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Title: How about this flightstick?
Post by: AE35 on January 20, 2006, 01:41:26 pm

Hi all!

I really like the look of this stick, and the price is better than a lot of the
others. I know that it's not analog, but shouldn't it do fine for most
games?

http://www.arcadeshop.de/product_info.php?cPath=24_73&products_id=269

Thanks!

Nicholas

Title: Re: How about this flightstick?
Post by: Farmboy90 on January 20, 2006, 01:55:40 pm

Do you want to play analog games with this stick?  I don't see how it would be any better than a normal 8 way stick.  I imagine it is like this stick from HAPP (even looks similar)

http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/50997000.htm

That stick uses microswitches klike a normal 8 way.  So your analog games would suck.

Title: Re: How about this flightstick?
Post by: unclet on January 20, 2006, 04:14:38 pm

The conversion from Euros to US Dollar indicates that this is $78 (before shipping) .... yikes?    I think you could do a lot better by getting something on Ebay .... even though Ebay is sometimes quite expensive

Title: Re: How about this flightstick?
Post by: AE35 on January 21, 2006, 04:10:47 am

...but it's just so cool looking. The PC flight stick tends to have 10000
buttons, and look very flimsy.

Title: Re: How about this flightstick?
Post by: JustMichael on January 21, 2006, 06:58:27 am

AE35, this stick is simply an 8-way stick with 3 buttons.  I would recommend checking Ebay with the price they want.  There is a whole Xenophobe machine for less than the price of the joystick as of posting this message.

Title: Re: How about this flightstick?
Post by: unclet on January 21, 2006, 07:45:32 am

Exactly my point .....  There is a Tron joystick for sale as well right now  .....

Title: Re: How about this flightstick?
Post by: AE35 on January 21, 2006, 09:05:07 am

Ok, you convinced me. I'm going for an analog.

But let me ask, is this stick any good? I know it's PC, it just look so
sturdy!!  ???

http://cgi.ebay.com/F-16-CONTROL-STICK-FLIGHT-SIMULATOR-CH-NR-REPLICA_W0QQitemZ8253011664QQcategoryZ3606QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: How about this flightstick?
Post by: unclet on January 21, 2006, 09:11:48 am

I have no idea about this joystick, but personally I would never use a PC stick since I  always think they feel cheap ..... just my opinion ....  Again, it does not mean that the joystick you are asking about is not good .... I have no idea.   This is just my general feeling towards PC game controllers.