Saitek TPM Panel... Good Idea or...?

[MadBlaster]

I use a couple cheap $10 logitech gampads mounted at a slight angle, a 16000m thrustmaster joy, headseat/mic and a very elaborate Glovepie script. All controls are mapped, different customizations by plane type. Even made a virtual navigator. I tell Glovepie my tas, alt, distance and it tells me when I get to my destination. Or if I forget what height to drop an LTF5B torpedeo, I ask Glovepie and it reminds me in my headset.

[mrBlik]

Sounds like I've been flying FSX for too long ...

All the panels and switches are nice for realistic flying, but I can totally see how they would make me a pretty easy target while I fiddle with them. Those WWII pilots must have grown a third arm somewhere along the way!

I'm looking at a X52-Pro (the Warthog and X65 are out of my price range); does anyone have any experience with it... other than buy it from a local shop so you don't waste gas exchanging it for a working one?

Also... would a throttle quadrant be a good idea for the Complex Engine Management (CEM) with a HOTAS or is it unnecessary?

Thank you for the replies... they're a great help!

Blik
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[EAF92_Brigstock]

A quadrant does the job, however a HOTAS like the Saitek X45/54 covers more bases. A HOTAS will give you rotaries and buttons. In IL2 I had the elevator mapped to one of the rotaries and prop pitch on one of the hats with 5% increments. Worked well for me in IL2 should be good in CoD too

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by mrBlik

Sounds like I've been flying FSX for too long ...

All the panels and switches are nice for realistic flying, but I can totally see how they would make me a pretty easy target while I fiddle with them. Those WWII pilots must have grown a third arm somewhere along the way!

I'm looking at a X52-Pro (the Warthog and X65 are out of my price range); does anyone have any experience with it... other than buy it from a local shop so you don't waste gas exchanging it for a working one?

Also... would a throttle quadrant be a good idea for the Complex Engine Management (CEM) with a HOTAS or is it unnecessary?

Thank you for the replies... they're a great help!

Blik
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Send complaints to /dev/null

Get an X-Key with USB or CHProd MFP. They are around $200, but you won't regret the purchase. I use the X-Key for Stock trading as well, with macro change of course.

If you are looking for a stick the MSFT FF2 is still floating around on various internet sites. You can probably pick one up. They last forever, built like a tank. You can probably find one that hasn't been used much, if at all.