Flight sim boffins in here

Cuchulain · 11 Aug 2006 at 16:07

I'm looking to get a new joystick/yoke ready for FSX (and for FS2004) and I'm trying to decide between the following

CH Flightstick Pro (Or USB flight control, whatever it's called now)
CH Yoke
CH Yoke with pedals
Thrustmaster HOTAS cougar

I don't know if there are any other decent models on the market, can't seem to see any. I have a Saitek Cyborg EVO force at the moment and it's rubbish so I'm not really looking for anything too cheap (like that god awful Saitek X52)

Chaos · 11 Aug 2006 at 16:41

Id go for the CH products always get good reviews and I know a few people who have owned that and the cougar and they went back to the CH.

Id got for the Fighterstick rather than the Flightstick incase you want to play combat sims.

Might want to get a track IR to

http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/

Cuchulain · 11 Aug 2006 at 16:46

Seriously tempted by a trackIR, I'm erring towards a yoke too as I'm really only interested in commercial planes, bigguns at that. Reviews of the CH yoke say it feels cheap and plasticky and the shaft sticks a bit.

Stupido · 12 Aug 2006 at 05:12

track ir is a must buy item if you are going to play online flight sims at the " max realisim" setting with no external views.

Takes a bit of getting used to mind you.And an important thing to remember is to remove the reflective sticky dot thingy from your forehead when you leave the house Lol .

seriously, dont go out for a nights pubbing with it on yer head as your drinking pals will definately not tell you.

slap ed · 12 Aug 2006 at 06:53

even worse if you wear the hat don't answer the door to the postman lol

Biohazard · 12 Aug 2006 at 12:53

ttiuwp!

Dj_Jestar · 12 Aug 2006 at 13:18

If you are going to get TrackIR I cannot recomend enough you get the 6 DOF expansion (forget actual name) it makes ALL the difference over having one single dot.

Flibster · 13 Aug 2006 at 14:34

I had the cougars for a while.

Sold them onto someone else as I wasn't using them enough and bought a Saitek hotas set instead.

Simon/~Flibster

Hussman · 13 Aug 2006 at 17:12

Got the TRACKIR, made a real difference. Can use it for other games as well.

DragonHunter · 14 Aug 2006 at 05:59

i got the saitek cyborg thingy but that was back when X3 came out. its a good flight stick, though it looks a bit scary (like the sort'a thing a female T800 terminator might use.... *ahem*)