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Yoke & quadrant MSRP $149.99

additional quadrant MSRP $59.99

 

Instruments next year ...

 

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wow...very cool

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Interesting... but I think $60 for only 3-axis control and no pushbuttons is a bit steep... should be more like $30 or $40.

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remember that is MSRP - street price is likely to be lower. :yes:

 

plus it does appear to have switches ...

 

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Nice to see that you can move the knobs around for multi-engine setups.....very nice indeed. Now we can get a setup for flying the B-52

 

Sweet!

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With the switches, it is effectively direct competition with the CH throttle quadrant.

NewEgg's price for the CH product is about $135... so half the product for less than half the price at $60 is fair.

Also compared to a HOTAS setup like the X-52 for $130 which has two sticks... again half the product for half the price.

 

The only game I frequently play where I could use such a setup to full effect would be Aces High II, which allows you to control rpm and manifold pressure for each engine on multi-engine aircraft like the P-38 and B-17.

 

If only the SFP1 series had more detailed engine modeling to make a dual throttle useful when flying F-4s.

Of course 99.9% of the time, the throttles stay together anyway, so the traditional single axis HOTAS throttle is really adequate for air combat purposes.

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I think i'd buy that over the CH setup. No offense.

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