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CH vs Saitek


Sam Cowan 979498
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Sam Cowan 979498
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ok, so for Xmas my folks said i could get either 2 Saitek throttles or 1 CH prod TQ. My question is which should i get? I am already using the CH Prod yoke and Rudder pedals, and love them, but i think im going to get the Saitek as it looks to have more range of motion and such. I have a few questions about the Saiteks:

 

Do they make nice with other CH products, like my yoke and rudder pedals?

 

Is their range of motion as good as it seems, also:

 

Is it as vertical movement on it as it seems?

 

Is there a detent for reverse thrust? is RT easy to setup- note: i have FSUIPC

 

anything i should know about?

 

Sam

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James Nicholson 1043826
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well i have CH pro yoke and pedels to also i have the Saitek X52 joystick and throttle

 

there is one thing you should know about the Saitek X52 the cable that connects the throttle to the joystick comes undone easy if you move the cable (even poke it) so that has ben a problem for me

also the USB that connects the throttle to the computer is a little lose so yeah

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Johnathon Neilsen 955672
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I have the Saitek pro flight yoke system with rudder pedals, and I can say Ive never been happier, it is a fantastic piece of hardware and I would highly recommend it.

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Allen Martin 1084625
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CH Pro Pedals all the way. Had the same set for 4 years now, and only 1 problem during the entire life of ownership. Sometimes the left toe brake was spiking unless you had your heel firmly planted down. Opened it up, adjusted 1 tab, and it's as good as new.

 

I avoided the X-52 simply because I hate twisty sticks, and my X-45 had hat switch failures after a year of Aces High 2. If you have pedals, there's no point. Went with a TM Cougar Hotas, but a CH stick would have done just as well for me.

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Charan Kumar
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Hi Sam,

 

don't know if you have made your choice yet, but I got 2 Saitek TQ for Thx Givin and they rock. When you line up and advance four levers to a full power take-off, or pull back for reverse, you just know what you have been missing all these days . I use Saitek G11 Keyb, CH Yoke, Sai Tek Commander, Sai Tek pedals and I was using a Saitek X52, which is still connected but not in use, only incase my Yoke fails. Since I usually fly the 744 or the concorde, both 4 engines, it came with a "whatchamacallit" (sorry don't know the name yet) that basically joined 4 levers and gives you a handle to advance all to-gether. I used one for flaps and the last one for spoilers, although I haven't set it up correctly. It has 6 buttons with two detents each, and I haven't set them all up. And I was able to set reverse thrust even without FSUIPC. They work like the Airbus reversers, where u have a 0 and u pull back more for reverse... Just remember one thing, after you install them set all the null zones for the levers to well...null otherwise throttles will never advance to full 100%. This was all in FSX, I will be trying it on FS9 tonight and will also post a picture if I get to it!! Saitek also comes with a s/w and an an SST, a profiler, but usually you don't need them.

 

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