Saitek Cyborg FLY 9 Wireless Flightstick - REVIEW

[hurricane]

i revived this post after reading about drivins problem with his flight stick.i know see "evangaluse" is out of town and didnt know if you ever read this.wonder why xbox il2 users never stickied flight stick tests like the ps3 guys did.

[bobbysocks]

mine crapped out again a couple days after i fixed it. sent it in but havent gotten it back yet. same deal....wire came off rudder pot.

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by hurricane

i revived this post after reading about drivins problem with his flight stick.i know see "evangaluse" is out of town and didnt know if you ever read this.wonder why xbox il2 users never stickied flight stick tests like the ps3 guys did.

Yeah, I think Angelo has given up with the fly 9 now. He said he was going to gut it and put in the inards of an AV8R with its wired conection to the 360.

AV8R = Bad quality plastics and design, but with ok wiring.

Fly 9 = Better design and plastics that are less likly to snap from use, but very unreliable wiring.

[Drvn1]

Yeah, i am actually very dissapointed as this stick only lasted me 3 days.. I will most likely stick with the controller and trade this thing in on some turtle beach headsets

[SEE]

Very dissappointing to hear that all of these sticks have failed but even more concerned that all had identical problems. Mine recently became very unstable in flight, first with intermittent throttle and shortly after with the other flight controls. I like the stick itself but at the moment the only model worth geting in terms of reliability is the ACE EDGE. I have had to revert back to my PC SAITEK Cyborg 3D Gold (modified for Xbox) while I either find the cause of the problem with the FLY or modify it using the AV8R PCB (kindly donated by MadMaxfury) and revert back to the USB which was more reliable.

[hurricane]

Originally Posted by SEE

Very dissappointing to hear that all of these sticks have failed but even more concerned that all had identical problems. Mine recently became very unstable in flight, first with intermittent throttle and shortly after with the other flight controls. I like the stick itself but at the moment the only model worth geting in terms of reliability is the ACE EDGE. I have had to revert back to my PC SAITEK Cyborg 3D Gold (modified for Xbox) while I either find the cause of the problem with the FLY or modify it using the AV8R PCB (kindly donated by MadMaxfury) and revert back to the USB which was more reliable.

modified how?

[bobbysocks]

and is anyone using this ace edge on xbox?? how is it working for you. i found a couple at a fair price...would like to know the scoop before i shell out for another stick.

[SEE]

Modified by transplanting the PCB, Analogue POV and flight potentiometers from my broken AV8R into the PC stick. Every one who I have spoken to rates the Ace EDge very highly. I saw SgtMadmax's and have to say its well engineered piece of kit. Unfortunately it would not suit me as it is in two parts with a lever type rudder throttle on the left module. I tend to have the stick on my lap as there is no room to have a desktop mounted flight system but if one came along cheap enough I would buy it!

[hurricane]

Originally Posted by Drvn1

Yeah, i am actually very dissapointed as this stick only lasted me 3 days.. I will most likely stick with the controller and trade this thing in on some turtle beach headsets

never heard of a turtle beach headset until now ,i'll have to google that.

[bobbysocks]

i have one but get a lot of echo. i bought a new wire to see if that is the problem but havent had the chance to try it yet. all in all its a pretty decent head set...comfortable and such.