Joy Stick

[Rick]

Hi,

I would be very interested to know what type (Brand,style, etc.) Joy
Stick are preferred for Flight Simulator. I do not care about but
massive things simply joy sticks. I have a Sidewinder and it is not
very good.

Rick

 

[Paul Smith]

I would be very interested to know what type (Brand,style, etc.) Joy Stick
are preferred for Flight Simulator. I do not care about but massive
things simply joy sticks. I have a Sidewinder and it is not very good.

Sidewinder. The one with the hatswitch and the rudder on the stick.
(ie not the small one), I'd imagine the cheaper one would be pretty useless.
That's after playing with the Saitek and Logitech ones we've got down in the
shop. The Sidewinder looked best and felt the best out of the bunch, I've
had this one a good few years and still purring along nicely.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
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[pjp]

I've have a few different flightsticks/joysticks etc. and the one I've come
to use the most for just about everything is PS2 dual-shoke controllers.
Radio Shack (Canada) sells a USB plug-in adapter for them that's $15 here.
The controller functions completely in both 98 and XP, e.g. both yokes work
independantly, pad gives eight directions, all 12 buttons work and the
expected force feedback.

Plus they take the punishment a lot more than the others, e.g. Logitech
Rumblepads last me about a year before problems (I have 2 working and a
cannabalized parts one). The PS's are going on years and you'ld never know
it using them.

I will include however that for FS2004 I do prefer the Logitech Rumblepad as
it has a slider "throttle" control that I find usefull to have on a finger
when trying to land

 

[Courtney]

Hi,

I would be very interested to know what type (Brand,style, etc.) Joy
Stick are preferred for Flight Simulator. I do not care about but
massive things simply joy sticks. I have a Sidewinder and it is not
very good.

Rick

I use a Thrustmaster Top Gun Afterburner. It works great for flight
simulators. The thrust controls are seperate from the joystick wiht
rudder controls selectable to either the controls on the thrust or on
the joystick (twist handle).

courtney sends....