Joystick and hotas suggestions

[Timberwolf]

Hey there I been playing sims for 6 - 7 years now i owned a few joysticks .. Last one was a Logitech 3D pro It lasted 2 years before the connectors wore out and buttons failed for around $50 new i bought the Hotas x Thrustmaster with throttle 12 buttons + hat The base can be taken apart to have one side stick one side throttle or screwed back together Even comes with the allen key that snaps back in the base afterwards And yes theres twist rudder control and joystick resistance + - At the base of the stick underside

Have no problems with windows 7 / cliffs of dover using it and the great thing is you can get them in canada online

[pupo162]

well... i have to tell you 6940 is nto much of a deal.

Never used the rudder. Too small and too unprecise.

The throlte works great the first 2 months.... then it starts to malfunction preatty rapid. im on my second throtle now, ands this one is starting ti get spikes on axes again.

The stick is good i think. good features, and the FFB works nicely. the only problem is, i havnet tried a single game who was an interesting, well implemented FFB, so i mostly use vibration only.

My sugestion is, if you are looking for stick only, go for a CH stick. the g940 stick is good, but not worth 379 dolars.

[Phantom77]

Well ! I'll surely get myself a KG13 from Tarmac and modify the X-52 joystick base to mount it. The basic engineering of the base is good but the overall quality of the assembly is poor. The gauge of the wires is too small and the spring is too weak. The other option is to build a new base while still using some of the joystick components while using a stainless steel bearing mounted assembly.