Joystick Choices ?

[Kipper]

Hello all fellow AH nuts  

I am looking for a new Stick to replace my rapidly wearing out Precission Pro, It's been a great stick for me and maybe for some of you to who fly with one  
The thing is this... as many may know or maybe not it has 8 Buttons and a Shift thus turning it into a 16 Button Stick also has a 8 Point Hat which is great for in Aces..now i want to Ask All out there that may be able to help me ? Are there Any Sticks with a Few (lots would be better)Buttons out there just waiting for Kipper to get his Sweaty Hands on?? If anyone Knows Please Reply and if Possible give a few brief details as this would really help me

               Have Fun All

                  Kipper

ps. i have no usb at the moment but have a board on order from my nearest supplier, and also i am in the UK where by me there is very little choice in stores for sticks  
 

[Karaya One]

I have been in the same boat.

Thrustmaster went belly up so there is little choice other than the CH lineup.

Saitek is ok but I have heard to many horror stories.

I will continue to use my MS FF PRO until a digital HOTAS solution is available.

Karaya One

[Pongo]

I have a Logitech Wingman Inteceptor.
It has 3 8 pos top hats(really nice) throttle
4 base buttons, 2 finger buttons and a 2 pos switch under the trigger.
I have never had to calibrate it. I use the two pos switch for left and right wheel breaks. It has no rudder twist so i have a set of CHPro pedles. Combined the set up is less then $200 canadian. Highly recomended

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Pongo
The Wrecking Crew

[Mighty1]

I have all CH right now with pedals, Pro Throttle and Fighterstick Joystick.
 

 
FIGHTERSTICK FEATURES:

     ONE 8-WAY HAT SWITCH
     THREE 4-WAY HAT SWITCHES
     THREE SINGLE FIRE BUTTONS
     TRIGGER.
     TRIM CONTROLS
     ROTARY THROTTLE.
     SINGLE KEY and MACRO PROGRAMMING: Lets you configure each button to a single key or string of commands. (This gets you away form the keyboard!)
WINDOWS 95\98 programmable software, point and click graphical user interface (GUI).


 
PRO THROTTLE FEATURES:

     FOUR 4-WAY HAT SWITCHES and SINGLE FIRE
     BUTTONS: All programmable and placed for      ultimate control.
     THROTTLE SLIDE ACTION: Does both analog      and digital
     throttle control.
     LEFT-HANDED JET-THROTTLE GRIP:An      authentic look
     and feel.
     SINGLE KEY and MACRO PROGRAMMING: Allows      each
     button to simulate a single character or      message. Windows 95\98
     point and click button programming      interface.
     COMPATIBLE: Use with all software that      supports a keyboard
     and joystick. Includes AT and PS/2      Keyboard connectors.
     ADDED PROGRAMMABILITY: Makes all other      standard
     joysticks (of course ours too)      programmable as well!
     THREE-YEAR WARRANTY
     STORES OVER 400 MACRO CHARACTERS: For        the utmost in programming capabilities.      Actually more than 400, but we don't
     want to brag.

           
 go to http://www.chproducts.com

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Mighty1
The New Baby Harp Seals

"Come try to club THIS Seal"

[wabbit]

Stay the hell away from Thrustmaster. guillmot or whatever they call themselves, don't stock parts for them. I just tried to get a hat and it's post for my F22PRO and was told they don't have that part available. Rather then offer to take one off an F22PRO on their shelf, ( they still sell them), they wanted me to send my F22PRO in and wait 3-5 weeks to get it back, all for a plastic hat and post.
I'll be moving to CH when my F22PRO dies. For now I've rigged it to work.

wabbit

[Kipper]

Hiya all,
        Many Thanks for the Info, It's very Helpful and Much Appreciated  

Thanks for Taking time to Reply

                Have Fun
                 Kipper

[Rojo]

Jarbo and I are pursuing a unique solution to the problem...were building our own.  It will be a floor-mounted model, with sealed, conductive-plastic (CP) potentiometers. The potentiometers will be set up with a two-to-one or three-to-one gear ratio to use as much of the 300 degrees of pot rotation. Between the gearing and sealed CP pots, it should all but eliminate the spiking seen in other analog sticks.  The pitch and roll axles will ride on sealed bearings.  The nice part is, you can take any off-the-shelf analog stick on the market and mate it to what we're building, and it will have the same functionalilty...just a smoother position response and finer sensitivity. We'll post pictures when the prototype is complete.  I'll probably be topping mine with the CH Fighterstick, or the Saitek (not the Cyborg, but the other one).  The main complaint I've heard about the Saitek is the poor quality of the potentiometers in it.

Sabre (a.k.a. Rojo)

[This message has been edited by Rojo (edited 03-06-2000).]

[TT]

 I was faced with the same problem when the stick stirring message first started. I asked mitsu what he used. He said a SW force feedback pro. This made sense, as the buttons are in the same place. You dont have to get used to new ones. It does not have a usb hook up. And the rudder design is far better than the pre pro. I use one click of ff, and centering just to get stick back to the middle. If AH ever goes to FF it might be a problem. But hopefully there will be a way to turn it off.

[jarbo]

I have the F22 steup, but I am concerned about the long-lastedness of it.  Thrustmaster products do not bode well long term.  

I have a Saitek setup and gave it up because of poteniometer spiking alone.  The stick actually functioned well otherwise.  I really liked the ergonomics of the Saitek.  

In addition to what Sabre said is that we intend to make the joystick outta STEEL, yes STEEL. (where ever possible)  No sissy plastic for us!  

I am curious how many people would be interested in a floor mounted setup
if you think ya might be interested (email me at jarbo9@iname.com).

Jarbo
of the Buccaneers

[jimmiet]

Well guys I use a MS SW precision Pro n it rocks mine has been put through hell n still works like new I would buy another 1 when mine goes bad if it ever does.I have it set up in ah n it was not hard to do.This stick is cool


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 Jimmie T
Pheonix Squadron
Aces High

[Nimm2]

I have Wingman Interceptor and i love this Joystick.....

A screenshot:

 

[bongo]

Strange
i have 3 f22 pro's.  Just got parts from Guillmot, 2 hat sw's and 2 pots took a week or so to get here. i put new pots in my f22's as soon as i get them. when TM was selling out i ordered 2 new f22's.