Friday July 1 Update – Meet the Team

[sorak]

Originally Posted by White Owl

Luthier, thanks for this game. The launch was rough, days immediately after the launch were rough, but it's easy to see that Dover keeps getting better. It's good to see the people who make this happen. Great post.



What is in that box? It looks like one of those cheap Logitech joysticks you can buy anywhere for $20, but there's an IL-2 logo on the box. I'm very very intrigued.

Its a Thrustmaster.. one of my favorite joystick.. they also made a FORCE FEEDBACK version of the same thing and it was one of my favorite force feedback sticks. Sadly they dont produce it no more. The one he as is the non force feedback version. There is a logo of IL2 on the box because IL2 recommended that stick back in the day and was listing games compatible.

Oh how i miss that stick. It came with a detachable throttle lever as you can see on the left barely. The rudder control on it was the best also not including real rudder pedals of course. But it was a anagol lever that you could move left and right with your left and on the throttle lever. IT WAS AWESOME. I gotta grab another off of ebay.

[albx]

Originally Posted by sorak

Its a Thrustmaster.. one of my favorite joystick.. they also made a FORCE FEEDBACK version of the same thing and it was one of my favorite force feedback sticks. Sadly they dont produce it no more. The one he as is the non force feedback version. There is a logo of IL2 on the box because IL2 recommended that stick back in the day and was listing games compatible.

Oh how i miss that stick. It came with a detachable throttle lever as you can see on the left barely. The rudder control on it was the best also not including real rudder pedals of course. But it was a anagol lever that you could move left and right with your left and on the throttle lever. IT WAS AWESOME. I gotta grab another off of ebay.

I had it, the worst stick ever tried.

[StreetGang]

Joystick in the box is a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro;



I havn't had any experience with logitech joysticks, but that other stick on the desk is a Thrustmaster Top Gun Fox 2 Pro, the pre-cursor to the T.Flight X. I owned the Top Gun, and I currently own the T.Flight X and I can say they're both excellent joysticks for the price you pay;

[NLS61]

Well maybe an airship or a blimp.
Coud the nothing i win be in a shiny box please LOL.

Niels

[el0375]

the logitech extreme 3d pro is one of the 2 joystick i ever had and after so much time i am really pleased by it. I dont request really much or too detail from it but it does its job really well. In addition i like very much teh fact that its base is heavy ( stable and less prone to move)
i dont remember what i actually paid but IMHO it does well its job so its worth the money( if doesnt costs much)

[FS~Phat]

Originally Posted by el0375

the logitech extreme 3d pro is one of the 2 joystick i ever had and after so much time i am really pleased by it. I dont request really much or too detail from it but it does its job really well. In addition i like very much teh fact that its base is heavy ( stable and less prone to move)
i dont remember what i actually paid but IMHO it does well its job so its worth the money( if doesnt costs much)

I had a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro for my laptop as it was more portable than an X52 pro but it only last 3 months of heavy abuse on IL2 before it got twitchy and unreliable. Never going to buy a cheap stick again. The only stick I would consider now is the Thrustmaster Warthog.

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by FS~Phat

I had a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro for my laptop as it was more portable than an X52 pro but it only last 3 months of heavy abuse on IL2 before it got twitchy and unreliable. Never going to buy a cheap stick again. The only stick I would consider now is the Thrustmaster Warthog.

Unfortunately I would also put the X52 Pro in the 'cheap stick' class. I have pulled apart and rebuilt both X52 Pro and the Logitech Extreme 3D and am actually more impressed by the internal build quality of the Logitech than the X52. I almost bought the Warthog but decided to build my own stick instead.

Good OP by the way, Luthier. An intelligent post.

[White Owl]

Originally Posted by el0375

the logitech extreme 3d pro is one of the 2 joystick i ever had and after so much time i am really pleased by it. I dont request really much or too detail from it but it does its job really well. In addition i like very much teh fact that its base is heavy ( stable and less prone to move)
i dont remember what i actually paid but IMHO it does well its job so its worth the money( if doesnt costs much)

I looked at my own post and realize it reads like I was bad-mouthing that joystick. That wasn't my intent at all. The 3d Pro was the first joystick I bought many years ago, and it's still the stick I recommend to people when I'm trying to talk them into trying out a flight sim or space sim. (Oh crap, I just admitted to playing silly spaceship games on this forum, didn't I? ) At $20 it's cheap enough to almost be considered a disposable toy, but it's still good enough to actually play a game. It's a great starter joystick.

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by White Owl

I looked at my own post and realize it reads like I was bad-mouthing that joystick. That wasn't my intent at all. The 3d Pro was the first joystick I bought many years ago, and it's still the stick I recommend to people when I'm trying to talk them into trying out a flight sim or space sim. (Oh crap, I just admitted to playing silly spaceship games on this forum, didn't I? ) At $20 it's cheap enough to almost be considered a disposable toy, but it's still good enough to actually play a game. It's a great starter joystick.

+1, excellent for the price and a strong starter stick.

[Orpheus]

Originally Posted by White Owl

(Oh crap, I just admitted to playing silly spaceship games on this forum, didn't I? )

Hehe it's not just you... solidarity brother