Joystick recommendation required

[mig29]

Hi friends,

 

I am planning to purchase a joystick under $50. Which one would you suggest ?

[Pilotasso]

Saitek cyborg EVO perhaps. Microsoft Sidwinder range is pretty good too, even if with less possibilities.

Edited August 17, 2010 by Pilotasso

[CAT_101st]

Look for a used X52. Any Saitek stick will sever you well. Just make sure it will work with your system befor buying it.

[Lucas]

i use a TM Hotas X

 

serving me well

[Moby]

Save some more money and buy a better stick.

[Krebs20]

I used a logitech 3d pro for a long time until I went to a hotas cougar. I have nothing to complain about it and it cheap. I recommend you upgrade to a full hotas when you budget allows it.

Do you want this for blackshark or FC2?

[mig29]

I used a logitech 3d pro for a long time until I went to a hotas cougar. I have nothing to complain about it and it cheap. I recommend you upgrade to a full hotas when you budget allows it.

Do you want this for blackshark or FC2?

 

I need it for FC2.

[Skopro_PL]

if your going for single stick check out the t.16000, its one of the newer sticks out there non-hotas..

http://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-T-16000M-Stick-Resolution-Flight/dp/B001S0RTU0

 

i personally use a microsoft precision 2 and love it,but its getting harder to find them..center play does get looser after a while. IMHO i would stay away from the x52 n so on,they have alot of stiction(spiking) problems.. Like other have said save a lil more money n get a nice HOTAS maybe CH, stay away from the cougar unless you plan on modding it.. i can't comment on any of the new HOTAS out there (g940,x65) i know thrustmaster is releasing the new warthog hotas ( 400$ ?) looks promising with the hall sensors and 16bit resolution. The t.16000 is the cheapest stick out there with the hall sensors for better precision and at only 25$ its not too bad, you can than look on craigslist for a used hotas to use the throttle from.. I use the MS precision 2 with x36 throttle.

[TeeJay82]

Look for a used X52.

 

+1 :D best stick i ever had

[shu77]

I agree the X-52 is awesome. I also have a cyborg evo Force, the FF is quite excellent in MSFS, and even moves around when you fire the cannon in FC2.

[mig29]

Thanks guys for your amazing support.

[Havok]

CH are the way to go. Fully programmable comfortable and the switches are rated for 100,000 cycles. Someone mentioned saving a little more to get yourself a good stick. Dont short yourself on something as inportant to the sim as an accurate programmable JS. Youll be glad you did and regret if you dont.

[muamshai]

X-52 Pro user here

[pelisilma]

x-52 pro is pretty bad quality tbh :)

sliders and rotaries are pretty much useless because they are so jumpy or something and i dont really see point for that centering technique they used. i guess i got spoiled by the msff2 10 years ago :)

[mig29]

Today I got myself Saitek Cyborg Evo. I had to settle with this as I have a financial crunch.