CH is about the best I have ever owned. I just got my second full flight rig throttle, rudders and stick. because I own CH stuff for the Mac back in the day and it would not work for the PC. talk about a bummer !
Overall very user friendly
Best over all IMO.
A little bit of a stretch for people with smaller hands. I had to build mine up a little with some foam as it is a little bulky. makes it hard to use the Hat switch and the pinky switch. but this is easy to overcome.
I wish it had a little stiffer feel for X and Y. scaling can compensate for the floppy springs. ( were the old CH stick like this ? I cant remember... I will get my mac CH out and check this. ) I mention the springs just because it think that a little more positive pressure feels better for me taste.
Had the TM. worked on it all of the time. super nice feeling not very durable and expensive.
Have not tried any of the new TM stuff but it is still pretty expensive.
I still have a set of TM rudders.
I had a lot of hat switch failures and replaced the springs in it 3 or 4 times. it got to the point that I would just keep spare parts in stock for repairs as needed. Mind you I am not a ham fist.
The Saitex x 36 and X 52 ( still have them both they are for sale BTW. both with throttles )I like the x36 best. I dont care for the twist type sticks. the Saitex throttles are pretty nice. I kind of like the one with the x 36 better than the CH.
Best bang for the buck I would say about the X 36 rig. I never liked the x52 and didnt use it very long. I went back to the x36.
Had the logitec wingman too way back in the day as well... I didnt care for it .
I tried few of the force feedback sticks too.. I liked them but to me they are not very practical and I remember feeling a bit limited with them in combat. Might be good for MSFS or something.
Pretty much I think the top three I mentioned above would be the better choices but the top two are a bit pricey.
Some folks fly with a lot lesser equipment and do just fine. I just like to dump tons of cash into my hobbies I guess
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