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Best Flight Stick
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Albereth
Honorary Master
For what? Different aircraft have different 'sticks'.
Saitek, CH and Logitec all work. As do some others.
Saitek, CH and Logitec all work. As do some others.
Archer
Honorary Master
This is probably the best 
and way overkill. I find that as long as it has throttle control and force feedback thats all you need (along with the usual 5 million buttons they cram in). Everything else boils down to what you find aesthetically pleasing and comfortable in your hand.
and way overkill. I find that as long as it has throttle control and force feedback thats all you need (along with the usual 5 million buttons they cram in). Everything else boils down to what you find aesthetically pleasing and comfortable in your hand.Albereth
Honorary Master
I have a friend who had the Thrustmaster - it seemed solid but wore out very quickly. The Saitek stuff gets a lot of good words but it looks a little off in terms of realism.
Just google Saitek X52 PRO vs TM Cougar HOTAS or whatever else and you will see there is nothing that beats the TM Cougar HOTAS, it's expensive but the quality is top notch.
gerasmus
Well-Known Member
I have a Satiek X52, it's fully programmeable stick with throttle. It comes standard with more switches and buttons than you'd probably ever need. It has ability load profiles for certain games, it has a 'function' switch to toggle same buttons but for different application, giving one the ability to have more than 128 different combinations of button configurations. the throttle piece has fine components (wheels and turnable swithes) that allow wheel for prices pitch/yaw and other flight characteristics. For serious flightsim, I wouldn't go for less than the X52. Offcourse there are much more expensive flight sticks ("Hotas Cougar", I think) out there. There are also much cheaper sticks out there but it all depends on how serious a flight simmer you are and your budget.
My model has no force feedback. Newer models might have force feedback. Combine the X52 with a TrackIR (which lets you look around cockpit/world using small head movements) and one can have a total 'hands off keybord' flying experience. For flight sims, the TrackIR is indespensable. TrackIR is also supported in other games like Armed Assault 2 etc, Race '07, GTR Eveolution etc.
My demo video on youtube is from the KA-50 "Black Shark" DCS simulator, also available on www.Steampowered.com and I was using Saitek X52 + TrackIR to pilot the heli. It was my first flight, and this is probably the most realistic heli sim ever, and that is not my words, those are the words of the developer who incorporated as much details as they where allowed to from the actual military version.
My model has no force feedback. Newer models might have force feedback. Combine the X52 with a TrackIR (which lets you look around cockpit/world using small head movements) and one can have a total 'hands off keybord' flying experience. For flight sims, the TrackIR is indespensable. TrackIR is also supported in other games like Armed Assault 2 etc, Race '07, GTR Eveolution etc.
My demo video on youtube is from the KA-50 "Black Shark" DCS simulator, also available on www.Steampowered.com and I was using Saitek X52 + TrackIR to pilot the heli. It was my first flight, and this is probably the most realistic heli sim ever, and that is not my words, those are the words of the developer who incorporated as much details as they where allowed to from the actual military version.
EchoZA
Expert Member
A mate of mine had/has the full Saitek setup (the old origional Saitek versions) was amazing playing the origional Mech Warrior with all the bells and whistles, joystick, throttle pad, rudders, 3 x screens and head tracking 
Almost as good as an ORB
Almost as good as an ORB zakdoc89
Senior Member
I've had the MS Sidewinder FF2 for close onto 10 years, no problems whatsoever, no need for fancy drivers, its been working Plug&Play with xp/vista/7 I've played MS Flight Sim, combat Flightsim and recently (a year ago) taken it out of storage to play HAWX. its been the best gaming investment I've ever made, I guess I could still Squeeze a few more years from it.....