Saitek Cyborg FLY 9 Wireless Flightstick - REVIEW

[SEE]

Hey BS, let us know how you find the FLY 9! Your opinions may be completely different to mine and would be useful for others. I still get a lot of people asking on line about Flightsticks for Xbox. Many are not aware of what is available, which to get or even where to get one from!

[bobbysocks]

I got and i love it. the action is much smoother ... especially the rudder. you dont have to fight it like you have to with the AV8R so i think there is way less chance of over stressing it. the one pad near the throttle does take getting used to. when i rest the heal of my had on the body of the stick i end up hitting that pad....which gives you your side, front, and rear views. i just have to learn to hold my hand differently. i does take getting used to. i like that most of the controls are @ your thumb..so its easier to use. i got mine from fadfusion ... mail order place here in pennsylvania and paid about $92 usd including shipping and got it with in 3 days. i think i fly better ( but still like crap...) but i think i will pick it up a lot faster with this stick.

[SEE]

Glad you like it, you will soon get used to it! I tried to talk to you about the FLY9 and whether you had got it (in the matches we played on friday night) but there was a lot of echo bouncing around and you couldn't hear me too well. May be next time......

[bobbysocks]

the echo seems to be coming from my mic... cant figure it out. that part of life worked well with the AV8R...( except in real crowded rooms...over 8 or 10 ). sean roberts001....messaged me to tell me i was echoing bad...so got to figure that one out. the night before i did 3 or 4 sim dogfights with beavercompany...and there wasnt a problem ( but there was only the 2 of us). maybe my connection?? i have dsl is all i can tell you. ALSO...now i seem to have this "freeze frame" i never had before. the screen freezes for a second....OR the AC dissapear...one minute they are in my sites the next...WAY far away. that might just be co-incidence or server issues....but thought i was skipping a groove there for a minute.
enjoyed playing a couple games with you...although i was screwing with things and couldnt buy a kill. i have good games and bad ones....but thats life. we need to start to set up some good friday/saturday night missions like the PS3 boys are. like do a battle of britian night...bombing of berlin...y29...jets vs 17 night ( strike). you want to work on this with me? we could make some pretty cool games. i will PM you my email address...

[bobbysocks]

my stick ended up doing the same thing SEE's did....locked the rudder to the one side. emailed madcatz and didnt hear back...so called them. i got a pretty helpful guy and told him my problem. he came right back with the reason. the potentiometer that controls the rudder is at the bottom of the stick where all the movement is...one of the 3 wires has come off. then..much to my suprise, he told me its an easy fix and asked if it was something i tought i could do? i told him i didnt want to VOID my warranty in case i have to send it in for another reason. according to him...as long as he gives me the ok and enters my info...there is no problem. he then took a stick apart while talkin to me on the phone and went step by step on how to fix it... hmmm ... will keep you updated on this one.

[Crosshair14]

I dont like the stick I like PS3 controller better.

[SEE]

I took my FLY 9 apart to look at the internals and locate an intermittent problem with it. This time it was not the rudder pot but the elevator pot which had a wire that needed re-soldering. During manufacture hot melt glue is used to secure the wire to the solder connections (to prevent them from breaking away during movement of the flight stick yoke). The glue was the problem (which I wont go into here). Its been fine since and thankfully that rudder pot is very easy to get to but I was expecting to see a conventional pot rather than that pre-set miniature type held in place with glue. If mine packs up again I will transplant the AV8R wired elctronics in and hopefully get one reliable product from the two........

(...but, touch wood it's been fine so far and I do use it a lot!)

[bobbysocks]

well....did as the guy told me and works fine. like you said SEE the glue is the problem and shaving it away from the connector was a B!tc#. i didnt use glue when i replaced the wire i used silicone. think i may screw around with the old AV8R and pull the rudder pot out and fashion rudder pedals...that is if madcatz doesnt ofer to give me a new one... but back in the air...just have to figure what is up with my mic...too much echo.