Rudder pedals, worth it?

[indy007]

Originally posted by Flayed1
I would go with the pedals and I don't even own a store bought one.

  I made some out of an old wingman and they don't look fancy but even just using these non professional ones I have been able to make shots that I never could befor and take off/landing has been much smoother.

  Problem is now the crappy Logicrap pot is going out and they are now spiking.
I think I'm gonna go to radio shack and see if I can get a better pot then I want to stop by Home Depot and get a couple sets of kitchen cabnet rollers and make some nicer pedals that actually slide forward and back rather than the twisty plank I have now:D .

  Any way I would say go for it.

If Radio Shack doesn't work out for you, you can try here

Haven't used their rotary encoder, but their other stuff works really well for building... well... whatever electronic/pc contraption you can think of.

[Flayed1]

Hey thanx Indy that stuff is sweet..   Wounder how durable those touch sensors are, I can think of a few ways to use those

[Mace2004]

Spring for a few more dollars and get the Saitek Pedals.  They are very solid, wider than the CH, adjustible tension, adjustible pedal length, toe brakes and they're digital.  The measure of a control is whether or not you know you're using it, I never think about my pedals, I just use them.  I can't see a single area where the CH's are superior.

[hacksaw1]

To keep your office chair from rolling around on a hard floor during flying.

I took an old mouse pad, cut it in half, and cut a small square from the center of each piece to make two "chocks." Roll your chair forward to the position you want, then put the chocks behind two wheels.

[SKJohn]

Originally posted by Mace2004
Spring for a few more dollars and get the Saitek Pedals.  They are very solid, wider than the CH, adjustible tension, adjustible pedal length, toe brakes and they're digital.  The measure of a control is whether or not you know you're using it, I never think about my pedals, I just use them.  I can't see a single area where the CH's are superior.

+1!  I used to have the CH pedals, but was having to send them in every 6 months or so to get repaired.  Since I have a Saitek X45 and really like it, I decided to go with the Saitek pedals.  So far I really like them - especially the 8 inches wider width between the pedals - makes it much easier to use for the "circumferentially challenged" among us.

[scottydawg]

Originally posted by SKJohn
makes it much easier to use for the "circumferentially challenged" among us.

I don't know what that means, and I'm pretty sure I don't want to know.