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Sun, 31 July 2011 23:53  |
 dabigboy
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Hi all, well I have an interesting arrangement for the yoke on my sim, but it's a bit flimsy, and I don't have a handy way to provide any resistance. My problem is I have very little space to work with. Buying an off-the-shelf unit and adapting it to my fancy yoke grip seems the best method, but I don't want to shell out the big bux for a PFC unit.
I have a Saitek throttle quad, and while it's a far cry from a real unit, it beats out every other hobby-grade quad I've seen. I'm thinking of getting Saitek's matching yoke and replacing its yoke grip with mine. It has the steel shaft, actual bearings, etc. But I don't have any way to get my hands on one to try it out. Has anyone tried this model? How does it compare to, say, a basic PFC yoke? Is it notchy or plastic-feeling? Much flexing?
Matt
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| Re: [simpits-tech] Saitek yoke opinions? [message #2351 is a reply to message #2348 ] |
Mon, 01 August 2011 06:42  |
Gene Buckle
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On Sun, 31 Jul 2011, dabigboy@cox.net wrote:
> Hi all, well I have an interesting arrangement for the yoke on my sim,
> but it's a bit flimsy, and I don't have a handy way to provide any
> resistance. My problem is I have very little space to work with. Buying
> an off-the-shelf unit and adapting it to my fancy yoke grip seems the
> best method, but I don't want to shell out the big bux for a PFC unit.
>
> I have a Saitek throttle quad, and while it's a far cry from a real
> unit, it beats out every other hobby-grade quad I've seen. I'm thinking
> of getting Saitek's matching yoke and replacing its yoke grip with mine.
> It has the steel shaft, actual bearings, etc. But I don't have any way
> to get my hands on one to try it out. Has anyone tried this model? How
> does it compare to, say, a basic PFC yoke? Is it notchy or
> plastic-feeling? Much flexing?
>
Is there a Fry's local to you? I know they carry a lot of the Saitek
gear. I recently ordered one of their vernier throttle quadrants that
I'll be using with PFC-like yoke I bought about five years ago. [I'm
tired of scratch building stuff I don't have to.]
g.
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| Re: [simpits-tech] Saitek yoke opinions? [message #2354 is a reply to message #2353 ] |
Mon, 01 August 2011 07:23 |
Gene Buckle
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On Mon, 1 Aug 2011, bjones@pipecomp.com.au wrote:
> Gene will never be tired of scratch building........ Common don't lie to
> us!! :)
>
Ben it's gotten to the point where I have a choice. I can spend the time
building some accessory I need, or I can buy it and actually have time to
USE it.
For example, the collimated display project requires a whole new cockpit
from the ground up. I could spend a pile of time building out all the
systems that will be needed, or I can save a ton of time by either buying
or re-purposing what I need.
I'm going for two aircraft configurations, one will be a center-stick
fighter type and the other will be a yoke based GA type. I'll build a new
seat, instrument panel & side console boxes and then drop-in commercial
controls. I figured I'd rather take the debt hit than spend another pile
of hours that would eventually cost the same in time and materials.
The GA rig will be glass and will use a re-cased Elite radio stack. The
combat rig will also be glass with some random military panels thrown in
for looks.
I really, really want to get back to work on the F-15 as well. Friday I
found an 8" 800x600 LCD panel that I'll be able to use in the MPCD. The
current build uses a 7" mono VGA display which isn't correct, but was all
I could find at the time. The 8" display should fit within the MPCD
enclosure so I can keep it as a removable "box". The VSD (radar) display
uses a 5" mono VGA display that has some "tearing" issues at the top
corner of the display. I'll look into curing that, but if I can't, I've
got a 5.6" color LCD panel I can drop in there. Because of research Mike
Powell did on building non-collimated HUDs, I may be able to rebuild the
HUD I have in such a way as to make it usable. I've got pretty much all
the parts & electronics I need for the F-15, so I just need to sit down
and start the integration process.
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| Re: [simpits-tech] Saitek yoke opinions? [message #2358 is a reply to message #2348 ] |
Mon, 01 August 2011 16:28 |
Sean Galbraith
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> Hi all, well I have an interesting arrangement for the yoke on my sim,
but
> it's a bit flimsy, and I don't have a handy way to provide any
resistance.
> My problem is I have very little space to work with. Buying an
off-the-
> shelf unit and adapting it to my fancy yoke grip seems the best
method,
> but I don't want to shell out the big bux for a PFC unit.
>
> I have a Saitek throttle quad, and while it's a far cry from a real
unit,
> it beats out every other hobby-grade quad I've seen. I'm thinking of
> getting Saitek's matching yoke and replacing its yoke grip with mine.
It
> has the steel shaft, actual bearings, etc. But I don't have any way to
get
> my hands on one to try it out. Has anyone tried this model? How does
it
> compare to, say, a basic PFC yoke? Is it notchy or plastic-feeling?
Much
> flexing?
I can't compare it to PFC, only ever seen/touched one, but never "flown"
with it. I have a Saitek, and after many years of not being satisfied
with the various CH yokes I can say that I really like the Saitek
yoke/throttle. It still has a little internal flex when you push/pull
with just one hand on the yoke, but with the steel shaft it has a much
nicer feel than the CH offering (unless the latest version is any
better...) It doesn't really compare with high end all steel and linear
bearings, but for a consumer product it's hard to beat, especially at
the price!
SeanG
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| Re: [simpits-tech] Saitek yoke opinions? [message #2362 is a reply to message #2358 ] |
Mon, 01 August 2011 17:39 |
dabigboy
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---- Sean Galbraith <Sean.Galbraith@pacificsimulators.com> wrote:
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> I can't compare it to PFC, only ever seen/touched one, but never "flown"
> with it. I have a Saitek, and after many years of not being satisfied
> with the various CH yokes I can say that I really like the Saitek
> yoke/throttle. It still has a little internal flex when you push/pull
> with just one hand on the yoke, but with the steel shaft it has a much
> nicer feel than the CH offering (unless the latest version is any
> better...) It doesn't really compare with high end all steel and linear
> bearings, but for a consumer product it's hard to beat, especially at
> the price!
Interesting. As long as the shaft itself is mounted pretty secure, I couldn't care less about wobble on the yoke itself....I would be removing the Saitek yoke and installing my real yoke in its place, with an appropriate shaft adapter. The stock yoke does look like it would be wobbly and chinsy. Thanks for the info!
Matt
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