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joysticks
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:25 am
by Bando
i am looking at getting a new joystick as mine died during the joint ops basic flight school
i wasn thinking of the saitek Cyborg EVO
any one got any experiance with it for il2?
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:55 am
by :FI:Sneaky_Russian
14 months down the line and mines still going strong. One small problem is that the throttle will not now stay where you set it , but drops to zero. I guess that could be shimmed up and made stiff again.
All said and done it's had a
lot of use.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:24 am
by :FI:Scott
I had one before my X45. the only problem was that the trigger broke. Saitek were very good and sent me a replacement part free of charge even though it was way out of warranty- thats why i stuck with them when I upgraded.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:06 am
by Badger
Got an Evo wireless which is fab as long as you invest a AA battery charger and replace the batteries before a long session.
The stick can be a bit temperamental though, as sometimes the MGs or cannons fire without touching the buttons. This is a good reason to keep a wide birth in formations and never follow directly behind. It's rare so not a problemo.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:58 am
by :FI:Sneaky_Russian
:FI:Scott wrote:I had one before my X45. the only problem was that the trigger broke. Saitek were very good and sent me a replacement part free of charge even though it was way out of warranty- thats why i stuck with them when I upgraded.
Was that a Cyborg 3D? The trigger broke on my old one, but I've learned to relax more since then.
It was a bit light on the older models.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:28 pm
by Bando
i wanted to get one wiht a seperate throtal and pedals ect but the evo is closer to my budget (student ftl) i had to drop out of joint ops flight school because during areo manuvers test my old logiteck wingman force 3d whent haywire so i think the evo it shall be.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:53 am
by :FI:Scott
:FI:Sneaky_Russian wrote::FI:Scott wrote:I had one before my X45. the only problem was that the trigger broke. Saitek were very good and sent me a replacement part free of charge even though it was way out of warranty- thats why i stuck with them when I upgraded.
Was that a Cyborg 3D? The trigger broke on my old one, but I've learned to relax more since then.
It was a bit light on the older models.
Yeah, it was.
I only start relaxing when the beer kicks in.