Anyone using this rig?

[WEZEL]

Seems cool and am just looking for some feed back on it.

http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/x65f.html

[Patches1]

It looks very cool...but I wore out so many X35 and X45 systems from poor quality control that I doubt I will embrace Saitek ever again.

...just my humble opinion

[SIK1]

For about the same price you can get a Warthog.

http://www.provantage.com/scripts/search.dll?QUERY=warthog&Submit.x=-1081&Submit.y=-35

[ebfd11]

I currently have that set up and am rather impressed with it, steel construction, heavy base massive amount of buttons and no moving parts. I was able to program most of the buttons and have no to very little need to take my hands off the stick. Dual throttles with the capability to use the 2 other dials as throttles was a new feature to me.  

There is only one drawback I thought, no movement. To me there was alot of delay in the time i put pressure to the time the plane moves. I changed all the sensitivity settings and it still wasn't comfortable for me. The throttle is stiff but manageable if it is permanently mounted to something solid.  

My set-up now is a Thrustmaster Cougar with mag mods X65 throttle and Saitek Pro pedals.

Give it a try and maybe you might have better luck than I did.

LawnDart

[SirNuke]

bought one, its in the closet now. Force sensing is ok for modern simulations, but the lack of movement makes riding the edge of the stall impossible! The throttle is solid tho, but for that kind of money I should have got a warthog.

I use a T16000, X65 throttle and saitek pro pedals mix.

[WEZEL]

Thanks for the feedback 

I am using all CH gear but I was never happy with the stick, it spikes to much you dont notice it when you fly But Gv'ing it gets to be a pain the backside at times. I have sent it back to CH 2 times and within a day or two of getting it back, it's back to the same thing. I took it apart and soldered all the connections, they were all but a few crimp type and that fixed it. The Potentiometers in them for a lack of better words suc! One of them[aileron] was always slow to re center once you let go of the stick and would slowly creep back, I am now looking for a better set to replace them with, just need the time to search for them.

My next stick would be a hog, I was just curious about the pressure ones.

[guncrasher]

Thanks for the feedback 

I am using all CH gear but I was never happy with the stick, it spikes to much you dont notice it when you fly But Gv'ing it gets to be a pain the backside at times. I have sent it back to CH 2 times and within a day or two of getting it back, it's back to the same thing. I took it apart and soldered all the connections, they were all but a few crimp type and that fixed it. The Potentiometers in them for a lack of better words suc! One of them[aileron] was always slow to re center once you let go of the stick and would slowly creep back, I am now looking for a better set to replace them with, just need the time to search for them.

My next stick would be a hog, I was just curious about the pressure ones.

been posting the same thing for a couple of years and was always made to feel that I was alone.  I stopped gv'ing when I got my ch fighterstick.  I just cant aim.  even killing tanks in my il2 went for a buck and a 1/2 to almost a 3rd of that.

as far as people claiming that ch sticks are smooth, I always say bullcrap.  as for them saying they will last forever, I am beginning to believe I am stuck with this pos the rest of my life.


semp

[SirNuke]

been posting the same thing for a couple of years and was always made to feel that I was alone.  I stopped gv'ing when I got my ch fighterstick.  I just cant aim.  even killing tanks in my il2 went for a buck and a 1/2 to almost a 3rd of that.

as far as people claiming that ch sticks are smooth, I always say bullcrap.  as for them saying they will last forever, I am beginning to believe I am stuck with this pos the rest of my life.


semp

my was nice at first but the pots quickly gave away, and I always felt the stick size to be off. The only things I miss about my CH are the pinky buttons, and the ingenious centering system. I doubled my fighter hit% with the T16000