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Old 09-19-2010, 01:43 PM
Les Les is offline
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It says on their website the universal mechanical base is soon to go out of production, to be replaced by a new version. Might be worth waiting for that, and maybe some other stick models too, depending what you're into.

Thanks for bringing them to my attention though, I'm surprised I haven't seen them mentioned here before. Just going by the info on their website, they're the most authentic replica's I've ever seen. The long throw of their sticks would be great and those pedals look amazing. Their force feedback system sounds good too, with no centering, but still with some resistance to the movement. If I was more serious about it and spent more time simming I'd definitely consider getting some of this gear too. The price is high, but so is the quality, as far as I can tell. I hope the company behind them can make a go of it. Certainly worth at least doing some more researching on.

Edit- Ok, while I was writing Bolox replied with some first hand experience.

Bolox, I'm just curious. Is the force feedback just there to provide some resisitance instead of using actual springs or something, and do they have software for adjusting it, and if so, what's that like? Also, if you've had yours for two years, has the company introduced many new products since you got yours or are they just all talk about 'going to do this, going to do that' and never delivering? Their use of plastic on the trigger seems a bit dodgy too, did they actually say later versions would have metal parts there? And in your case what sort of waiting times did you experience, these products look to me like they'd be made to order one at a time, would that explain the delay or do you think they're just slack?

Last edited by Les; 09-19-2010 at 02:01 PM.
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