The Saitek Aviator AV8R-02 for Xbox 360 sucks

[SL83]

No - not a bold statement at all. Just truthful.

I can move the saitek aviator within a 1.5 inch radius, 360 degrees - and the controls do not respond AT ALL.

Piss poor junk.

I observed a deadzone problem on the PC with it as well, but if anyone is going to say that the 360 drivers are what causes the problem - the fact is - it still is a horrible way to play the game.

The freelook is great - everything else kinda sucks.

[MorgothNL]

it is your opinion, not fact like you seem to state it

I actually really like it , took me a day or 2 getting used to, but now I cant do without. You get used to the deadzone as well, now I never notice it anymore. It is kind of nice to fight with the controls when dogfighting

[akuma]

Originally Posted by SL83

No - not a bold statement at all. Just truthful.

I can move the saitek aviator within a 1.5 inch radius, 360 degrees - and the controls do not respond AT ALL.

Piss poor junk.

I observed a deadzone problem on the PC with it as well, but if anyone is going to say that the 360 drivers are what causes the problem - the fact is - it still is a horrible way to play the game.

The freelook is great - everything else kinda sucks.

Maybe its your stick thats broken, or perhaps you are expecting too much?

My stick works just fine, there is a slight and tiny deadzone near the dead centre of the stick, but factor in your flying WW2 aircraft its hardly going to respond like an F-22.

I don't like how Aviator works, but i absolutely better than gamepad

[Marchochias]

Yet another kid who thinks his opinion is fact. Oh well.

[RedKicker]

Originally Posted by maxqubit

Dead zone of Aviator (360) is the same in BoP and AceCombat (i did a quick test)

I have to say that I disagree with that. I have both the AV8R and the Hori Ace Edge and the deadzone is much smaller in the Ace Edge. Don't know how or why, but it just is

[Lexandro]

Originally Posted by maxqubit

Some ppl have argued there is a way around (the Api???) cause they stated that the deadzone was fixed in HAWX (never played that game though)

It was me that made this statement about HAWX (as I own the title). The offical patch notes for the game state that there was issues with the deadzone on all versions and that UBI did indeed fix the issue specifically. I dont know actually how they did this, as I dont know much about coding for 360 specifically but it was done.

In the 1.0 version I was never able to get level flight in game, I always was climbing or diving slightly no matter how gently I moved the pad due to the huge deadzone. In the updated version (1.2 iirc) I am able to get stable level flight now by a gentle push on the pad.