Hi All,
Can anyone recommend a joystick for FSX.
I am currentily using a Logitech Force 3D Pro, but find it far too sensitive even after hours of tuning and adjustment. The force feedback makes any aircraft almost uncontrollable.
Thanks for any help.

I really like my Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar. All metal joystick and separate metal throttle. The base is quite heavy and the springs are powerfull so you can feel that you are working a real piece of equipment and not a plastic toy. It is fully programmable to issue single or multiple keystroke sequences with a delay that you specify. The number of command possibilities are huge because you press several "shift" buttons that give you alternate commands. Each button can be set to single, repeat (at a designated rate), or toggle.

Peter

Hi

Thrustmater is about to release the new Warthog. looks like may be amoung the nicest HOTAS system on the market.

Logitech G940 is quite nice, but FFB is still rather gimmicky, so that may be something to consider.
I'm not sure why FFB hasn't progressed in flight sims the way it has in race sims. While FFB in race sims has steadily improved over the last 10 years, in flight sims, it hasn't.
This isn't the joysticks fault, since the FFB is terrific on the G940. It works great in rFactor (yes, I have a steering wheel, G25. I just wanted to see how the FFB felt on the G940 in a game that has full FFB support).
For some reason the FFB code in flight sims hasn't caught up to what it is like in race sims. The hardware certainly supports full FFB parameters, but flight sims still use a somewhat generic code that doesn't do the hardware justice. It feels very fake.

The Saitek X52 Pro is a good inexpensive joystick. Couple one with the Saitek Pro Pedals and you will have a nice setup offering good control and plenty of buttons, hats, and proportional rotary knobs for nearly everything you may need.

I just bought a G940 a couple months ago. If I had it to do over, I would have waited for the Warthog myself. I still may end up getting one and selling my G940.

Frequent Flyer wrote on Apr 5^th, 2010 at 12:48pm:


And quite enjoyable with the switch/control panels!

I have limited room, and a "finance manager", a.k.a. wife, that would only 'allow' the ProFlight switch and multi panels.

Awesome stuff at awesome prices....easy to set up and use, AND, easy to correct any diffculties and/or problems.  But wait! I've not had any problems....it all depends on what ya can afford and what you prefer.

I did a bit of 'homework' prior to going with the Saitek stuff.  It boiled down to the best "bang" for the buck.

I am very pleased with the Saitek gadgets and gizmos.  So much so that I also sport the Cyborg keyboard. (looks very cool at night! )

had a look at the thrustmaster site.. looks nice the Warthog package, but when is it out ??