Simviation Forum - Best £25 I could spend?

Dec 19^th, 2007 at 12:39pm

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A very friendly friend of my dad sends my sister and I an amazon voucher for £25 or so each year, I got mine through today and I am wondering what purchases would be good to get going on my 'desktop cockpit'.

I am going to be buying a keyboard to make some cockpit controls... but is there anything else that might be useful?

I have a saitek joystick and support USB. PS/2 and VGA/DVI/S-Video output.

Any thoughts on what I could get to pretty much start off my gaming?

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Reply #1 - Dec 19^th, 2007 at 9:44pm

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Um... lottery tickets? Grin

You might think about rudder pedals- vastly improves "real" flying. A bit more than that voucher alone, but well worth it.

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Reply #2 - Dec 20^th, 2007 at 7:03am

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Agreed, rudder pedals Wink

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Reply #3 - Dec 20^th, 2007 at 7:10am

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Nah....!

Give me the £25 and you can spend an evening with my Mate...>>>

Now that's what I call a bargain!!... Smiley

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Paul... Smiley

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..alternatively...I quite like my Saitek Cyborg Evo Force Joystick... Wink

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Reply #4 - Dec 20^th, 2007 at 7:30am

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They are about 25 pounds a piece Wink

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Reply #5 - Dec 20^th, 2007 at 7:35am

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JSpahn wrote on Dec 20^th, 2007 at 7:30am:

They are about 25 pounds a piece Wink

...Mmmmm...

...looks like we will have to come to some "re-arrangement"...regarding the asking price/weight... Roll Eyes

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LOL... Grin

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Reply #6 - Dec 20^th, 2007 at 7:48am

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Reply #7 - Dec 20^th, 2007 at 8:04am

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JSpahn wrote on Dec 20^th, 2007 at 7:30am:

They are about 25 pounds a piece Wink

Well played, sir!! Grin

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Reply #8 - Dec 20^th, 2007 at 11:25am

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Rudder pedals eh... and so were can they be bought for £25?

...A controller chip would cost £30 alone.

Currently I am thinking of getting some new headphones (Dolby Digital 3D Gaming... With microphone for general stuff)

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