five smackers!...
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Re: My new joystick!
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:53 amby J.
i have a very smimilar jostick foz the saitek st90 pro but its getting a bit stiff after around 2 years of constant use. so an upgrade is needed.
Re: My new joystick!
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:52 amby Yvan Ung
oohhh the saitek aviator, i have been thinking about getting one of those, supposidly very good. whats your views on it? (apart from slightly blurred
)
I bought on earlier this year to go with the laptop whilst I was away from home for a few months. I quite like it, and its nice having the pair of throttles.
At least, if one engine fails (in an aircraft with two engines) you can control the remaining engine. I don't know how it is with a tri-holer, a quad-engine (or piloting a twin-engined aircraft with one throttle and an engine on fire).
Re: My new joystick!
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:34 amby Fozzer
oohhh the saitek aviator, i have been thinking about getting one of those, supposidly very good. whats your views on it? (apart from slightly blurred
)
I bought on earlier this year to go with the laptop whilst I was away from home for a few months. I quite like it, and its nice having the pair of throttles.
At least, if one engine fails (in an aircraft with two engines) you can control the remaining engine. I don't know how it is with a tri-holer, a quad-engine
(or piloting a twin-engined aircraft with one throttle and an engine on fire).
...I would definitely get someone else to try that one out...
...!
Paul....
...!
Re: My new joystick!
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:08 amby alrot
You were using just the Keyboard? That's love to the art , I can't even take off...lol
Hey you can make rudder pedals too, you need a 100k slider potenciometer , wood,a couple springs, screws, a couple cables , really no big deal ,its very usefull..specialy when you flying a 747..
Alex
Re: My new joystick!
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Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:45 pmby Wii
Get a warranty on it...mine has terrible deadzone issues...about to get my dad one from bestbuy. He won't take his hands off mine
Re: My new joystick!
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:58 amby jankees
wow, you were still using only the keyboard? Man, you're a fanatic!
Re: My new joystick!
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:01 amby BFMF
wow, you were still using only the keyboard? Man, you're a fanatic!
It can't be that bad if you're flying large commercial airliners while letting the computer do all the flying for you...
Re: My new joystick!
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:34 pmby Yvan Ung
wow, you were still using only the keyboard? Man, you're a fanatic!
It can't be that bad if you're flying large commercial airliners while letting the computer do all the flying for you...
That's practically why I seldom flew GA in my pre-joystick days. Not to say that I never flew GA aircraft.