I'm finally giving in - CH Stick and Throttle

[trwagner1]

After all these years of using the thrustmaster.... the one I have now still works, but I have finally decided to go CH throttle and joystick.    Amazon.com, man's best shopping friend. 

[CRYPTIC]

Provantage is the place to CH from. Also make sure you get the rudder peddles the stick is not a twisty.
http://www.provantage.com/ch-200-571~7CHPU00N.htm

[trwagner1]

I have CH pedals already.      

Now, I'll have to relearn without twisty and get my butt kicked in the game.... MUCH MORE than I do now.   

[Tigger29]

A common thing people will do is buy the Saitek X52 stick and throttle.  You can find it for about $80 or so these days.

Then buy a CH fighter stick and use it with the X52 throttle.  It's cheaper AND you have the X52 stick as a spare in case the CH stick is ever out of whack.

I know the CH is good quality (even though I personally don't care for it) but from what I've been hearing most people prefer the X52 throttle over the CH throttle.

[Krusty]

As I've never had the CH throttle nor the X52, I can only comment based on second hand info and scouring info from the Internet about both. I was very interested in one or the other at one point. I thought (from an outsider's perspective, mind you) the x52 throttle looked like a better unit. It looked better with regards to button layout, ergonomics, and motion (it rotates, I think the CH slides?).

However, now that I use a 6-lever CH throttle quad that's a moot point. Perhaps not the most comfortable nor the best, but I find having those extra axes is a good tradeoff for me.

P.S. If you have never used a CH stick before, and find it uncomfortable to use the top hat, try mounting it lower. On a lower side table or possibly stick a platform on your chair's arm. You don't hug your palm to the entire stick, but you rest it on the buttons and you reach them all a lot better. That's not too far off from how the F-16 side stick is (and I think that was the real stick this CH stick is based on).