![]() ![]() If you’re more into the airliners, you can absolutely get away with just the Xbox controller. However, the airliners are totally great, too, and are a very different sort of experience. I want to experience flight as best I can and be one with the aircraft. I’m really into small GA aircraft, preferably without an autopilot or GPS to tempt me to “just follow the magenta line”. Let me also add to this by saying we all use the sim differently. Set Assistance Options->Piloting to Hard. They will fight you and confuse you and make a mess of your learning. I’d also add, turn off all the assistances that control the actual flying of the aircraft. If it’s a passing phase, stick with the Xbox controller. Naturally, you have to ask yourself how committed you are to this hobby. Of course, your budget may dictate which direction you go in. Do not dismiss the Hotas One, it’s great and affordable. I wouldn’t hesitate on any of the above solutions, save for maybe the TFRP. In short, flying, the experience of it, is significantly better with a flight control peripheral. So much of your cruise trim and landing control is done with the throttle. I’d add, too, having immediate linear control over the throttle is also significantly better when controlling a small piston engined GA aircraft. Yes a keyboard and mouse are great for manipulating switches, changing views and whatnot, but actually manipulating the control surfaces of the aircraft in a manner befitting of how an aircraft ought to be controlled, you cannot beat a flightstick or yoke. ![]() The plane will taxi, track down the runway, transition off its tail wheel with none of that crazy it did before. I’m even using the default sensitivity, too. I thought these issues were my sensitivity settings, the sim, and/or the aircraft modeling. Taking off was always twitchy and nervous, especially when the tail came up off the ground and the aircraft would suddenly lurch in a direction and then I’d be weaving about trying to get it to calm down prior to lifting off the ground. Taxiing was really twitchy and nervous, even with the TFRP’s sensitivity turned to -60%. Of course, these are the most expensive part of my setup.Įxample, I love to fly the Carenado C170B. The braking is massively better, as well. ![]() The key to this is in their operating resolution. The TPR pedals are so insanely better than the TFRP, that I’m not even sure I can call the TFRP rudder pedals any longer. They are relatively cheap and they are definitely better than using the triggers on the controller. They really lack fluidity in their motion and even after fussing and fussing with sensitivity settings, taking them apart and cleaning up high spots in their plastic slides, I still found them frustrating. One easy bump and it will flop to full throttle, for instance. The issues with it are a sometimes loose throttle that doesn’t have the resistance it ought to to hold itself in the position you’ve set it to. I’ve got both the Thrustmaster Hotas One paired with TFRP pedals and Thrustmaster TCA Yoke Pack Boeing Edition paired with TPR pedals.įirst, the Hotas is totally great for the price point. Not to be combative with any of the other posts suggesting the contrary, but I’d absolutely get a proper flight stick or yoke.įlying with the controller is totally doable, but as compared to an actual “for flight” designed input device, it leaves a significant amount to be desired. Best joystick to get instead of using the controller ![]()
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