[Kazan]

http://www.saitekusa.com/usa/prod/x45.htm

[Knight Templar]

$80 makes KT cry.

[Night Hammer]

wow that is nice

[Kazan]

KT: i bought TWO brand new laptops this morning

[aldo_14]

*makes impressed whistle sound*

Bit pricey, though, innit?

[Kazan]

yeah.. but it's worth it.. im tired of buying new joysticks every two years abbcause they're wearing out

[aldo_14]

Fair enuff.  

Not a big joystick user myself, to be honest.  Last one lasted since 1996 or so, only replaced it because I changed to a PC without a gameport.

[Martinus]

Originally posted by aldo_14
*makes impressed whistle sound*

Bit pricey, though, innit?

[color=66ff00]You been talking to my mate James? He ends a lot of his sentinces with innit and I've noticed your use of it is on the increase.
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[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]You been talking to my mate James? He ends a lot of his sentinces with innit and I've noticed your use of it is on the increase.
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innit's a very good word, innit?

[Ford Prefect]

What game could possibly use all those buttons??

[Kazan]

i could easily assign all those buttons in FS2

[Solatar]

I use that joystick for fs2, and apart for some of the twiddly things (fs2 won't recognize all the spinny ones...), use all the buttons.

[Nuke]

i had the older version of that stick (the x-36, the only real difference was it was black and was gameport compatable) and i got a good 2 years out of it before it stopped working. its a good controller i just wish it came with a set of rudder peddals.

[Kamikaze]

I have that exact thing, very sweet thing for its price range. In my case it was a gift so that makes it even better.

If you want longevity in a stick though (and don't care much about price) you should get a Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar.

[Cyker]

SECONDED!
Get a Cougar. It is the most in-****ing-sane 'stick ever made. Solid metal construction, customisation tools up to the wazoo. You could probably program this 'stick to run FSO

The X-45 is but a pale imitation!

The only downside with it is you need bionic arm-enhancements and a reinforced table to use the damned thing.

[übermetroid]

what about FF?

[Sandwich]

Boy I bet you'll be glad it has that handguard on the stick - wouldn't want to smash yer fingers into the front panel of the monitor in "Dive! Dive! Dive!", now would you?

[Singh]

pffft...use a mouse

*runs away from evil angry joystick users!

[BlackDove]

If that second handle is the throttle, hehe...

.....well, let's just say it won't help you.

This is probably good for some super type game such as Real Flight Simulator XYZ, but it's not going to do FS much good.

Meh, to each his own I guess. I'm using mine for....two to three years. All shaky, but it can kick ass almost as much as it could when it was new.