Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 322 Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:28 pm Post subject: Saitek Rudder Pedals - My Opinion
Just wanted to let you all know how good the Saitek Pedals are but before I begin I would also like to state that I have not been paid for this opinion.
1. What I love about Saitek products is there easy installation and programming functions. The Saitek Rudder Pedals were no different. USB plug and play with Vista picking up the hardware no problem and installing the latest drivers on my behalf.
2. The feel of these pedals is strongly familiar. Although they look very different to the real thing They feel under foot like the pedals of the Cessna 172. You can even extend the foot plate if you have big feet like me. I'm 6"2 @ 90kgs and although the pedals are plastic they don't feel weak and they don't bend or make funny creaking noises under heavy pressure.
3. My flying accuracy has increased two fold because I feel allot more involved and immersed in the flight. Crosswind landings feel amazing and you get a much better feel for what the wind is doing. Gust and wind changes are more evident and taxing out is more fun because I can better use the POV hat switch's on my flight stick to look around the airport.
4. They are cheap and I love the reliability of the Saitek products. I update my HOTAS systems so often not because I need to but because I want to. I have a box at home with X36's X45's and soon I will upgrade to the X52 Pro and put these X52's on my second computer. All the old Flight sticks still work like they day I bought them. The same cant be said for the flight sticks that have hit the bin over the years. Every Logitech I ever owned and every MS sidewinder I purchased are resting peacefully in the rubbish dump. Even CH let me down with a flight yoke many years ago.
Over all I highly recommend you get your self a set of these babies and you can get them from the same place I did for less than your local PC shop. Check out the AusFlightSim Store because Adrian looks after the members of his website better than anyone else.
All comments above are my own and were not paid for in any way. The FlightSim store and I only have a connection via my constant purchasing of its products.
Cant wait to get my new Track IR 4 Pro in the mail next week LOL
As Gavin has said I do like to look after my customers, especially AusFlightSim members who are all entitled to a discount at The FlightSim Store using the AFSMEMBER discount coupon code during checkout.
Thanks again Gav! I'll leave the $10 note on the fridge when I'm next in Perth!! _________________ Cheers, Adrian
http://www.ausflightsim.net Location: SW Sydney, NSW Australia
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 322 Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject:
Hahah no worries mate. Maybe next year if you come over for the RedBull Air Race
I have had these pedals for only a two days and i'm loving them. It's breathed new life into flight simming as if i was doing it for the first time again. If only there was a realistic chopper for me to fly in FSX I could give these things the ultimate work out.
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