My new joystick!

[Yvan Ung]

Finally! My parents understood that I reached the limit of the keyboard!



My brand new Aviator joystick undegoing a pre-flight check

[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 )

[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.

[Hagar]

See, I told you. They understood all along.

[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.

[Fozzer]

..not bad for twenty-five smackers!...

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[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.

[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).

[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.... ...!

[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

[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

[jankees]

wow, you were still using only the keyboard? Man, you're a fanatic!

[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...

[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.