rudders what do you use ?what did you pay?

[-towd_]

hey im lookin for rudders and have only found ch and thrustmaster peddles are there any other options and what do you use?

if u use a twist stick pleas post also i am curious how man use twiststick/prddles.

thanks in advance.

[Sascha JG 77]

There's a german company that manufactures sim pedals that are very good from what I hear. They supposedly work with digital sticks too. That company has a webpage, but I don't have the link here at work, sorry.  

Sascha

[Dancer]

Not sure that you can use rudders with
a twist stick - that was my main reason
to buy a CH FFX rather than the MS FFX.

I used to have a TM set up (FLCS/TQS) and
used it with CH Pro Pedals (my wife and me
have a regular LAN race in NFS3 about who
is going to wash the dishes   ).

I own the CH Pro pedals since  - uhm - about
3-4 years now and never had to open them;
no spiking either. The ones of my wife are
now one year old and have zero problems.

They are about DEM 200,- here which equals to
roughly USD $110,-. Can't say that I ever
regret it.

Dancer out.

[Dancer]

Sascha,

you mean:
 http://home.t-online.de/home/d-hofmann/  ?

The URL is in the thread on agw  

Dancer out.

[Granger]

This is gonna start a fire..or somethin im sure.


I have had the thrustmaster pedals for something like 4 years ..but to tell you the truth there just collecting dust.
 
For the past year or so I have been using the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback pro, with the twist rudder on the stick.

Why you ask?
Well its easy really..you have much much finer control with your hands than your legs and feet..its that simple..I dont care how used to rudder pedals you get, if you ever get a stick with the twist, you will never go back.

I have tried to explain this to my squadmates in airwarrior..but to no avail, they like the "realism" of the pedals. Their loss..

Give it a try..over time you will see what I mean.

Granger

[lb]

The simped rudders are digital and suppose to work with MS Precision Pro.

lb

[rosco-]

  I use a MS Sidwinder Precision Pro, and like it just fine. It has throttle, rudder and 9 programable buttons. Basicly all you need and its not too expensive. I cant compare it to peddels because I have never used them but I will admit I would like to try them but being on a budget I think I will stick with what I have for now  

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Rosco
*Flying Aces*

[-towd_]

i use a ms pro also but have a problem with the short and unprecice control over the rudder i think a set of peddels with give me that extra edge.

[vonkjk]

I made my own ;-) About 3 years ago, still working fine with NO problems ;-) I made the pedals independant so I could use them for racing type sims too.  Cost me about 20 bucks LOL!!! Same with my throttle....

Try it!

vonkjk

[Ausman]

I use the CH Pedals myself.
Ive tried the thrustmaster ones and they are
ok for a flight sim but the CH ones are nice enough to work for race games with the flip of a switch. I used to use a Logitech Wingman Extreme digital but it REALLY doesn't work well with pedals and until I took it completely apart and back together again, it was owned by the evil spike deamon which is why I switched back to my regular wingman extreme  

[-rkat-]

If your feeling adventurous, check out our CO's page. He's designed and documented a set of home made pedals that apparently work a treat.
 http://www.ozemail.com.au/~peril/wbraaf/pedals/index.html

Hope this helps!!

-rkat-

ps.. I'm dangerous when handling tools, so I just went and bought a set of CH pedals. They're pretty basic, but they work fine. I got em for $110 AUD, and I think they retail for $80-$100 US.

[-towd_]

thanks all for your responses and any more that want answer.

[Cherry]

For me there is only one and thats the Ch pro pedals, yeah u really need a bit of double sided tape to keep em still but they are great.  As to the MS Sidewinder twist your joystick crap i gotta say that its the most gawd awful system I've used.  It is very difficult to be precise in trying to twist and control ailerons and elevators with the same control.  i dont think one would find anything like it in a real A/C.  There is nothin like the ability to use your southern most appendages to control the rudder.  Kinda like a drummer you jus gotta get all the pieces workin together its gonna be real important in WB 2.73 and I hope as important in AH.  For the impact on your gunnery its well worth 3 months flyin $$.
 

[Pirado]

Twist joys is the best, man....

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Pirado
"The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first."
Adolf Galland

[nassko]

It ain’t, Pirado  

Now seriously. What about the precision. How much can you twist it ? 30 degrees in one direction ? And with that small base ? Hardly a precision. Centering the slip indicator in the maneuvers ? You already have enough job for your hand with ailerons and elevator. So you add the rudder control also, while feet do nothing ?

Now, If only TM had FF !