Throttle: 2 vs 1 - worth it?

[Leadnap]

Hi Guys -

 

So I am currently making do with a Thrustmaster T-Flight and looking to pick up a [Logiteck] Saitek X-52 or X-56 and I am at an impasse.

 

Currently my main ride is the Viggen, and while I have the A-10C module, I just am not as currently into it. That said, my next learning bird will be the Harrier. Eventually I plan to get into the F18 and F14 modules at some point as well. So while I currently enjoy single engine flight, dual engine life is in the future.

 

 

I like the X-52's stick better, as a non-A10 driver the clone of the A10 stick means little to me on the X-56.

 

 

Thus my quandary:

 

1) Is having the dual throttle really worth it? This is an extra $50-100 difference (I don't need the pro model of the X-52 considering I could care less about the silver (pc build is white anyways)).

 

2) In the next 6-8 months I plan to migrate to VR (could do it faster, but want familiarization on the stick and plan a GPU update in there too). This would probably on the face of things seem less important - but - the slider function (on throttle) on the X-52 I figure could be used both for radar contrast on the AJS-37 and nozzle direction on the AV8B for example; and more importantly the X-52 has far less controls on the base which in a VR environment is a factor.

 

 

Anyone have input on this?

[Svsmokey]

I personally found the X-52 rotaries and slider to be unusable as axes due to jitter . Only use i found for them was as banded switches ,