The new Cessna Yoke (Saitek)

Looks neat, but I'm going to assume it's the same design as the original but with the Cessna yoke. I ended up boxing mine up and purchasing a PFC Beech yoke, wow, you def. get what you pay for! Although that new Cessna trim wheel looks like something Id like to have :) Like the look of the new rudder pedals as well, but will prob save up for the PFC pedals instead. With the amount of money invested in this hobby, I just don't see why you wouldn't want the best controllers you could get, considering all the add-ons I've purchased over the years, I could've bought several PFC yokes haha. If anyone takes the plunge on the trim wheel, I'd be interested to see what ya think. Thanks

Ty
 
I think I'm going to get the trim wheel even though I have the Saitek Auto Pilot panel with the trim wheel on it. It's second up in the stack which is a long way from where a trim wheel oughta sit, and it's small. It'll be very nice to have a more proper sized device down low where it should be.

One thing of note with the Cessna Yoke is that is claims to turn 90 degrees. That's kind of important. The current Saitek yoke only turns what, 45 degrees? Having a full turn would be really, really nice.
 
I like the look of the trim wheel. Finally a proper size controller for one of the most important functions in fixed-wing flight, IMHO :applause:
 
I had the Saitek Pro flight yoke and struggled with it for over a year (jittery axes, phantom keypresses, backlit display quit, etc...). It almost drove me mad. Who needs all this fancy electronics when its unrelieable. Replaced it with a simple old CH Yoke and never had a problem with it since then.

But I still have two Saitek throttles, which work flawless and look great (imho), and I surely get the trimming wheel to accompany them. In my opinioin a decent trimming device is one of the controls that has been overdue - until now. Now I just need a rudder / aileron trimmer for those big recip fighters!

Cheers,
Mark
 
roger-wilco-66 said:
I had the Saitek Pro flight yoke and struggled with it for over a year (jittery axes, phantom keypresses, backlit display quit, etc...). It almost drove me mad. Who needs all this fancy electronics when its unrelieable. Replaced it with a simple old CH Yoke and never had a problem with it since then.

Cheers,
Mark
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Sorry to hear you had trouble with the Saitek Pro equipment Mark. I've had their Pro Yoke and Rudder Pedals for a while now and no problems.

I'll definitely be getting the trim wheel, but can't find anywhere I could purchase it online in the UK. Any ideas folks?
 
That trim wheel looks pretty cool, but I think I can take a piece of masking tape and write Cessna on it and stick on my Saitek yoke for the other affect..
 
All yucky plastic, just like a real Cessna!:icon_lol:
One day I'm gonna take my Saitek yoke, and switch panel, gut them and put the electronic stuff in metal 1940's style housings, with those good ol' mil-spec toggle switches (like on my TM Warthog HOTAS). Now if I can score a surplus B-25 or Connie yoke....
 
Piglet said:
All yucky plastic, just like a real Cessna!:icon_lol:
One day I'm gonna take my Saitek yoke, and switch panel, gut them and put the electronic stuff in metal 1940's style housings, with those good ol' mil-spec toggle switches (like on my TM Warthog HOTAS). Now if I can score a surplus B-25 or Connie yoke....
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Ahhh, great, that's right up my alley :) :)

Cheers,
Mark
 
Holy crap! I checked out the price of that yoke... looks like Cessna's demanding a cut of those things just like they do with sim models of their stuff. Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I'm pretty sure I didn't pay 200 bucks for mine.

That trim wheel does look pretty tasty, though.
 
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Vested interest. :D

http://www.goflightinc.com/store/gflgtii-landing-gear-trim-control-module-p-123.html

Sorry. I'll go away.

I'll admit, that Cessna logo does look very nice on there!
 
roger-wilco-66 said:
I had the Saitek Pro flight yoke and struggled with it for over a year (jittery axes, phantom keypresses, backlit display quit, etc...). It almost drove me mad. Who needs all this fancy electronics when its unrelieable. Replaced it with a simple old CH Yoke and never had a problem with it since then.
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There's an alternative driver package for the Saitek Pro gear...though I can't remember what it's called and where it can be found.:kilroy:

I've the Saitek Pro Yoke,throttles and switch panel...but have gone back to using my old trusty MS Sidewinder Force Feedback as it takes up less space on my desk, and it make helicopter flying a lot easier.:icon_lol:
 
Like the look of the trim wheel, although that GoFlight panel looks like it would be a nice option too. I currently use joystick switches to trim a notch at a time, but it's often tricky to find just the right amount.
 
kilo delta said:
There's an alternative driver package for the Saitek Pro gear...though I can't remember what it's called and where it can be found.:kilroy:
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SPAD makes the panels work better (marginally - they're still shockingly-expensive tat) but doesn't do anything for the yoke.
 
MarkH said:
SPAD makes the panels work better (marginally - they're still shockingly-expensive tat) but doesn't do anything for the yoke.
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I think that is unfair, the hardware is OK and not all that exxy compared to rivals. The software is flakey though.
 
My trim wheel arrived today (yes, I was impatient and ordered it right away). I have only done a couple test flights, but I like it. The motion feels right: large motion of the wheel is required for small motion of trim.

An amusing (now that everything is working) side effect is that assigning it in FSX requires twirling the wheel a while so FSX thinks the axis has been moved.

Since all of my switches are working using Saitek's SST (needed for the Cessna style TPM) and I have new planes to fly (Avenger mostly right now), I am a very happy simmer.
 
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