X56 Rhino HOTAS

Garry Steed · 21 May 2019 at 16:47

Hi all,

I'm after some info on the Saitek X56. I've googled it to death and it would appear there have been a lot of issues with this for a lot of people but the only reviews I can find are pre-2017. Has anyone had one more recent for the past 6-12 months that they would care to comment on? Good/bad??

ttaskmaster · 21 May 2019 at 17:06

sgavan · 21 May 2019 at 17:44

I have one had it for about a couple of years. Not had issues with it, the stick is quite tall so I put some foam padding on the wrist wrest to raise my hand and it helps a lot

ttaskmaster · 21 May 2019 at 18:01

darket · 22 May 2019 at 00:23

I had the x55 which was AWFUL, i tried the x56 a little while ago and it felt better than the x55, but it still felt sloppy and cheap. With all these things your paying for the ergonomics rather than the quality and its obvious from its construction it was designed on a tight budget.

Garry Steed · 22 May 2019 at 10:14

Thanks all. Knowing that Logitech now have it makes everything I've read make a little more sense. May go for the TM Warthog but it'll be 2nd-hand if I do.

ttaskmaster · 22 May 2019 at 10:22

Garry Steed · 22 May 2019 at 10:26

ttaskmaster said:
Don't overlook the CH Products kit.
They're plastic and initially feel quite lightweight, but they're actually really solid and very capable. A good number of flight simmers are still using their original 1980s ones, particularly since CH offered a free upgrade from PS/2 to USB.

Not enough buttons!

ttaskmaster · 22 May 2019 at 10:43

Garry Steed · 22 May 2019 at 10:56

ttaskmaster said:
WIth the Pro Throttle and Fighterstick set I don't even use all the buttons. I have 36 basic buttons, which is 108 buttons when mapping the three throttle finger switches to modifiers and closer to 180 if you combine some of them. If you really wanted, you could have well over 200.
There's certainly more buttons than I ever need in Elite, Star Citizen, FSX, DCS Flight Sim or anything else...

Fair point. I'll throw that in the mix too. Thanks for info.

ttaskmaster · 22 May 2019 at 11:27

Garry Steed said:
Fair point. I'll throw that in the mix too. Thanks for info.

Oh, forgot to mention - You also have multiple profiles to switch between on the fly, say one each for Combat, Flight and Landing, so you're looking at over 650 buttons....