Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: longtime on January 16, 2011, 03:14:47 PM
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Looking to try rudder pedals for the first time. Want to buy the best..price is no barrier. Whats the best?
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Speaking from experience I like my g940 pedals, I did have the ch pedals but I felt they sat too flat for my preference. The real deal is do you want to upgrade everything or just your pedals. I can't give you any opinion on the saiteck pedals so the best idea is to check out what people say here.
LawnDart
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Saitek are the only ones i have had but i do know a few who have switched to them from ch because of the more comfortable layout,,, I like mine just fine!
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The saitek pedals are wider. The tensioner in the middle doesn't really give that much resistance. I'm looking to mod mine with springs later on. Haven't used the CH set yet but they don't look very comfortable.
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Take a look at Simpeds.
http://www.dhs-electronic.de/index2.php?id=216&lng=en
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Take a look at Simpeds.
http://www.dhs-electronic.de/index2.php?id=216&lng=en
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Take a look at Simpeds.
http://www.dhs-electronic.de/index2.php?id=216&lng=en
+2! :)
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Thanks guys. Was thinking CH or Saitek. Simpeds do look good.
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I have both ch and saitek pedals in my simulator frames. I prefer saitek due to the size and separation distance between the pedals.
68valu
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I have CH pedals it cannot be that hard to mod footrests on them :old:
I have a set of saitek pedals as well they are not as smooth as CH pedals yet they are better spaced.
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I like the Thrustmasters you do have to mod them for brakes though but its an easy mod.
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I broke my saitek pedals 3 months after I got them.
It started with the rollers under each pedal jumping off the tracks. Exchanged them for 2nd set and it happened again a few months later.
Finally, I just opened the box up and re-engineered the entire set using the Saitek guts. The pedals and base I made on my lathe/mill and used some storm door wind chain for resistance.
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what type of lathe do you have?
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(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff107/tymekeepyr/Smithy/100_1379.jpg)
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Money is no object OK try these guys
http://www.valiant-studio.eu/tarmac/html/en/hangar.php (http://www.valiant-studio.eu/tarmac/html/en/hangar.php)
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WOW! and I thought simpeds were spendy.
Pretty neat stuff there. I could see a real nice 109 simpit in my future. if I won the lotto.
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(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff107/tymekeepyr/Smithy/100_1379.jpg)
:aok
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Money is no object OK try these guys
http://www.valiant-studio.eu/tarmac/html/en/hangar.php (http://www.valiant-studio.eu/tarmac/html/en/hangar.php)
If money were truly no object, then here's where *my* pedals would be...
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/2/8/3/1252382.jpg)
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Tricycle gear.... pfft
:D
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I like the Thrustmasters you do have to mod them for brakes though but its an easy mod.
:bhead so i thought ...the mechanical mod is easy... so far the hall sensors have given me fits :mad:
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tried saitek's and CH's, and I bought saitek's ^^
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saitek is poo :rofl
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The saitek pedals are wider. The tensioner in the middle doesn't really give that much resistance. I'm looking to mod mine with springs later on. Haven't used the CH set yet but they don't look very comfortable.
just take your shoes off. i have the CH Pro Pedals and theyre better than anything ive had before. Had them two years and theyre still perfect calibration. Never had to recalibrate and everyone in this game sees how wild a flier i can get in some situations...
In my opinion, Saitek breaks too easily or if not breaking on you, the software is too complicated. I've had my CH stick, throttle, pedal set for two years and the only problem i have now is my throttle is a little jerky sometimes.
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i have twelve toes :old:
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i have twelve toes :old:
Or something in your eyes.. :old:
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I have used TM Elites for many years but recently switched to Saiteks. I like the wide stance but I have noticed a little jitter on the axis, and also the rudder pedals don't have a very strong self-centering spring compared to the Elite's.
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I have used TM Elites for many years but recently switched to Saiteks. I like the wide stance but I have noticed a little jitter on the axis, and also the rudder pedals don't have a very strong self-centering spring compared to the Elite's.
Even with the tension cranked up?
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The Saitek pedals don't really have a tension adjustment, it is more of a drag adjustment.
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Mine (when they still looked like saitek pedals) had the big knob in the middle which adjusted tension, i.e. how much pressure one had to apply to make them move.
IIRC, there are 2 springs in the Saitek pedals.
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Same knob is still there but it is not tension it is drag, Saitek mislabels it. It does make it take more force to move the pedals but they then return to center more slowly. There is one spring that pulls both left and right to the center.
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Currently (3 yrs) have CH Peds. Used to have Saitek (better layout) but they got to the point where they were always locking up, either right or left ped forward.
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my Saitek peddles ive had about 2 years and they work but they get caught up, bind up if I push to hard, they have come off the tracks, the center "tension" is broke, ill most likely go CH once these are toast completly. I just dont like how close they are together.
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The spacing is the only gripe I have with CH pedals.
I've had mine for ten years or more and the rudder function still works great. I did lose the right toe brake pot a couple years ago and just haven't replaced it.
Another thing I will add about CH gear is you only have to calibrate it once, and I'm talking over several years. Even after unplugging and plugging them back in, as long as they are plugged back into the same port they came out of.
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The spacing is the only gripe I have with CH pedals.
I've had mine for ten years or more and the rudder function still works great. I did lose the right toe brake pot a couple years ago and just haven't replaced it.
Another thing I will add about CH gear is you only have to calibrate it once, and I'm talking over several years. Even after unplugging and plugging them back in, as long as they are plugged back into the same port they came out of.
agreed 100 percent sik :aok