Your Flying Hardware

[kipman725]

what turns me off the yokes and high end gear is non of it has force feed back.  I like to feel the plane bucking in the turbulance and the jolt of the rough grass runway.

[gryshnak]

Until last year, I was still flying with one of these!


You know, these things still have a lot of nostalgia for old farts like me who bought them when they were cutting edge technology

Gryshnak

[Midnight_LS1]

An IBM EasyOptions flight yoke fitted with force feedback motors and gears from the Sidewinder 2 force feedback USB joystick,

logitech racing wheel and pedels for the rudder, and a
CH throttle quad inside a home made 767 throttle quad.

[foo_fighter]

I'm using an old M$ Sidewinder Force Feedback 1st generation, still good tough!

cya.

[Katahu]

Until last year, I was still flying with one of these!


You know, these things still have a lot of nostalgia for old farts like me who bought them when they were cutting edge technology

Gryshnak

OMG! It even has the old port connector [the kind with dozens of pins].

[Travis]

Saitek X-45 (really good for fighters, but I don't use it for much else)

Yoke and Rudder (love 'em both)

Sidewinder FF 2 (on the shelf collecting dust)

Wireless game controller (for other than FS)

Its a great selection, allowing me to pretty much make up my own combos.  I'm trying to figure out a way to integrate the throttle from the X-45 to work alongside the yoke and rudder, but so far nothing has worked . . .

[gryshnak]

OMG! It even has the old port connector [the kind with dozens of pins].

Yes - and the computer still recognises them!  Until I got my Saitek Cyborg USB Gold last year, those were the only sticks I had (two of them).  Apart from the lack of twisty rudder, they worked just fine for FS9.

See those little blue trim wheels on the base?  I really, really wish a modern joystick manufacturer would put those back on the modern sticks, they were wonderful.

Gryshnak

[ashaman]

A simple thrustmaster usb joystick that comes with a throttle and a AVB wheel which pedals I use to command the rudder.

It might not be an optimal solution, but sure does its work grandly, and cheaply too. I paid them both 25

[wealthysoup]

See those little blue trim wheels on the base?  I really, really wish a modern joystick manufacturer would put those back on the modern sticks, they were wonderful.

YES those are badly needed, was looking for 2 months and couldnt find a decent stick with trim controls

[Travis]

YES those are badly needed, was looking for 2 months and couldnt find a decent stick with trim controls

Digital control is all the rage now, but analog is making a comeback (as far as trimming goes).  There are, however, good trim knobs on the X45 and X52 joysticks.  The X45 runs about $100 US, but that still makes it one of the best deals around, as its still one of the leading systems out there, even after nearly three years on the market.

[alrot]

ahh I forgot, I made a LOT Improvement,I add more stuff into ITand I paint that Ugly(looks like a Jail) wall on the left side of my room

[legoalex2000]

The X45 runs about $100 US, but that still makes it one of the best deals around, as its still one of the leading systems out there, even after nearly three years on the market.

where are you looking? i bought my X52 for $109, so that went down $20, and the X45 has been selling for around $60-70 for a couple months now.

nice setup alort, granted it does look like a jail, but you got the more realistic components.

Ramos

[simonmd]

Still use my faithfull Logitech Wingman Force that I bought for FS2000!

BTW, how is there an option for JUST rudder pedels?

[beefhole]

Saitek Cyborg Evo for me-have to calibrate it every time you start the computer, but it's a fantastic stick and a monumental improvement over the Logitech Wingman series

[wealthysoup]

Digital control is all the rage now, but analog is making a comeback (as far as trimming goes).  There are, however, good trim knobs on the X45 and X52 joysticks.  The X45 runs about $100 US, but that still makes it one of the best deals around, as its still one of the leading systems out there, even after nearly three years on the market.

I got an x52 but the trims still nowhere as good as the ones on old joysticks