I just bought the Aviator, only used it for 3 hours, so I may change my opinions, but so far:
pro:
- not too expencive
- I think the build quality is good.
- buttons feel nice.
- the point-of-view hat at the top is very good I think
- does not take up alot of space on ur desk
con:
- the base is quite light so you'll need to hold it down when bending the stick.
- the stick has too much resistance in my opinion, I get tired in the arm from using it.
- there is a deadzone that make it hard to fine-tune aim. In Il-2 PC I find that even the tiny movement of my old Sidewinder is picking up properly, but not so much in BoP with Aviator. You may learn to compensate for this, not a huge problem.
- the buttons on the front are ok to use, but you have move you left hand quite a bit between throttle and front buttons (unless u got HUGE hands)
- you may find it awkward if you want(you should) to hold your thumb at the POV at all time and it hurts after som time.
- where the hell is the A button? it seems that the aviator-trigger is RT (guns) in BoP but on the Aviator the trigger is marked as A. you are in BoP supposed to use A for adjusting Trim, but with the Aviator there is no A? or did I miss something?
- hrrrr...My arm hurts quite a bit, still
overall: 6.5/10
07-29-2009, 08:05 PM
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