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Only problem is software for this could be a little more user friendly. I personally feel this is one of the best ever joystick I have ever owned period. I have had this joystick for a few years and tons of abuse and its always worked top quality. the controls feel loose and easy and the stick has physical manual calibration adjustments.
This is the only stick to get for serious flight simulator action. It can be a challenge for some to program, but I found it fun to set up.
This stick is configured pretty much like the real thing; buttons and switch location are just as they are on the real F-16 Fighter Stick. Perfect for a fighter stick sim; only drawback is that you must also purchase the rudder peddles as there is no rotational axis that ops for a rudder; yes you can program rudder on the keyboard, however, it's pretty much of an on-off switch that provides little real control. My Company manufacturers the real F-16 Fighter Stick with the accompanying fly-by-wire stick force sensor. All in all, it performs very solidly and is very accurate.
The beast never missed a beat, every button still clicks like it's brand new. Thus when it came to finally retire the old one I had no hesitation in getting the latest USB based version.I can't recommend it enough. It stopped centering and made flying impossible.Still, for about 13 years this joystick took every bit of punishment i gave it. Argh. This is the best joystick i've ever had, my old one which I bought in the mid-90s finally died on me a couple of years ago. I just ordered a new one of these today, I've been waiting for several years to get a new one - trying to convince my wife I needed it. It wasn't the hours and hours of gaming which killed it, it was the trip from New Zealand to the US, where the movers didn't have it sitting upright, but rather, jammed down on the one of the axis for 2 months in transit. I used it for racing games, motorcycle games and of course numerous flight simulators, such as Falcon 4.0 Allied Force.
This controller has some really good.assignable options like.multiple hat switches and buttons and a mode selector.But you can reach up to the controls only if ur body size was 6.5 feet minimum and u have hands to match.These are huuuuge.its not possible to keep ur thumb in the angle for the lower hat switch and then just flick up to the pov hat switch.you will literally have to raise ur elbow and whole arm to reach it.and I am not a small person Im 6 foot.The most disappointing aspect was the trim control wheels.They are infact not controllers that you can just assign trim axises to.but a kind of caliberation mechanism for the stick itself.so when u use the elevator trim axis it modifies your joystick axis ever so slightly to have a upward or downward tendency.this really sucks in game as its very non intuitive and I found them very very difficult to control.kind of sad assuming I bought these transported all the way to India only because of the trim wheels :(.But having said that I must also say the joystick axis are very sensitive and nice.and having a seperate pivot for pitch and roll allows for very precise input.and they're built like beasts as well.very very tough.wish they would make one in a slightly smaller size as well.:(
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