XBOX 360 Aviator Questions

[BadKarmaSutra96]

Q:What's the overall build quality like?
A:I wouldn't consider it to be heavy duty. It's good enough for recreational use, but far inferior to some of the PC quality fight sticks. It's better than a standard controller in my opionion tho. And like the previous poster said, it makes creeking noises as you're twisting and yawing. I think I might try greasing the spring which is external.

Q:Hows the dead zone?
A1:I had to turn down the sensativity a bit in the demo to keep from overadjusting on targets. I'm currently set at 3/4 and plan to turn the sensativity down a bit more. The plane tended to oscillate a bit while trying to fine tune my aiming on distant targets at max settings.
A2:The rudder controls(which you twist the stick handle to use) feels fine.

Q:I'm curious about the button layout on the aviator flightstick.
A:The top buttons are well laid out. B uses missiles, (I presume X uses bombs but havent tried yet) and the Y button toggles targets. I won't tell you what the trigger button does (incase you're following me).

Q:Also does the analog "thumb stick" on top of the flightstick control view or is it the D-Pad?
A:The thumb pad hat on top of the stick controls your view. You can pan around all over whichever way you want.

The one minor problem I've faced is that if you like using padlock to keep on targets I think you have to hold down the RB button. I don't think its an on/off toggle. So with the flight stick you need a third hand to keep padlock on and still use the throttle.