Yes, my girl bought me Saitek rudder pedals :)

[K_Freddie]

Originally Posted by Insuber

My feet were not as precise as my right hand

Hey hey!!.. this is a family website (none-the-less the mind boggles at this thought)

Forget profiles (set everyting to 100%) and you're on your way. 'Twisties' (forget I even mentioned this name ) have nothing on pedals, no matter how cr.ap the pedals are.

Saitek pedal weakness is the 'bearing guide' at the bottom of each pedal, they wear out such that the crossover bar jumps off the bearing and you sit there with two pedals in the forward position @#$%@@@%

If you're gentle on your footsies and don't 'fly' like crazy, the pedals will last you a long time.

[Insuber]

So you find them more precise than twist ... Good to know, I will add pedals use to my new years propositions

[Osprey]

Saitek pro pedals are the best saitek product around. They are also the best designed pedals I've seen, CH seem to be feet together and must feel odd. Once you are used to them, and that doesn't take long, they are fantastic. I find them far more precise than twist rudder and you'l soon find taxiing a joy - the toes brakes come into their own (although 1C really need to fix the one brake 'digital' nature of RAF braking, it's fine on the 109)

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by Osprey

Saitek pro pedals are the best saitek product around. They are also the best designed pedals I've seen, CH seem to be feet together and must feel odd. Once you are used to them, and that doesn't take long, they are fantastic. I find them far more precise than twist rudder and you'l soon find taxiing a joy - the toes brakes come into their own (although 1C really need to fix the one brake 'digital' nature of RAF braking, it's fine on the 109)

+1

[fruitbat]

They're great, been using them for 3 years now.

You will have to except that for a month or so, your flying/shooting will be worse, but after that it will become imo much better than before pedals.

I find them much more precise than the twist stick ever was, plus you never put unintentional slip on your plane like was very easy to do whilst manoeuvring with a twist stick.

Fly with your hands, shoot with your feet.

[White Owl]

There's a reason real airplanes don't have rudder control on the stick. Pedals are better.

Do you have the Saitek pro flight, or the Saitek pro flight combat pedals? I've been using the pro flights for some time, but am thinking about spending the cash for the combat pedals. Those look like higher quality.

[ElAurens]

When I switched from the twist rudder type stick to my CH pedals, my flying and shooting both became much more precise.

No matter how good you think you are, when you move the stick to use the elevators or ailerons, you are making minute changes to the rudder as well.

[Osprey]

Don't see how they look any better tbh.

Here's the reason, for me, for choosing Saitek this time though


Shame there are no FFB pedals

Obviously preferably would be......
http://www.spitsim.co.uk/

[_79_dev]

Got mine for over 4 years...would not be able to fly sim without themes...

Originally Posted by Osprey

(although 1C really need to fix the one brake 'digital' nature of RAF braking, it's fine on the 109)

Can't agree with it mate...

[Osprey]

Can't agree with the digital braking? 1 brake action is fine since it was on the stick, but the digital brake is annoying.